Our Anniversary Weekend

This is our anniversary weekend!  Woo-hoo! Yes, it's already been a year!

How will we celebrate?  We considered quite a few restaurants even looked up a few online.  In the end we have decided to return to the place where it all started for us, Uncle Julio's.  We did just go there back in September but it just seems appropriate to us to revisit where it began for our first wedding anniversary.  If the Gaylord Texan where we married wasn't so completely overcrowded we would go there. Gaylord will be a madhouse on Sunday, due to all the added attractions they have on the weekends during the holiday season. Going to Uncle Julio's for an early dinner is the plan as it stands right now, however, I just realized the Cowboys play at 3:25.  Hmm, we might have to work around the Cowboys game.  Although Brad has said he's not worried about watching football tomorrow.  I want to watch some football but agree with him that for tomorrow I don't want it to completely rule our day.  We're only going to have a 1 year wedding anniversary once!  There's many football games in a season year after year!   

I sense Brad has a surprise up his sleeve for tomorrow so I wanted to do my best to surprise him with something today.  I gave him a card late this morning that gave him specific instructions to be ready for the day and ready to leave our place no later than 2:15, dressed somewhat casual. Once 2:15 arrived off we went to the Imax to see the new movie The Hobbit in 3D.  I didn't tell him where we were going until we were in the car and about to drive out of the parking lot of our complex.  He loves the Lord of the Rings movies and he loves The Hobbit.  Last year while on our
Orlando honeymoon The Hobbit was released which we went to see while in Orlando.  This is the 2nd Hobbit movie apparently there's one more in the works. I figured surprising him with tickets to the Hobbit on opening weekend would be a nice gesture, not to mention a nice outing.

Afterwards I treated him to dinner.  The movie was great.  The scenery in the movie is worth the price of admission in my opinion.  That's my favorite thing about the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies, the scenery is quite exquisite.  No clue where they film at?

For dinner I told him to pick anywhere.  He surprised me by choosing a restaurant we've been meaning to try but haven't gotten around to.  We went to Carrino's...it was awesome!  We'll definitely return!  Cozy, countryside Italian feel to the décor plus authentic Italian dishes. Yum!  Highly recommend it!

When I arrived home earlier today before we went to the movie Brad had a huge floral arrangement sitting on our dining table...it's gorgeous.  I couldn't believe my eyes when I first walked in our kitchen after coming home.  Beautiful red roses mixed in with white hydrangeas and other white flowers.  Sitting beside the flowers he bought me a little sock monkey dressed in a Santa outfit.  It's hilariously cute!  I squealed with delight at both the flowers and the sock monkey. I love little sock monkeys.  My grandma made me one when I was a young child. I suppose that's when my sock monkey fascination started!  They're cute!

Woo-hoo!  I'm excited for tomorrow!  It's like waiting for Christmas!  Which is fast approaching too!