Our 4th Wedding Anniversary

Thursday was our anniversary!  We've been married for four wonderful years.  Emma and I met Daniel at Cracker Barrel for lunch that day, but our real celebration was Friday night in Salado while Emma stayed with Granny (Judy, Daniel's mom).  Daniel didn't tell me where we were going.  I knew we were heading south since we were meeting Judy in Temple, so I thought we were going to the Austin area.  Daniel even asked me if I brought plenty of reading material for the drive, so I was very surprised when he took the Salado exit after just 20 minutes!


On Friday night we did a little shopping before having dinner at Adelea's on Main.  It's a elegant, but casual, little bistro in an old house in Salado.  

It's a little pricey, but hey, it's a special occasion, so it's okay to splurge, right?  Plus, the food was delicious! Here's what we ate:


Appetizers: Daniel had the Polenta Cakes with Mushroom and Proscuitto, and Carolyn had the Adelea's Petite House Salad (with yummy sugared pecans).
Entrees: We both had the hand cut 7 oz. fillet mignon topped with blackberry chocolate sauce and served with garlic mashed potatoes and broccoli.
Dessert: Daniel had the Pumpkin Creme Brulee, and Carolyn had the Goode Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting.


We have a tradition of taking pictures of each other and our wedding rings.

After dinner, we drove through the Nature in Lights display in Belton (between Salado and Temple for all of you non-Central Texas people).  

It's over 5 miles of Christmas lights!  We had a blast singing the Twelve Days of Christmas through that part of the display, but we were a little disappointed that they only had one lord-a-leaping.  The only ones that were numerically correct were 1 partridge in a pear tree and 5 golden rings.

We stayed at Stonecreek Settlement Bed & Breakfast in Salado (in the Wimberley cottage).  Isn't it cute?!





I woke up a few times in the middle of the night and actually thought I was hearing Emma crying. (First night to be away from my baby made me a little crazy!)


The next morning we tried to go shopping on Main Street, but everything was still closed at 9:15 AM.  So we went to Temple to satisfy my craving for a Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha from Starbucks!  We spent the rest of the morning browsing around several gift, antique and home decor shops in Salado and had lunch at Cathy's Boardwalk Cafe before driving back to Temple to pick up Emma.


I'm very glad Daniel chose a fairly local destination.  Since we were just staying one night, it was nice to not spend a large chunk of our time just driving.  We missed our baby girl, but it was a wonderful, much-needed, and relaxing get-a-way!!