The one with the kissing... {B.N.D.5}

Day 5, is the one with the kissing... Have you ever seen The Princess Bride? Well, if you have seen the movie then you know it's one of those types of movies you either love or hate. I, of course, happen to love that movie. It has SO many great quotable lines in it! Like...

Inigo, "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

Miracle Max, "You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles."

Valerie, "I'm not a witch, I'm your wife."

Inigo, "Fezzik, are there rocks ahead?"
Fezzik, "If there are, we all be dead."
Vizzini, "No more rhymes now, I mean it."
Fezzik, "Anybody want a peanut?"
Vizzini, "DYEEAAHHHHHH."

Westly, "As you wish."

Vezzini, "INCONCEIVABLE!"

It's a classic! Anyway, I decided to name this post "the one with the kissing" because it has (at least) one kissing photo in it. So, before I start... You can decide like the grandson in the beginning of The Princess Bride if you wish to continue ("Is this a kissing book???"). Just to be fair... You've been warned.

 Once our summer slowed down and Brandon had wrapped up his summer schedule, we were able to get away, just the two of us for a few days. YES, you read that right... A few days, just the two of us. By ourselves!!!

 Me and this big hunk of man flesh had a blast together. 

 We had missed out on a lot of sitting and talking over the summer months and over this weekend we really got to just sit and rest together, stare at each other, pray and read scripture with one another, just be. together.

We started off our trip by staying the night in Marble Falls (which is where the picture above was taken. we were out on our balcony reading the Word together and sipping on coffee out in the morning air.). Our first full day, we actually spent most of in the car driving... Something we both enjoy doing sometimes. There's just something about taking in all the scenery and conversation, not being in too big of a hurry to get where we are going. It's nice. By the end of our day, we eventually ended up in San Antonio! Which is where we spent the rest of our weekend.

Here is one of our first glimpses of our hotel, the Drury Plaza. 

 The beautiful lobby. These are the "Ooooh... Ahhhh..." pictures. 

It was pretty snazzy :)

 Our sweet suite

 Brandon's fan. Haha! He takes it everywhere. A learned trick from his momma! 

 The view from our windows

My 32 week Baby Bump (who joined us)

 Part of the beautiful River Walk. You could actually walk out of our hotel lobby and walk right out onto the River Walk! Very cool, if you ask me.

 Schilo's

 It's an old German Deli we had visited in the past. We were glad to find out it was right down the street from our Hotel. It made for a convenient lunch spot one day!

 Not to mention they have the best homemade Root Beer, that they serve in frosted glass mugs.

 Mmm... De-licious!

 The company was good too :)

 Of course, you can't take a trip to San Antonio and not visit the Alamo!

 More of the River Walk. 

 One of our favorite restaurants... Saltgrass! Can you say, Steak?!

Oh yes, we did... We ate good. 

 Then we walked it off on the River Walk. Isn't it romantic at night??

 One of the reasons we picked our hotel was because on the 22nd floor, there was a Pool and 2 Jacuzzis on the rooftop! 

 The Pool

 One of the Jacuzzis 

And now....

 The view.

 It was beautiful. 

Ahh! And there it is! The kissing!

(that wasn't too bad, now, was it?)

We had an amazing time. Relaxing. Restful. And by the end of it we were geared up for a the rest of our vacation week that we would spend together as a family (which you might just be reading about tomorrow...). 

To my Love, 

Thank you for serving. Thank you for leading. Thank you for teaching me and teaching our boys what it looks like to follow Christ. You are (and will always be) my favorite person. Thank you for laughing with me, at me and helping me laugh at myself. I am having a blast living this life with you! I love you. ~ Your Teddy 

For the GIRLS!

A couple of months ago something dawned on my sister and me. We have been sisters for... Well... forever and we had never planned any kind of getaway for just us girls. We have done the occasional day of shopping, late night trip to Target, a movie and even dinner but never had we gone off to do anything together with just the two of us.

So... We did it! We planned a weekend to getaway! My parents watched the boys (since their Daddy was in Mexico building a house) and I think they may have even checked in on David (Jess' hubby) a time or two, just to make sure he was eating while Jess was gone. ;) With our menfolk taken care of, we took off for the weekend!

You are about to see proof of our first annual Sisters Getaway Weekend! We decided our first trip would be to Fredericksburg, TX.

First stop, Hard Eight BBQ in Brady TX. 

 Oh, yes! We decided the best way to kick off our "girls" weekend was with some

yummy BBQ!

Jess, showing us how it's done! :)

During our time away (which ended up being two days and a night) we visited LOTS of little shops in Fredericksburg. There was plenty to see. We went to western stores, furniture stores, toy stores, jewelry stores, chocolate specialty shops (where we may have bought some chocolate for our husbands), antique shops, soda shops, ice cream shops... I think you get the point.

We stopped for ice cream and drinks and had a conversation over our drinks that I think needs to be shared... 

Me, "Is your root beer good? You haven't drank much of it."

Jess, "Yeah... It's okay. It has a weird taste to it though..."

Me, "Hmm... that's weird. My cream soda is gooood."

A few minutes go by

Me, "So, is your drink not good?"

Jess, "It just has a weird after taste. It almost tastes like... diet."

Me, "Um.. Jess... it is diet." (pointing at the word "diet" on her bottle)

Jess, ".... Dang it!"

Both in unison, "Bahahahahahaha!"  

We've had quite a few laughs about this one!

 Can I just say, Cinnamon Honey Butter is to die for! You should get some one day, seriously. Just don't buy it and then forget about it, leaving it behind in the bathroom. I'm not saying a certain pregnant woman who suffers from pregnancy brain syndrome did in fact do this, I'm just saying. In case you were wondering... It would be a good idea not to forget about the butter!

Among our findings over the weekend, I found these antique tin canisters. I got the whole set for $25! You can ask Jess, I was so excited about these! 

I didn't take any pictures of our luxurious hotel... HA! Let's just say between the "complimentary" WiFi that apparently wasn't "guaranteed" and the doors that weren't where we thought they should be... We're marking this one down as a learning experience and will do more research for next year's hotel. What we do have are some good memories! Like our up-stairs and up-hill room, right Jess?! 

 In this picture we were looking at these hanging lamps made out of record albums. We thought they were really neat but not worth the $$$ for them. But I have to say, it made for a cute picture!

Mexican food!

If you haven't noticed, our weekend was full of good food! This pretzel/pastry was sooo good!

Because of our mutual love for food, we decided one of these Getaway Weekends we will be visiting one of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants. We do realize we will have to save up quite a bit of extra cash to support such a trip but we also really want to try his risotto! Oh... And we will be taking our husbands on that trip. For 2 reasons:

1. They would KILL us if we went and ate Chef Ramsay's food without them!

2. Chef Ramsay scares us. Seriously. We would want our husbands there purely for the sake of protection!

 

Our "sister" rings we got :)

I'd say, our first annual Sisters Getaway Weekend was a success! We had a great time and will look back on pictures and memories for the rest of our lives. AND, we have already put dates on the calendar for next year! Canton TX and First Monday get ready!!

Kit,
I had so much fun with you baby sis! Thanks for wanting to spend a whole weekend with your big ("big" meaning older not just because I'm very pregnant) sister. I love and cherish you.

~Lann                     

P.S. Can you imagine how many corndogs, roasted ears of corn and bags of cotton candy we'll be able to buy after saving our money for a whole year?!? ;)