Second Honeymoon?

Well, sort of.

Rewind 3 Years: For honeymoon, we went to California. (It was actually a trip that we already had scheduled before we decided to get married. It seemed fitting to get married the day we were supposed to leave on our trip... LOL!) We were married at 1 PM on a Wed afternoon and then went straight to the airport to fly out. We had purchased a plane ticket for Nate, but with our change of plans to get married, Charley and I flew out, and Nate drove to California with our close friends, Stacey & Denise. It worked out that Charley and I had Wednesday night and all day thursday by ourselves and then Nate arrived Friday morning. Wednesday night (our wedding night) we got into Anaheim late, around 8 PM. We had annual passes, but decided to wait for everyone to get there before we went to Disney. So we walked across the street for dinner at Ruths Chris. A very high class steakhouse that you definitely only visit on special occasions. The next day we went to Knotts Berry Farm and then to a Dodgers baseball game that night.

Now back to present time: My husband is very sentimental. He loves the little things. For our sealing, he wanted to recreate that honeymoon for us. Turns out we have a $75 gift card to Ruths Chris, and it's still off season for Knotts. So that's what we planned.

We left Idaho late Saturday night, to drive home. We made a couple stops on the way out of town and got home around 2 AM. We had to be to the airport at 5 AM to catch our flight. On the drive back, Nate wasn't feeling well. He had terrible allergies and was having a hard time breathing. He also said his ear hurt. So I didn't feel comfortable leaving him at a friend's house, and I couldn't call family at 2 in the morning! So, we decided to take him with us. We went home, unpacked our Idaho stuff, repacked for California, slept for 2 hours, then it was off to the airport.

We arrived Sunday morning around 9 AM. Checked into the Knotts Hotel and crashed!! We were so tired that we slept right through the baseball game. It's ok, much needed rest. We just had a nice relaxing day. That evening we went and ate at Ruth's Chris. We went there for the first time on our wedding night, and have been every year for our anniversary since. The food & the service is amazing.

This is what greeted us at our table:

Little heart shaped confetti. Nate went with us last year, and he was there again with us this year. He loves the place. So fancy for a kid. He was most excited about the dessert that came with his kids meal:

And Look what they brought out for us...

I love how they make your experience there so memorable. From the ambiance to the food to the service to the little things that make you feel important. They even call you by name!

The next day it was off to Knotts. We love theme parks and roller coasters- Knotts is actually one of Nate's favorites. I like it too. It's smaller, but has that "country-ranch" feel to it. It wasn't busy at all. In fact, we had done everything we wanted in 3 hours and then left We got a great deal through the internet- $129 for the room and two tickets to the park. Just had to buy a child pass for Nate. So we feel like we got our moneys worth.

This is the first ride we rode. Of course, it's a water ride, and you get SOAKED!! Good thing we had all day to dry off. Just looking at the hills makes me wonder how the boat doesn't flip over on the way down...

After Knotts we just got something to eat and headed back to the airport. It was just a quick 2 day/1 night get away. Something familiar and inexpensive. And it really was even nice to have Nate there. I know he had a good time, and it was a great time with just the 3 of us. We did have a couple bumps at the airport- something wrong with the cabin temp on the airplane, and the captain hurt his back- so we sat on the runway for 3 hours until they fixed it and found a new captain. But overall, we had a great time!

Oh, one last thing-- You know the Disney fans that we are... We are always on the lookout for "Hidden Mickeys"... This is the one we found in our rental car...