Of course that didn't stop Shay from coming home from work on the 20th with a beautiful card and a dozen roses for me! I LOVE flowers! I had a special card and note for him as well.
We then jumped into the car and headed out to our favorite "casual" restaurant, "Village Pizza." Since we were heading up to The Grand America the next night we didn't feel we needed to go anywhere super fancy.
Of course shay was elated that I was taking pictures.
Picture taking isn't Shay's most favorite past time that is for sure! :-)
He decided to give me a really lovely smile for the following picture:
Here is his "sexy" look:
I finally gave up trying to get a picture of Shay and asked the worker at Village Pizza to take our picture.
We ended up stopping on the way home and picking up the movie Safe Haven.
It was a fun casual night where we were able to talk and joke around with one another....our favorite past time!
Friday, when Shay got home from work he gave me the best news ever......he informed me that he got time off work and we were going to go to Europe with our friends! I couldn't have dreamed for anything more exciting than that (well, we'd both agree that finding out we were chosen to become birthparents would be the BEST news ever, but Europe will have to do for now)!
We then packed up and headed out.
Neither of us had ever been to The Grand America but had heard amazing things about it. It was all that and more. We were on the 12th floor and had a fantastic view:
That night we walked down to Shay's friend/co-worker's Indian restaurant, Coppor Bowl.
Shay LOVES Indian food! He always orders HOT....I am more of an medium type girl.
It was yummy!
Once Shay is fed he is one happy camper.
He even let me take two pictures of him without some kind of sarcastic remark. :-)
Isn't he so cute!
I sure think so!
Saturday we walked to City Creek. It was fun walking around Salt Lake City. Shay works downtown and had fun showing me different historical buildings/landmarks that he has discovered. Shay likes to walk around downtown during lunch and has discovered some pretty cool things! Shay loves history!
It was a beautiful day to walk around City Creek!
We walked around the grounds. They were breathtaking as usual.
Loved these flowers!
After a fun outing around town we started walking back to The Grand America. We realized we hadn't eaten. So we decided to stop at Buca. We both had seen it numerous times but had never eaten there.
It was a fun family style restaurant.
With really yummy food!
Our salad:
YUMMY!
Completely stuffed and happier than two foxes in a hen house we headed on back to The Grand America.
When we got back our room was perfect:
We even had music playing in the background to greet us along with a note.....
that told us Sunday's weather:
Our room was so beautiful!
The crowned molding, marble shower, mirrors, furniture, etc. were breathtaking!
We had our own home away from home!
It was the perfect weekend to spend with our best friend!
Here's looking forward to an eternity of anniversaries!
Love you babe!
Shay's Highlights:
I enjoyed getting away for the weekend. Winnie was so excited to get tickets for our European vacation that she fell asleep, so I stayed up late and bought the tickets online. I enjoyed the Indian and Italian food and just being able to relax with Winnie for the weekend. Now its back to the wars until we take off for Europe--stay tuned.
