Happy Late Anniversary Trip

This past weekend Troy and I finally got to go on our anniversary date for our 12 year anniversary. Yes, that was almost 3 months ago, but we've been busy. We got a gift certificate for a bed and breakfast for Christmas and finally were able to use it. (Good thing, because it expired the next day.)

Troy and I went to the Armstrong Mansion. There were all different themed rooms you could choose from corresponding with months of the year. We didn't choose any really fancy room because our gift certificate was for $99 and a lot of the rooms were up to $200, and we didn't want the cheapest room themed "Grandma's Attic" because that is just what it looked like and it creeped me out to sleep in this bed that looked like my Grandma's (sorry Grandma). But anyway, we chose the "October Room" which I thought was cheap enough and had some nice halloweeny stuff. (I like Halloween.)

Of course, things never quite go as planned, and the day before they called me to say there had been water damage and they had to move us to a different room. Oh, well. Life goes on. Actually, we got a lot more expensive room and it turned out pretty nice. (Although the sink was falling off the wall!)

It was a very small room, but then had a connected bathroom,

and around the corner was this little staircase

that went up to the highest part of the mansion to a giant jacuzzi tub.

Pretty fancy, huh?

We spent most of our evening running around the mansion and sneaking into other people's rooms who hadn't arrived yet to see what their rooms looked like.

We hung out in the parlor and tried to take some pictures although our camera sucks and we always come out blurry.

We wondered where everyone else was since it was almost 7 pm and yet half of the rooms were still empty and we know they were all booked.

We took full advantage of the emptiness and took more random pictures.

We ran up and down the staircases and posed by the large banisters.

Troy thinks he is Mr. GQ here.

Most couples might have been pretty bored with it pouring rain outside and no where to go, but we were pretty entertained just running up and down the mansion and exploring. I figure it was because we didn't have to worry what 4 kids were doing. Although we love our kids, it was a nice break.

We'll have to do this every year!

Thanks Dad and Sally for the gift certificate!