Celebrating 8 years

Scott and I celebrated our anniversary this weekend. I seriously cannot believe it has been 8 years.  Mimi and PawPaw took the kiddos for the night and we were able to dress up for a night out.

Funny story about my dress, I snagged it at Target that morning with Jillian in tow. When I tried it on she asked if the M on it stood for Mommy. I think that's pretty adorable.

Every year we pick a Disney restaurant to have dinner at since we met and were married there. We actually repeated a restaurant this year and went to Jiko at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. We went there on our third anniversary and loved it so much that we had to go again. 

Dinner was amazing, as expected. We even spent some time walking around the resort and were able to sit on the rocking chairs and look out over the savanna. 

While dinner was great, I have to say my favorite part of the weekend was our morning run on Sunday. Yes, both of us went on a run together. Scott began the couch to 5k program on Saturday, so this was his second day. 

I took him to my favorite trail and we took off (or as he will tell you, I took off). We did a complete 5k even though his day 2 only took him to just over 2 miles. I am so proud of him for taking on this challenge, not just the couch to 5k challenge, but the whole healthier lifestyle challenge. I mean seriously, look at the photo of him above, there is a noticeable difference. 

After our run we went to our favorite breakfast place for omelets. All in all it was a great way to celebrate our anniversary.

I cannot believe we are approaching 8 years. I cannot wait to see what the future holds for us! 

What My Family Ate For Dinner - Week 12

This week included a lot of leftovers. I feel like every meal we made gave us at least two nights worth of dinners (plus lunches!).

Here's what my family had for dinner this week:

Sunday, May 18: Greek Chicken with Greek seasoned veggies. Everything about this dish was delicious (please excuse my pizza plates).

The trick to this dish is to let the chicken marinade all day and when you make the veggies, add the zucchini at the last minute so it isn't a pile of mush.

Monday, May 19: We kept it simple and had turkey hot dogs. Actually, this was a request from Aaron.

Tuesday: May 20: We still had leftover hot dogs and the kiddos had a pizza party at religious education.

Wednesday, May 21: Aaron also requested tacos for the week, so I made ground turkey tacos. We've been eating out tacos this way for years and we all love it.

Thursday, May 22: Meatball stroganoff. This dish will give you leftovers for almost the entire week, I am not even kidding.

Friday, May 23: You guessed it, leftover meatball stroganoff.

Saturday, May 24: Scott and I were able to celebrate our anniversary a few days early, so we made reservations at Jiko in the Animal Kingdom Lodge. It's one of our favorites. We first ate there on our third anniversary.

For appetizers, Scott had the wild boar tenderloin (ah-mazing) and I had the taste of Africa, which was a sampling of different dips/spreads and breads. For dinner, Scott had the filet with their mac and cheese and I had the monkfish. Holy crap was that monkfish delicious. For dessert, Scott had the lavender citrus creme brulee and I had the bread pudding.

Everything was so delicious!

I hope you enjoy all of these yummy recipes as much as we did!

SURPRISE!

Yesterday was a pretty even keel day for the most part. I went to pick up my sister and niece because they were going to spend the night and watch the kids so Scott and I could celebrate our anniversary early. Scott and I went to dinner at Jiko at the Jambo House at Animal Kingdom Lodge. Dinner was fantastic! If you ever stay at Disney you need to go here and have dinner, it was super yummy! We had mussels to start, which were in a word AMAZING, then I had the swordfish and Scott had the halibut. Words cannot even describe the food, that's how good it was. So before dessert came out I gave Scott his anniversary card. Inside was the best surprise ever! A room key for Kidani Village which is the new resort at Animal Kingdom Lodge. YAY for a night away! And can I tell you I was beyond proud of myself for a) not spilling the beans and b) him not figuring it out! A big thank you to my Mom and Dad for helping with that! Here are some photos from the night....The last photo was the view from our room, how cool is that?!

So the kids did well with their Auntie Cathy and cousin Lorren. After we got home we all piled up and went to the farmers market, which was a little disappointing this weekend. I'm guessing because of the holiday weekend, not a lot of the vendors were there. Then Jill got a big treat and got to have some cake with Cathy and Lorren. More like Jill ate a whole slice of cake! The rain is back, well it hasn't left. I feel bad that whenever my sister comes down in May in rains the entire time. :(
No big plans for tomorrow, just glad it's a three day weekend! Hope you have a happy and safe Memorial Day!