Anniversary Date: Pirate Golf

The next fun thing planned for our anniversary date was backlight miniature golfing.  This place is located in downtown Portland and it is underground.

It's really well decorated and so fun.  My camera had a hard time taking all the pictures because the light was so dim.  

Regae music is played on the speakers, so it's not too spooky.  But we both agreed that it was probably too scary for the kids.

We used to go miniature golfing all the time when we were dating, but there isn't a good miniature golf place where we live now.  Handsome Husband was pretty stoked when he found out about this place.

Definitely a fun surprise.

Afterwards we ate at Qdoba and walked along the riverfront.

We stopped at a street fair and found this cool booth.

This guy makes crazy things from silverware.  We ended up buying a magnetized knife handle that has been cut so it becomes a miniature vase.  Perfect for when the kids bring me flowers!  I loved the bracelets made out of curved forks.  

After taking a dip in the pool at our hotel we went to Newport's Seafood and Grill for dinner.

That drink is a raspberry mint thing.  And it's a little heavy on the mint.

Salmon stuffed with crab.  YUM.

After dinner we went to the movies to see Source Code.  It was awesome. :)  Back at our hotel we posed for a few together pictures.

My favorite:

Handsome Husband says this is my natural smile. 

I always look forward to our anniversaries.  This one did not disappoint.  We had a great time. It is always so wonderful to be able to focus on my husband and be reminded why I love him and why I was so blessed to get married to him.  9 years and going strong!

Anniversary Date: Cruisin'

Handsome Husband and I are celebrating our 9th Anniversary this May 4th.  It was Handsome Husband's job to plan the anniversary and he knocked it out of the park.  Thanks to Jeana and Fernando for babysitting our kids, we were able to really enjoy some time away.  First up was a 2 hour cruise on the Portland Spirit.

There was a princess tea party on the floor above us where little girls were all dressed up and so were the servers.  It was so cute.  We decided that we need to take the girls on that next year.

We got a window seat.  Nice.

No TV with sports????  Noooooooooo!!!!!

Mmmm, that was a tasty strawberry pineapple smoothie.  EXCELLENT choice.

This is a seven story mansion built right on the river front.  Handsome Husband was coveting it.  He is always dreaming for a bigger house with more of a yard to work on.  One of his MUST HAVES in a new house is a bonus room.  We could probably find a bonus room in this house, don't you think?

scut·tle·butt  

n.

1. Slang Gossip; rumor.

2. Nautical

a. A drinking fountain on a ship.

b. A cask on a ship used to hold the day's supply of drinking water.

It was a gorgeous day.  Maybe a little chillier than I would have liked, but considering all the rain we've been having, it was a really pretty day.

It was nice and relaxing and the views were beautiful.  We loved the cruise.

Handsome Husband got to enjoy being my model.  He actually liked being the focus since I'm normally focusing on the kids with my camera.

This was some architecture on one of the many bridges in Bridge Town.

Here is our Captain.

I liked the reflection of the water in Handsome Husband's sunglasses.

After the cruise we walked a little in Portland to get to our next destination.

I made Handsome Husband stop for more pictures.

To be continued...