Anniversary Inn and the Phantom

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Anniversary Inn and the Phantom

I wanted to reserve the night before Andy leaves as family time. But, the night before the night before he leaves became an opportunity for us to have our own special time as a couple. A few months ago we went on a wonderful family vacation, but I quickly realized that a family vacation and a getaway as a couple are very different things and both are important. So, my mom said she was willing to take the boys for the night, and we booked the Phantom of the Opera room at the Anniversary Inn.

The Phantom of the Opera is special to me because, not only have I always loved the music from the time I was introduced to it at the age of 12, but also, because Andy gave me the most thoughtful gift for our first Valentine's Day of a Phantom of the Opera musical snow globe. It was amazing to me, that he would be so considerate to find a gift that combined my love for snow globes with my love for the music from Phantom of the Opera. Unfortunately, like most things I love, the snow globe was broken so I no longer have it, but the memory is as magic as ever.

We were going to begin our date by having dinner downtown at the Roof. We have heard that it is expensive, but delicious! When it came down to it, though, we really wanted to wear our jeans rather than dress up. So we went to Texas roadhouse instead. We had never been there before. It was great food and we only wish we would have tried it sooner.

After dinner we checked into our room. I was eager to try out the jetted tub, clothes and all! I was excited to come back later that evening and soak in the bubbles.

We headed back out to meet the kids at temple square and then had a fun evening together at the Inn. We were both so glad that we had taken the time (and money - which had stressed me out pretty bad) to create this evening for ourselves.

Once morning came, Andy was eager to get to packing. I was also needing to get back to my nursing baby, so we didn't really sleep in or spend much time there. We did pause enough to have an amazing breakfast and for me to teach Andy a solitare version of cribbage.

2 comments:

UnknownDecember 4, 2007 at 6:44 PM
How fun. When did you guys end up doing this?? I'm glad you got to do something so fun together.
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JennyDecember 4, 2007 at 8:03 PM
This was just last night. Fun huh!
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