Weekend Plans

To celebrate our anniversary, Nathan and I are going to SPEND A NIGHT AWAY this weekend. This is a big deal, because I don't think we've been away from our kid(s) overnight since my 30th birthday, which was over a year ago. And before that, we had never been away from Noah overnight. So this is a rare and much needed treat.

We're going to spend the night at the hotel in downtown Houston where we spent our wedding night. Here's our itinerary:

• Sleep
  
• Read a book
• Order room service
• Watch a movie
• Sleep
• Order room service
• Sleep
• Sleep

So exciting, isn't it? But we can't think of anything we'd rather do. In part, we need the rest. But we are also just looking forward to spending time alone together without any other responsibilities pulling us away.

We are hoping that we can go back to the place where we spent our honeymoon for our tenth anniversary. We stayed in Lake Louise, in Banff, Alberta. The Canadian Rockies are spectacular in winter, of course, and because we went in mid-December, the hotel was quiet. We had so much fun and enjoyed the mountains and snow (I love those things--I'd choose the mountains over the beach any day). We hiked around the fantastically beautiful lake, through a frozen canyon, we went ice skating (or I should say that I attempted it), went dog sledding, etc. It was wonderful, and we are really looking forward to going back. So, hopefully, this weekend is a precursor to this:

The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise

But for now, I'm happy to return to this for a night:

The Lancaster Hotel