Staycation, 2011: Recap

Twisted Root!

Yup. Delicious.

So, the hubs and I had some major time off together this past weekend, and it was pretty much..uhhh...amazing!!  I love when we get lots of quality alone time in to totally relax and reconnect.  Before it all went down we{I?} had to set a few ground rules.. no work talk + an open mind + NO asking/worrying about how much $$$ we were spending (ahem, JAKE).  We thought it'd be fun to do something different and get out of the house a little more then we usually do.  Yeah, we're totally homebodies.. 

 

IPic/Heaven

On Friday I surprised Jake w/ a total full-on date day. We had Twisted Root for lunch (he'd never been) and then shopped around @ the shops at fairview. {LOVE that area!} It couldn't have been a more pretty breezy day! After all that we went to Ipic Theatres for the first tine...let me just say - amaaaazing! Imagine your own little private area w/ plush fully reclining chairs, free gourmet popcorn, complimentary pillows & blankets, huge assortment  of cocktails/food/beer, (NOT complimentary)...it was like watching a movie in bed! You know, if you lay in bed w/ whiskey and popcorn... I rate this part of the date as: WORTH. EVERY. PENNY.  Lord help me if I ever have to go to a 'regular' theatre again.

Saturday we had another fun day! We started at Best Buy and each got something at random that we wanted. I got a pen for my iPad, (AMEN) and Jake bought.....a quesadilla maker. Yes, you read that right. Lol, so well see how that works out.  Since we had so much fun the day before at Shops @ Fairview, this time we went across the street and hit up the Shops @ Allen (it's toooo pretty to not be outdoors!)  We went to Cheddars for lunch - and if you haven't been there, you SO need to go.  Cheap food, cheap drinks, SUPER yummy... DO IT.  We seriously shared a million different things off the menu. Cue food baby!



All Smiles!



Man + Baby = Cuteness



And SPEAKING of babies....Sunday we went and visited our parents and friends Emily & Rj!  We loveeeee being outside watching football, and even MORE-SO w/ fam + friends + alcohol.  We also love Em & Rj's adorable, sweet baby: Halley.  She is THE cutest thing, and she's started smiling, like ALL the time. :)  What a happy baby!  Jake is so good with her, and for some reason when your hubby holds a baby its such an "awwww" moment!  We just adore seeing this little child.  I spend some time playing w/ Emily's fancy camera to take a bunch of pics of Halley, and decided that I MUST become a photographer.  You know, when the hubs stops being cheap and lets me get a real camera. 



Seriously. How good are my photog skills??