Happy 5th Anniversary!

Dec. 18th was our 5th wedding anniversary, so Layne and I headed to KC for the night. A big thank you to both grandparents and Aunt Kristi for watching the kids for two nights, because getting two nights of uninterupted sleep and sleeping in was a wonderful present!
Friday night, we packed the kids up and shipped them off, and we just relaxed at home. Saturday, we headed to Kansas City, with lunch in Topeka at Red Robin, a little shopping at The Legends, and then to our hotel which was two blocks from the plaza! I had forgotten how beautiful the plaza was at Christmas time and we could see all the lights from our hotel window. We set out to eat a nice dinner and spent a lot of time walking as we were trying to agree on a dinner place without having to wait hours in line--so we saw many stores and lights as we walked around and ended up eating at Jack Stack's BBQ--Layne was happy with anything BBQ and after waiting an hour for a table, I was happy with just food! We then window shopped and looked at a few stores--trying to stay warm as well--it was very cold out-- and then went to our highlight of the evening--the Melting Pot--for dessert. A plateful of yummy desserts and you dip it all in chocolate! We both really enjoyed that!
We decided to drive down and check out the Power and Lights District in KC--we have heard a lot about it, but had not seen it, so we drove down there and enjoyed all the Xmas lights and walked around that area for a while as well and enjoyed some fun music.
We headed back to Topeka the next morning after a huge free breakfast buffet and watched the movie Blind Side--great show--before making it home to see our family and children!
All in all, we are blessed to have 5 years together, and as we were reflecting back on 5 years, we are pretty proud of all that we have accomplished--a house, 2 cats, 2 children, trips such as Hawaii, CO, Chicago, LA, and Catalina Island, canoeing, whitewater rafting, and 2 successful jobs. We plan to keep enjoying our time together and can't wait to see what 5 more years with bring!

The plaza lights from our hotel window--a little fuzzy, but you get the idea.

Getting ready to go to dinner and walk around the plaza--I really wished I would have worn my tennis shoes instead of my cool boots as my feet were killing me--what we do to look good!

Pretty lights on the plaza (and a car roof)!

The corner where Layne proposed to me 6 years ago.

Having fun celebrating and staying warm on the plaza.

And just for fun--wedding pictures from 5 years ago--enjoy!

The cake and drink.

Our family

The wedding party.

And us--5 years ago!