The Joys of All Boys!: 2nd Anniversary

Tomorrow, September 29th, is my second wedding anniversary! I had a surprise celebration for Chris on Sunday. Since we work together I was able to get his shift covered without him knowing. I then purchased Vikings vs. Lions tickets and rented a hotel room at The Marquette in downtown Minneapolis. We stopped for Burger King lunch on the way down. We parked at the hotel and walked to the metrodome. VIKINGS WON! Doesn't get much better then that! We went back to the hotel room to check-in. The room was super nice and quiet. Chris watched some more football on television while I took a nap.

We then wandered around downtown in search of dinner. I wanted a nice steakhouse but couldn't find one. We bumped into a lady on a street corner that could tell I was lost. She asked what we were looking for and she pointed out a steakhouse only a block away. It was "Murray's Steakhouse". OMG it was sooo good. The drunk guy in the booth behind us was moaning and having the BIG-O over his steak I swear. I had to ask which one he ordered (new york strip) and ordered the same. He was right! Amazing!! Went down great with a few beers. The cesar salad is to die for. I will admit I have never spent that much on a meal for two people before in my entire life... but do hope to do so again someday.... SOMEday, lol. The drunk guy and his drunk friend were loud and obnoxious hollering about their sex lives and everything else. I think the restaurant was lucky we got put by them because anybody else paying that kind of money for a meal would have been pissed - we found it quite entertaining.

We wandered around for a little while downtown before heading back to our hotel room. Not a lot going on because it was a Sunday night but it was perfect. Quiet streets, tall buildings, nice cool breeze. It was a nice little stroll. At the hotel we rented 'Prince of Persia'. Chris wanted that one and I was like, no thanks. BUT being its our anniversary I obliged. We brought beer in a cooler so we laid on our big comfy bed in our amazingly clean hotel room enjoying a few beers and a movie. I ended up being the one that really liked the movie. We were in bed asleep by 11pm. I laughed with Chris about how being a parent now the greatest night away from the kids together is laying around doing nothing!

Chris woke me up at 10 am (glorious!). We soaked in the whirlpool tub together for a little while before getting ready to head home. On the way home we stopped at Applebees and totally went all out to top our getaway off with a bang. We ate an appetizer sampler, split a three-cheese penne pasta dish, and ordered two desserts to share. (I think I am still digesting all that food today).

We had a wonderful time. I couldn't have picked a better way to celebrate alone with my husband.