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25 years and we still like each other.

On January 27, it was our 25th wedding anniversary. That went by quickly, yet I feel like its been forever. We have had good times, hard times and I can say we have a better relationship now than we did in the beginning. Jay is the best. He is so kind, sweet, romantic, thoughtful and he does his best to help me around the house and with the kids. I love him. 

On our anniversary he gave me these 8 dozen roses. He is so sweet. We also went to dinner at our favorite Indian restaurant called The Bombay House. We love the chicken Marsala and naan. We went and had a massage afterward. 




So yummy. Besides our relationship we have changed. More wrinkles and more grey.


We really wanted to go away, but with basketball and kids and work, it didn't happen for awhile. Finally, in February we went downtown and spent a night. We stayed at the Grand American. They upgraded us to the penthouse for free. It was a great view even though I hate elevators and would have preferred a lower floor. Jay took me shopping and I got these cool shoes. 


 
We had lunch at the California Pizza Kitchen. I had my favorite.....the Thai Pizza and Jay had the Club Pizza. Here is the view from the hotel. We even got a great balcony we could actually go out on. It was beautiful weather. It didn't seem like February in Utah. But then, this whole winter hasn't been normal. 



Jay took me to a really fancy steak house so I got all dressed up. Dinner was incredible. The rolls were to die for. Jay had a steak and I had salmon. We looked at the cool window displays after and then went swimming and hot tubing. It was such a great relaxing night. 


We had to try an anniversary selfie! We aren't too good at it. We are old, but it was fun to try. This is the best one. The others you could see up our noses or were missing the tops of our heads. 


The hotel was all lit up. It was beautiful. They also had fresh baked cookies in the lobby. Before we went to bed, we sat in the lobby and listened to a jazz band they had playing while we ate a cookie. 


These are the fun window displays. The one below is of the board game Monopoly.


This was clue. I was being all sneaky. We sent this picture to the kids. 



This was the brunch the next morning. Seriously, we ate ourselves silly. These are just a few pictures of the many plates of food we ate. It was amazing. We were so tired after we ate and we didn't want to go home yet, so we sat in this great tea room on the couches and listened to live harp music. I think we both napped a bit. 
It was great to sleep in, eat an great brunch and to top it all off we took a drive up the canyon and then headed home to the four things that make us a family.




Comments

Catherine said…
Happy 25th!!! What a wonderful weekend of celebration you shared together. You look wonderful!!
March 22, 2015 at 5:36 AM
Claudia said…
Happy 25 years! I think your selfie turned out great! (Loving your long hair!)
March 25, 2015 at 10:25 AM
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