15th Anniversary

Last week, on 1/19, Mark and I celebrated our fifteenth anniversary.  It’s hard to believe that many years have passed since we got married that snowy evening in 2002.  We celebrated that evening with a great dinner of filet, scallops, and a wine from the year we were married that we actually got on an anniversary trip we took a long time ago. We polished dinner off with a red wine chocolate cake with amaretto whipped cream.  Not a bad dinner for a weeknight!  :)

   

 

Our real anniversary celebration came on Saturday.  We planned a day date (thanks to Mousey’s help in watching the girls) to hike Raven’s Rock, then a stop off at Dirt Farm Brewing, followed by dinner out.  The weather was supposed to be relatively warm for January, which was good, however it was super foggy.  It actually made for some cool sights while hiking closer to the summit of Raven’s Rock. 

   

The hike was fairly challenging, but we loved it and Cayenne was also very happy to be along.  Once we reached the top, you’re supposed to have an amazing view, however once we got to the top, all you could see was a sea of fog.  It was kind of creepy and cool at the same time.  You know the rocks drop off and there’s a vast landscape below, but we literaly couldn’t see anything past several feet of the rocks.

We planned to eat lunch at the top of the hike, but we had to eat pretty quickly because it was quite cold and windy at the top, but we refuled then headed back down the trail.

  

  

Nina saw this picture of the twisted tree and thought it looked like the head of a dragon.  I loved her creativity, and now when I look at it, all I can see is dragon! 

After the hike we popped over to Dirt Farm Brewery which was right down the road from our hiking location.  Then after a refreshing sample taster of some of their brews, we headed back home to get cleaned up for dinner.

We finished our date day with a Mediterranean dinner at Neyla.  It was a new place for us, and we loved it!  We had such a great meal, and it was the perfect way to cap off an awesome day celebrating our anniversary.  Thanks again to Mousey for watching the girls for us all day.  That was really a treat and my type of way to celebrate an anniversary!