St.Louis It Was

Our weekend getaway was to St. Louis, MO. After much conversation we went with ol faithful St.Louis. We had a great time!!! I didn't take pictures, well its hard when its just us too and we were in the moment and not the picture moment. So I will tell our story through other peoples pictures. Our first stop.....not one of Nathan's favorites at all.....was Kimmswick, MO. I have always loved eating at the Blue Owl and touring the great gift shops. I remebered though that it was usually always with the girls when I did this and I just assumed that Nathan would love it. Well, he enjoyed the food but not the atmosphere or the shopping so it was short trip.

Next stop was West County Mall. At this point Nathan was just being nice because it was our anniversary. He never was or is a shopper and he was just trying to make my day!!! Well, I didn't find anything??? NOTHING...that never happens but I appreciated Nate taking me. After all the shopping Nate could handle we headed downtown St.Louis. Nathan already had reservations for The Hilton downtown. What a suprise!!!! So we headed to check in. Little did I know he had reservations for dinner as well, so we hurried to get ready for the night. WE took one of these to dinner....how romantic right?

I actually have never done the horse and carriage thing and it was a perfect evening!!!! Then my other suprise of the night was Nathan had made dinner reservations at the Millenium Restuarant. Well I had no idea what this was, but it is a restuarant on top of the Millenuim hotel in downtown St.Louis. This is like the 28th floor. It is a 5 star restuarant and the neat part of this place is while you eat the room is spinning slowly around and around so you can see the whole downtown of St.Louis. YES...it takes an hour or so to rotate around but the few during dinner is incrediable!!! We had a great time here and what a great suprise. Nathan and I were all dressed up and I could kick myself for not taking camera.

Sunday we stayed in bed late, ate breakfast at the hotel then hit one of our places for lunch and play.

Dave and Busters is one of our favorite places to enjoy a little playing time and lunch. We headed back early on Sunday to enjoy some Colts Football and to unpack and get ready for dreaded Monday. We had a great time over a our little stay and we will end our anniversary with dinner tonight and eating the top of our wedding cake!!!

Happy 1 Year!

Today is the big one year anniversary !!!! I will go more into detail and post pictures about our trip later, but I just wanted to send a big Happy ONE Year to my wonderful husband. Time has flown by so fast since last year but I remember the day exactly. Everything went perfect ( well almost, there is always a flaw) but it was exactly the wedding of my dreams! I never knew what "true love" was until I met Nathan. He showed me the way and after dating for a year he proposed to me the weekend before thanksgiving. We were engaged almost a year and then married on a truely amazing day! I hold very found memories of the whole year leading up to it, and although it was stressful at times, it was an experience I will never forget. Nathan is the man every mother wants their daughter to marry. He is sensitive, hard working, devoted to God and family and most importantly he is devoted to me. I admit he does spoil a little...ok a lot!

So HAPPY ONE YEAR Nathan!!!! Tonight we have dinner reservations at a very elegant restaurant and I have a really cute black dress to wear! Then we will return home to presents, and the top of our wedding cake to eat!

The Big ONE

The big one year anniversary is coming up this weekend. I can't believe how time flies. It seems like we just got married yesterday and everything was of course "picture perfect"!!!! What a beautiful day we had with all of our closest friends and family! We had big plans to head off to Vegas this year for our 1 year but things have changed. For many reasons we wont be going to Vegas but I will get into those details later. We are now trying to decide what to do?? We just want a little weekend get a way!!! We thought maybe Memphis, TN would be good because it is close and it a nice town just to visit. I love the idea of visiting Graceland again, eating out because memphis has fab places to eat, hitting the Zoo maybe and of course the great shopping. Memphis also has Beale Street with great nightlife and always a great time! We also thought of St.Louis for all the same reasons....Zoo, shopping and just a little get away. It doesn't take much to entertain Nathan and I..each others company is good enough. We don't want to spend a lot of money right now and these two destinations are close and cheap enough for us.

Monday is our actual anniversary so that night we will wine and dine and of course eat our wedding cake we have been saving for a year!!!!!!!! I am not sure if it will be good or not but the thought of it is all that matters.

I am also still searching for the perfect gift?? Still haven't found it though.

If anyone has any feedback on Memphis or St.louis or a gift I would greatly appreciate it!!!

Where have all the lights gone?

This is what I have been asking myself. I was absent from blogging Monday b/c of lack of powers. We had no power all day at work or no internet at home. So I am back to tell you how great my bday weekend went!!! It was FAB...really! Friday I took off half a day of work to eat lunch with my mother and doing some shopping. I also treated myself to a pedicure and then date night with the hubby :) Saturday was another lunch date with mom and dad and little brother then family bday night at my parents. I know..I am way toooo old for parties but in my family we will always celebrate bdays like we are 5 years old. I have no pictures of my cakes..yes plural (cheesecake, ice cream cake, and my grandma made twinkie cake) . We had a blast Saturday night. All my family and my in laws helped me celebrate with dinner, cake and then the famous game playing. My family are some game playing fools...TABOO was the game of choice Saturday. I had an awesome time and was so lucky to have everyone around. I didn't take any pics Saturday night...so unlike me, but I will post some pics of things I have recieved.

My hubby knows how much I LOVE football and the Colts so I got a nice fleece I have been asking for.

I have been eyeing these babies. My parents get me shoes every year for my bday. They have for as long as I can remember. So I pick out a new pair of kicks and this year these were my choices.

My sister in law and brother got me a way too cute PINK clutch purse and I recieved money and gift card which is always a great gift.

I am here today so look for more blogging :)

Guess What???

It is my BIRTHDAY!!! I am the big 26 today. It is not very exciting at all...I have passed the hump and I am closer to 30 than I am 20 now days. Non the less, it is my birthday and there is always time for celebrating. I am taking a half day off of work today to go get a pedicure and spend some birthday money on shopping. Nathan and I are going to eat out tonight...haven't decided where I want to go.....but somewhere feeling. My friends here at work always have a cheesecake in my honor on my birthday and usually a gift card to Target! My mom, I am sure, will insist on having cake on Sunday. No matter what age we still always have a birthday party.

Wordless Wednesday

I am never short for words, not a shy person even..but today I have nothing to say? Here is a picture of my family, brothers, sisters in law and kids.

Fair Parade

I guess it has been awhile since I have attended the SEMO fair parade........it was long. I mean 2 hours long and I had no idea it lasted that long at all? This years theme was breast cancer awarness so many of the floats/vendor/bands were all decked out in PINK!! How clever...and it made a great show also :) Here are a couple pics of the kids watching the parade....the bands were their favorite for the music