And this year, we decided that we just wanted something totally low key to celebrate. Yeah, I'm sure others are thinking we're lame. But it really was a chance to just wind down and be with each other and remember why we got married in the first place. So we took a weekend to chill.
Friday night, had dinner with family. After that, the in-laws took my kids to their place. Hubby and I went home. It was weird not having the kids there. It was so quiet.
Saturday, we got to sleep in. OMG. Until 8:30am. Do you know how late that it is for me?! Wow. It's extremely rare for me to get that sleep in time. Hubby slept in too! Just nice to wake up at a time that we wanted to wake up. We took our time getting up and getting ready to head out.
First stop, movie theatre to watch The Hunger Games. I really enjoyed the movie. But I really enjoyed the VIP experience! Yeah! Comfy chairs, swivel tables for your food, special slot for drinks and tons of leg room. No kids/teenagers there as you had to be 19+ so really, there was only about 24 people there. AWESOME. The VIP lounge rocked too...individual bathrooms and a really swanky lounge. Great start!
Next stop, tax drop off. I know...so exciting right?! But it was a day we didn't have the kids, there were no lessons...nothing. So we could go to a boring place to get all our taxes in for the tax season.
Some shopping and meandering through stores. Nothing strenous...nothing crazy. Then we thought we'd go watch another movie! Why the heck not? 21 Jump Street was next on the list. Because everybody was watching The Hunger Games, not too many people watching our movie. Good times. Silly movie but some great nostalgia.
Then off to home to just chill. Apparently our chill day wasn't chill enough and we needed more down time. I honestly think it's just our bodies saying, "ok, no kids today. Relax and take the down time. Your bodies are always amped up for work and kids. Today...NOTHING."
Sunday, some sleep in time again. Wow. A girl could get used to this. But had to do some food shopping to get ready for work, kids and just reality. Hubby did laundry. Yes, I know...you're thinking you want to celebrate your anniversary this way too. Anyways, after some chores, off to the Olive Garden for lunch. Loved my dish and it was so nice not to cook!
After that, off to pick up the kids who had a fabulous time with the grandparents. Yay for grandparents.
So after 12 years...what do I know about my marriage? We've gone through a lot and each time we had to encounter something, we came through it together. We're thankful for our kids as our lives would be very different without them. They really do bring certain joys that we wouldn't have had otherwise. We're good for each other. Maybe we both could have found other partners and had a completely more exciting life. But we ended up with each other for so many reasons.
Who knows what the future will bring for us? Not sure at all. But if the first 12 years are any indication, I'm hoping that we can continue to grow together and have many more anniversaries to come.
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