Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Wonderful weekend...amazing husband!

Full marks for wonderfulness (I know, I know but it's my blog and I can make words up if I want to) goes to my husband...Kevin!

He planned a (semi because he did tell me about it a day before) surprise evening away for the two of us in Seattle. We had a lovely, relaxing, day and a half.

We stayed here bordering on downtown in an old area of Seattle. It was quaint and beautiful loaded with old fashioned charm. We got to walk up to our third floor room because the building was built before elevators, the floors were hardwood and the plumbing reminded us of the house we left at home and are renovating, in otherwords, we loved it!

What did we do with all our glorious free time? Well, mostly we ate...yummy! And walked and talked and looked at the sights. It seems just about the perfect one day get away to me!

Kev even got some work in....


I loved some of the old buildings. It's much like Vancouver but I rarely have time to look when I'm at home. We're always rushing from one place to another without stopping to enjoy the history around us.



We decided to take the long way home. We drove and drove wondering why we chose to do this extra long journey when we came accross this....

A bridge joins the Island to the mainland and we happened upon it suddenly as we came around the corner. It took my breath away.

Thanks hon for the amazing President's day (hey we can celebrate it even if we aren't Americans!)

14 comments:

InTheFastLane said...

Seattle is one of my favorite cities. I don't get back there, very often, though. sounds like a nice slow couple of days.

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful hubby!!! Kudos to Kev!! The pictures were AMAZING. Thanks for sharing. It makes me want to kidnap my man....hmmmm I'll need to work on that.

Mighty Morphin' Mama said...

Sounds absolutely wonderful.
Good job Kev!

Kellan said...

Yep - Full marks for wonderfulness! And great pictures, especially the one of you two together! What a great trip. Take care - Kellan

Amy said...

what a special thing!

i am glad you two got to spend time together. it's so nice to do things like that. doesn't it remind you of why you are together in the first place?

nice picture of you two!

Blog said...

I've never been to Seattle (birthplace of STARBUCKS!).... So want to go. Your hubby's AWESOME! :) What a treat for the two of you!

Mary said...

Wow what a great surprise! You're one lucky gal :) Sounds like you had a wonderful getaway!

I would love to visit Seattle! Your pictures were great :)

Aunt Becky said...

I'm dying for a vacation, and your post may have been the catalyst to make it happen.

Glad you had a great Presidents day!

Don Mills Diva said...

Sounds wonderful - glad you had a great time.

Laura said...

WOW - sounds wonderful!

I love the photos!

I told my hubby the next time we visit his family in BC we should escape to Seattle and explore!

Thanks for sharing!

the mama bird diaries said...

Love Seattle.

And love a day alone with the hubby.

A rare and amazing experience.

Chey said...

That is fantastic Shay. I wish that my hubby did things like that/ There is nothing better than a surprise trip away with someone spoecial.

elasticwaistbandlady said...

"Mostly we ate"

That's like music to my ears. I always remember important events by what I ate that day.

Lori said...

Hey! While I was away, you were playing in my backyard!!

I'm so glad you had a nice getaway!