First Anniversary Staycation

It's official, we are no longer newlyweds! My how this year has flown by! I guess the fact that 9 months of it was partially consumed with the pregnancy may have helped the time fly by :)

Being just days away from our due date, a weekend "away" was out of the question. Instead, we went on a "staycation," right here in Boise. It was a blast! We had so much fun spending the entire weekend with just the two of us, in a hotel downtown. We started off the weekend at Julia Davis park sitting in the shade drinking some iced tea until it was time to go get some lunch. For lunch we tried out the new Idaho Fry Company where they have any kind of french fry you could imagine, with creative dippers like blueberry ketchup!

After lunch we toured the Idaho Historical Museum. I've lived in Boise 3+ years, and Wade several more, but neither of us had been here before. We even stopped at the gift shop on the way out for an Idaho Spud candy bar, just to say we'd tried one :)

Next we headed over to the hotel (Hampton Inn & Suites) to check in. Our room wasn't quite ready yet, so we sat in the nice cool lobby for a while and got consumed by a reality show on food network :) Then we went up to the room for a little R&R before dinner. We relaxed in a whirlpool tub right in our room (A much more comfortable option than the hotel hot tub at 9 months pregnant)!

Then we headed to Happy Fish sushi and martini bar for a delicious dinner that still left room for our first trip to Boise's new Ben & Jerry's! So, with our milkshakes in hand we walked back to the hotel to assemble a belly cast. Wade did an awesome job plastering me up while I just sat there and looked pregnant :) We're looking forward to painting and decorating the piece of art to display as a memoir of my pregnancy!

Then it was feet up for the rest of the evening. My feet had had about enough walking for one day!

We slept in until almost 9 am Sunday morning, a true vacation that made it! For breakfast we walked over to Goldie's- locally famous for great breakfast and a long waiting list! After a delicious breakfast we walked over to Julia Davis Park again to start our paddle boat adventure! Good thing we got the paddling in in the am, because it turned out to be a hot day! Lunchtime, but still full from breakfast, we decided to go relax some more at the hotel. We then made our way over to Bittercreek for a yummy salad and sandwich lunch. After lunch we went up for a little feet up time. We took a little nap, then went to a movie. We saw 'Year One' with Jack Black, which we were sure would be hilarious, but were a little disappointed. It wasn't as funny as we thought it would be, and had some pretty gross parts, too! Oh well, it was still a movie, which we don't get to do very often!

After the movie it was time for our highlight date for our anniersary dinner at the Melting Pot. Our first out-to-dinner date 2-1/2 years ago was at this restaurant. :) We had the new super-yummy spinach and artichoke cheese fondue this time, along with the Signature Selection Entree for two. Yummy!

Back at the hotel we took another soak in the tub, opened a bottle of champagne that was gifted to us, and made a toast. I had a sip - yummy... and Wade did his best not to waste the rest of the bottle :)

We then tried out our specially frozen wedding cake... not too bad for being a year old, the press and seal worked pretty well, but the fondant was a little mushy. We called it a night after that, and when Monday morning rolled around we took adantage of the free breakfast in the lobby- there were even omelettes! And then made our way back home for Wade to head to work and for me to pick up our sweet 3 year old that was greatly missed!

What a blessing it is to be married to my best friend! Every moment together brings us so much joy! It is exciting that we will have the rest of our lives to spend together!