Weekend Away...

This weekend marked our annual trip to Galena with our good friends Brandon and Monica to celebrate our anniversaries! This has become a tradition we all look forward to and the beauty of this weekend was the weather was stunning! We left for Galena on Saturday morning, bright and early, so the guys could get their spot at Gobbie's Sports Bar to cheer on the Hawkeyes. When we pulled in there wasn't much open yet, but Monica and I managed to hit a few stores before heading to Gobbie's ourselves to get some food with the boys and watch the dreaded 2nd half of the Iowa game. We were all trying to maintain positive attitudes, but when our quarterback, Ricky Stanzi, got hurt a sense of warning went through every Iowa fan in the bar. Unfortunately their 9-0 streak was broken on Saturday against Northwestern, but what an amazing season so far! They have broken a record in Hawkeye history and we have a few more games left in the season to determine whether or not we are the Big 10 Champs and what bowl game we end up at. We are still VERY proud to be Hawkeyes!

After the game we did a little more shopping on Main Street and then headed towards Eagle Ridge where we had a condo for the evening. We checked in and took advantage of the beautiful weather by hanging out on the patio, it isn't very often you can say you did that in November! We had reservations at a restaurant called The Flying Horse. The restaurant used to be called Backstreet, it is the same place that catered Monica and Brandon's wedding dinner. We had a nice dinner and then headed back to Main Street in search of a fun atmosphere with some live music...well, we found live music, but not so sure about the overly fun atmosphere. We decided to head back to the condo where we all relaxed and caught up a bit.

This morning Monica and I got up early for a girls breakfast and then headed to Stone Drift Spa for massages! They were delightful! That is one treat I don't give myself often enough! We had another beautiful day to enjoy so we once again headed back downtown to have lunch and then we headed back to Cedar Rapids.

Being out of town this weekend means this was our first time with both of us away from Lila for the night. It was kind of hard, but we were so lucky to have my brother and sister-in-law agree to take her. She had a great time with Jason and Jen and of course the girls...they were built in entertainment! We got home and as I am sure you guessed...everything was JUST FINE! Mommy and Daddy missed her like crazy, but she had a great time and from what Jason and Jen say they enjoyed every minute of having her! Thanks guys!

All snug at home!

Happy Anniversary...

to Monica and Brandon on the 10th of November! You guys are a wonderful couple with many adventures in store for you over the next year and we are so honored to be such a big part of it! We wish you nothing but the best and a lifetime of love and happiness! Thanks for a great weekend!