Fifth Anniversary, Fort Worth Fun, & Auby's 1st Fantlet Sleepover

For our fifth anniversary, Ray and I spent a wonderful night away in Fort Worth. Our celebration included a 58 foot spruce Christmas tree, festive décor and a sneak peak of the big guy in red, a walk down historic downtown, and a delicious dinner at Taco Diner with drinks.

 

{Our beautiful balcony view}

{Delicious drinks for Taco Diner}

{Walk around town and a little window shopping}

{Breakfast at Vidalias}

I am so thankful for my best friend. He is truly an amazing husband and daddy. I am so lucky to get to share this life with him, through the ups, downs, and all the crazy adventures in between. I am so thankful for this sweet little get-a-way... that he planned as it came at a perfect time.

 

And while the parents were away, the babes did play. Our Anniversary night in Fort Worth was our first night away from our sweet girl as well as Auby's first (of many) Fantlet sleepover. Thank you to our Fant friends for loving and caring for our dear girl. She now will color (mark on paper) for longer than 10 seconds, loves being outside, and can say her name. We need to leave more often. I absolutely am so thankful for these little friendships and all they fun they will have growing up together.

 



 And mommy only shed a few tears in the car. What a wonderful marriage celebration. We have loved for 13 years, married for 5, and parents for 1. I can't wait to see what next year will hold.

TEN

Ten years ago, I met my husband. We met in highschool after my dance team spring show. Over the years, we have definitely shared ten years of amazing adventures. We've shared the ups and downs and everywhere in between. But today I focus on all that we have done together and those things still to come. From highschool, through college, to early adulthood, engagement, and over two years of marriage, I am thankful and blessed to call you my husband.

... and if you are wondering why this fabulously awesome picture was taken... Ray and his boys enjoyed an 80s themed Warrior Dash. For all of my Office lovers... this was the fashion show at lunch:) Happy TEN years to the love of my love!

Two Years!

To my best friend, partner, husband, and soul mate... I love you beyond words. Here is to two amazing years of love and adventure. All my love!

2 Year Anniversary Weekend

5 Hours, 4 glasses, 3 wineries, 2 amazing years of marriage, and one super cute German town= an amazing anniversary weekend to Fredricksburg.

Our weekend was filled with delicious homemade desserts, wine tastings, German eats, breakfast kolaches, secret gardens, clear river ice cream and soda shop, candy bar, Pacific War Museum, and a walk downtown. Here is to celebrating two years of daily adventure and to all those still to come!

Bariloche Farm: Homemade peach and raspberry cobbler and homemade ice cream

We bought pumpkin butter and caramel amaretto pecan spread

We tasted three of the ten local wineries on Wine Road 290. We enjoyed wines from Grape Creek Vineyard, Becker Vineyards, and Torre Di Pietra Winery.

Age improves with wine:)

For dinner we ate at Friedhelms Bavarian Inn, a local German restaurant and inn. The food was absolutely delicious. For many weeks, both Ray and I had been fighting a terrible cold, my sinus infection, and other throat ailments. After dinner we definitely had to make a stop to the local Walmart for some good cough medicine and ended up turning in early. This was not exactly how I had envisioned the weekend but definitely the way it ended.

The next morning we definitely felt a lot better and picked up kolaches and cream cheese croissants at Hill Country Donuts and Kolaches. We took our breakfast to a local park and enjoyed our breakfast in Pioneer Garden. The wind was a bit cool in the shade, a local cat definitely way eyeing my breakfast, and a few insect friends did make this trip a bit shorter than expected.

After breakfast we decided to take a walk around Fredericksburg and enjoy some local sights and of course taste some delicious treats. We enjoyed ice cream sodas from Clear River's ice cream shop and sampled fudge from Lone Star Candy Bar. We then journeyed to the Pacific War Museum and later made our way to Pasta Bella for lunch.

We were stuffed. The intention was to stop by the Auslander for a beverage but decided we were both tired, stuffed, and ready to return home to relax:) It was definitely a fun weekend to celebrate two amazing years together! I am so thankful for the moments we've shared. Happy two years to my love!