Seth and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary over the weekend! We both took off work/school last Friday and this past Monday. Friday we packed up the car, dropped Rufus off with my mom, and headed to Montgomery. We checked in to the hotel,
The Renaissance at Montgomery Hotel and Spa, and they upgraded us to a suite for our anniversary.. for FREE! We were on the sixth floor and we had an amazing view of the Alabama River! We settled our bags into our awesome room and headed out for lunch.
Our hotel was located in the heart of downtown and we were able to walk everywhere! They have a ton of beautiful architecture and local places to shop and eat. For lunch we ate at a family owned hamburger diner. The Cajun fries were my favorite. After lunch we walked around the town and took a few pictures. Then we headed to the pool for some sun and relaxation... Ahhhh :)
After the pool we got ready for dinner. The front desk recommended a Thai restaurant, called Lek's, across the street in a train station (how cool!). It was great! We had sushi (our favorite) and shared a curry dish, yummy! They had the cutest glasses for our sweet tea and pink lemonade- see below.
After dinner we headed back to the hotel to open presents!!! Since it was our first anniversary the traditional gift is Paper. Our real present was going on the trip but we did get a little extra for each other. I got Seth a book he has been wanting, a nice journal, and a travel coffee mug- hopefully he will quit stealing mine ;). And he got me the most thoughtful perfect gift... A framed picture of our first dance with the song lyrics hand-written on the canvas around it!! It is gorgeous!
Saturday we slept in till 8:30... I guess our internal alarms are getting used to being up early. We watched Food Network all morning- our favorite channel that we don't get at home!! We went to a local pizza place, Tomatino's for lunch. Seth got a white pizza andi got pepperoni/Canadian bacon on mine. Mmhmm! Then we went back to the pool for a while. And then the best, well close to it, part of the trip... I got a 50 minute massage at the spa!! It was so relaxing! Much needed since I'm a worry wart/ control freak/ crazy person most of the time (I'm working on it.. Well praying about it).
After the pool we got ready for dinner. We walked to a new local restaurant called The Railyard Brewing Company. It was a very cool restaurant.. They brew all their own beer and have really unique decor. We both got burgers on pretzel buns. They each had they own homemade spread, mine had jalapeño pimento cheese spread. Yummmmmy! This was by far my favorite meal! The hot sauce was out of this world! I bet they will be on Diner's, Drive In's, and Dives soon! After dinner we sat outside to watch a fireworks show on the river.. A perfect ending to a perfect trip! Sunday (our actual anniversary) we headed back home and spent the day relaxing just the two of us, plus Rufus.
It was a perfect weekend! We are so blessed. I am more in love with Seth today than I was when we got married. I am so thankful that God brought us together.
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