And the Award Goes to...

Jake. For being such a GREAT husband. There was no occasion to celebrate- not my birthday, nor our anniversary, not even Valentine's Day! He just did it because he wanted to. Want the scoop?!? Alright... Jake came home one day last week and said he had a "surprise" for me. I tried getting any information out of him that I could, but his lips were tightly sealed on this one. I did manage to find out though that the kids were NOT involved or would not be joining us. Uh oh. Panic time. Anyone that knows me knows that I cannot enjoy myself unless I know my kids are safe and being well taken care of. After a few hitches, Jake's wonderful sister, Stephanie volunteered to watch our Kennedy and Pieper ALL weekend. (Thanks a million!) So, when Friday rolled around, I started packing our bags and getting more and more curious. I actually was starting to get a little excited. A whole weekend all to ourselves. I honestly didn't care where we were going, I was just excited to spend some "alone" time with my husband and sleep in. Seriously. That's it. So, we packed the girls up, dropped them off at aunties and headed north on 405. I had a suspicion we might be going to Bellevue. Well, I was right. As Jake's GPS system was giving us directions, I had fun guessing which hotel we were staying at. Turns out we pulled into the Bellevue Club. I had been there before for a reception, but never stayed there. I was SO excited. We checked in, freshened up and then headed out for a bite to eat. We met up with some good friends that live in Bellevue and dined at Maggiano's for some great Italion food. We had so much fun walking around downtown and enjoying our adult conversations we lost track of time and realized once we went back to get our car that it was locked in a parking garage. Oops. We called it a night. The next day, we tried sleeping in (hard to break those kid-habits), Jake retrieved the car, and we ordered room service. We had the best vanilla-scented french toast with almonds and strawberries. Yum, yum. Then, we got ready to go to the mall. Surprise #2 was, Jake had scheduled for me to get my make-up done! AND to make it even BETTER, he totally missed the Seahawks game to stay with me the whole time. (For any of you that know Jake, he LOVES the Seahawks.) He scored major points with me for that! ;) Afterwards, we did a little more shopping and then met up with our friends again for dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. Come Sunday, I think we were both feeling a little anxious to see our girls, so we relaxed a bit in the morning and headed home around noon to pick them up. Of course, upon picking them up, I think we both realized that we missed them way more than they missed us. Oh well. It was so fun to get away, just the two of us and totally reconnect again and just spend time together. We can't wait for our next little escape!