Anniversary Celebration

Our anniversary fell on a Monday this year.  Joey still had one more week at the firm he was interning with in Houston, so I came in town and worked from my parents house for his last week.  We were both tired of being apart and especially didn't want to be in different cities on our anniversary.  It worked out that the firm had a few social events that I was able to attend as well. 

We had a little anniversary trip planned for the following weekend once his internship was over, so we decided to hold off on most of our celebration.  Monday evening Joey came home from work with beautiful roses for me, and we went out to dinner at Carrabba's in Sugar Land and then had ice cream at Marble Slab.  We talked a lot about our future and reflected on the two years we have been married.  It was a great evening and reminded me a little bit of high school, going on dates in the Land of Sugar. :)

Since we were in Houston, I called the bakery that did our wedding cake and asked them to make us an anniversary cake that was the same flavor and style of our wedding cake.  I picked it up on Friday and we took it back to Waco with us.

We cut into it that night when we got back.  Yum!  I didn't get a whole piece at the wedding.  It really was good cake!

Saturday we slept in, unpacked, ran errands, and re-packed for our little anniversary get-away.  We left Sunday morning for Granbury, TX.  We explored the historic downtown district and all the cute shops. We stopped for lunch at a little diner called Rinky Tinks that played the movie Grease while we ate.  The restaurant was a step back into the 50's.  We checked into the hotel and got ready for dinner at the only "fine dining" restaurant in Granbury open on Sunday night- Stringfellows.  We were the only people in the restaurant for most of our meal.  Kind of romantic...

After dinner we got candy and headed to the drive-in movie theater in town.  The last time we did this was right after we started dating again when we were in college.  This place played two movies in a row.  I made it through the first one, but slept through most of the second one.

Monday our plan was to enjoy the beach at Lake Grandbury.  It was right next to our hotel and looked so fun.  We got there without towels, chairs, floats, or an umbrella for shade and decided fast that we were armatures... it was so hot!  So we waded into the water, took a few pictures, wished we had some jet ski's or a boat, and packed up.  Next time we'll be more prepared!

Lake Granbury Beach

Then, we were off to Dinosaur World on our way back to Waco in Glen Rose.

It was an outdoor park with over 100 life-size dinosaur replicas... again it was hot, but fun!  Joey didn't realize I had an interest in dinosaurs, but hey- the Land Before Time movies were some of my favorites growing up!  This park made me want to watch them again.

We stopped at the Nike Outlet in Hillsboro before we got back to Waco and got Joey some cool new basketball kicks.  It was a fun weekend and a great celebration of our anniversary.  Now, Joey's gearing up for PC, practice court, that starts on Monday.  PC is the toughest part of Baylor Law School... so you could start praying for us now!  :)  I think we're both going to need it.