Weekend Getaway

Celebrating the actual day of our wedding anniversary was pretty lame this year. There was no one around to babysit the kids, so we grabbed some Japanese food & headed to McD's with the kids. At least that way we could talk un-interupted while the kids played....on our anniversary! Crazy I know. Trust me, we're putting that memory down in the book for certain! So the next day, needless to say-we were quite depressed. Luckily the kids' Aunt Michelle & cousins were more than happy to have them over to play-so we headed to the Westside for a mini-getaway!
Michelle & the girls were FANTASTIC with the kids-we dropped them off and they never looked back!  I rarely see them do that.
First stop-JJ's for lunch! Yum-Yum-Yum!

Of course, we had to get the kids a cookie from Sluys to take back with us. Next stop: Port Gamble-where we got married 6 years ago :) It was so great to walk around the town, watch people having wedding receptions & decorating the church for an upcoming ceremony. Brought back so many great memories for us. It was crazy to see how "booming" the town was now. Packed with people, but still as gorgeous as ever. :)

We reminisced how funny it was that the location we chose for our wedding back then, was completely perfect for us & our "style"-even still and wouldn't change a thing. We even bought a house built in the same era as the ones out there...

I'm lucky that Mike enjoys walking through antique stores with me and gets the same kick out of neat vintage odds & ends. So fun!

After our look-about Port Gamble, we went back to check on the kids and relieve the cousins from "kid duty" but Em & Bryce were totally bummed when we showed up and pretty much begged us to leave! Aunt Michelle had them doing play-doh, bubbles, making cookies, took them on trips to the park & lunch at the mall, etc. Duh they didn't want anything to do with boring Mom & Dad! :) So we left them there and went back to the house & grabbed the puppies for a stroll along the Bremerton boardwalk. 

It was a great day and I am so grateful that family came to our rescue & pulled our anniversary out of the "slums" of depression! :) Hugs to Aunt Michelle & the girls for being so great to us & the kids!