Five Years!

This year (Aug 30) marked five years of Jeff and I being married.  We had wanted to do something special, but of course ended up about 8.7 months pregnant.  So, you may remember, we decided to take an early weekend trip to Wolf Creek while we had the chance, but still, we couldn't let the day pass by without something.  We made contingency plans for an anniversary at home with a brand new baby, for one in the hospital and for one very pregnant with no babe.  Turns out, we were not in the hospital, and still babyless, and our plan was to do sealings at Salt Lake (where we were sealed) then go to the Utah game that night (it was special staff pricing day, woo!) and then our favortie restaurant Franck's. However, since I was hesitant to purchase game tickets so far in advance, by the time I was willing, they were sold out.  (Well, they had standing room tickets... yeah right!)

So, we shuffled everything and this is how the day went.  We all got up and got ready, then dropped Amie off at school.  Jeff, Lisie and I went to breakfast at Mimi's Cafe (always delicious) then spent some quality time with her feeding the ducks at Liberty park.  She loved it.  We then picked up Amie and took the girls to McD's.  We had early dinner too, so we just wanted to eat small and let the girls have fun.  We dropped everyone off at grandma's then headed to the temple for some sealings.  It was really great, and they got us in and out in perfect timing.  (That was one of my main wishes for the day - go do sealings where we were sealed.) We went from there to Franck's, where we had a delightful experience.  It was 5 on a Thursday, so there was only one other party there.  I have to do it - here's a description of what we got.  I am still baffled as to why no one knows about Franck's, so I have to convince you through imagery. I got herb-scented southern fried chicken with whipped potatoes, house made ricotta, pickled peaches and peach-something emulsion. Jeff got brandy-reduction wagyu steak medallions with smoked strawberries, saffron pudding, and pommes frites.  Don't forget the very legit cheese plate and our soups - Jeff had plum black pepper dijon and mine was porcini lavender. Seriously to die for!  They also gave us a free dessert for our anniversary (chocolate tort and lemon sorbet.)  We totally love that place and someday we'll actually take people with us!

From there, we made perfect time over to the show at Desert Star theater, opening night for Wicked-er (a last minute decision.)  This is also one of our classics, though we haven't been forever.  The show was funny (much better in the second half than the first) and we were way too stuffed to eat anything, but they announced our anniversary, and we got to stand up to dance to "Let me call you sweetheart" before the olio. 
Honestly, we could not have asked for a better day.  The past 3 years have all had some big debaucle, so we were expecting problems, or of course, a baby delivery.  This year was great, though.  We had a lovely night, and got to spend lots of great quality time together. Love you babe, thanks for the five best years of my life!