anniversary in snowflake

I think I've mentioned before that our real anniversary is the day before Valentine's Day. For that and many other reasons, we actually choose to celebrate a month or so later. This year, we went up to Snowflake for the weekend and stayed at a little Bed & Breakfast up there; we truly had a great time, did some great things, ate some great food, and thought about our children not at all. ;) Well, maybe a little bit.

My parents were kind enough to watch the kiddos so we could get away for about 30 hours. Snowflake is about 4 hours from us, so it's not a quick little trip, but the quiet togetherness time is rare for us, and we enjoyed it.

We went to the LDS temple first. Snowflake is a town established on a plateau of sorts, and they get wind like crazy. The Snowflake Temple is on top of a hill on top of the plateau so it gets Super Wind. ;)

Once inside, we were asked to be the witness couple for a session, which I always enjoy doing. This was our first time in this temple, other than attending the Open House in 2002, so it was exciting for us to experience this newer little temple for the first time. Most of the attendees and patrons knew each other, so they made somewhat of a big deal out of our visit, all asking where we were from, what our family was like, how many kids we had, etc. The Celestial Room is absolutely breathtaking, so bright and clean and gorgeous. I tried to find some stock pictures online but I couldn't find any.

Then, we stayed for about an hour of sealings. Love that. =)

When we came out it wasn't near as windy as when we went in.

We drove next, to the Heritage Inn, the B&B that came so highly recommended by some.

It's this quaint little restored set of buildings on Main Street, completely remodeled and designed to look like period 1800s architecture and design. It reminded us of homes from Nauvoo.

I loved all the little touches that made it look so authentic. And I loooooved the piano. I was itching to play it, but the lovely owner, Dean Porter, said it was non-functional.

While we were touring the kitchen, Mr. Porter told us how we were welcome to come down any time and make cocoa, eat treats, nuke popcorn, grab drinks. . . very accomodating. Too bad I was forcing myself not to totally blow my diet. Danny did allow me one piece of chocolate cake and it was to die for. I'm still dreaming about it.

The spa room-formerly known as the chicken coop. ;)

He gave us a very engaging tour of the premises. But I was freezing. And hungry. I just clicked away to keep my mind off my cold toes and empty stomach.

These last several shots are from our room.

Then we ate at Eva's Kitchen or "La Cocina de Eva". Our waitress cracked us up-she'd come to take our order and bark out in Spanish "Digame!!" (tell me!) I was very happy here eating my chimichangas because it was the first 'naughty' food I'd had since Valentine's Day I think. ;) Super yummo.

I loved how the hotel looked at night. I really wanted to stay out and snap more pictures, but I was fuh-reezing. I hurried inside while Danny paahked the caah.

To warm up, we took advantage of the spa-true to the 1800s period, right? (I hope no one minds these pictures of us in swimsuits)

We ordered our breakfast for 9am and had a nice chat with the owner while we dined. I promise I did not eat that whole plate worth of food. I wanted to, but I didn't.

It was a great little place and we hope to return in a couple of years.

Next we drove to Heber and met up with an old friend (the one pretty much responsible for introducing Danny and I) and his family. We visited for a while and then went to church with them in Heber.

On our way back to town, we played in some snow along the side of the road.

Cuh-razy.

"My arms are cold!"

Ya think??

Good times. Happy anniversary, baby.