Ten year anniversary

So, a few weeks ago I posted that it was our ten year anniversary. We treated our trip to Mexico as our ten-year celebration, since we knew that we'd have a new little one around, and wouldn't be able to get out and about as easily as before. But, we did manage to send the other boys to my brother-in-law's house while we headed out to dinner. Here's the story:

We had a slow leak in one of the tires on the van, so Brandon took the three older boys with him to Sam's Club while they fixed it. After it was fixed, he headed to Little Caeser's and then out to Jon's house (12 minute drive, or so) to drop the boys off while I fed Connor and got ready here at home. When he got home, we pulled our dinner coupons out, and decided that we'd go to Firehouse Pizzeria for dinner. They had a good deal (with the coupon) and pizza sounded good, so we headed out. Another 12 minute drive, since Firehouse is just down the road from Jon's, but it was all good.

We pulled up to Firehouse, and Brandon jokingly said, "We should probably check the coupon just to make sure it's still good." (We've had issues with coupons before that we realize - too late - only work on certain days or times.) So, we check the coupon, and lo and behold, the deal is only good from 4:00 - 6:00 pm. It was 6:30. Decision time - should we still go in, or should we drive back to Logan and eat somewhere else. We decided to stay.

So, we go in, but there is no hostess there, so we just sit down. After sitting there for about five minutes, someone finally comes up to the hostess platform, and proceeds to sit someone that just walked in the door. So, Brandon flagged her down, and she got us seated, and got us some drinks ordered. (I love flavored lemonades!!)

As we're sitting there trying to decide what to order, Brandon suddenly realizes that he doesn't have his wallet in his pocket. Uh-oh! So, he heads out to the van to see if it's in the door of the van. It's not, and I don't have my purse with me. *sigh* So, we head to the front of the restaurant, explain what's going on so that we can pay for our drinks, and the chef just waves us out the door with our free drinks.

At this point, we have to go back into Logan so that we can get his wallet (and pray that he doesn't get pulled over for some reason). We headed home, grabbed another coupon, checked it to make sure it was valid, and headed out to eat. By this time, Connor was starving, so we ordered our food, thinking it would take about fifteen or twenty minutes for them to bring us our food. I thought I had plenty of time to nurse Connor, so I covered up and got him eating, when they brought our food. Wow! Five minutes!

So, Brandon ate, while I fed Connor and changed a blowout diaper, then I was able to eat (VERY quickly while Brandon held Connor. By the time I was finished, we had to go pick up the boys, so we headed back out to Jon's house. Connor fell asleep on the way, so Brandon just ran in to get the boys, but as soon as the van stopped moving, Connor was awake. By now, it's 8:45. Do I go in and feed him (guaranteed that we'll be there another 30 minutes at the least) or do I hope that Brandon comes out quickly? I decided to stay in the van, and was about to pull him out of his car seat when Brandon and the boys came out. So, we drove home (with Connor crying), Brandon put the boys to bed while I fed Connor, and then we sat down and laughed about our mishaps of the night.

We forgot our marriage license when we got married, and now this. We're going on the assumption, now, that something funny will happen on our twenty year anniversary! *sigh* Oh, the memories!

Thanks for a fun night, sweetie!