6th Anniversary Get-a-way

On Wednesday (Oct. 27th), Mark and I were able to leave the kids with some friends and travel to Park City for an over-night get-a-way. We had a fun time enjoying each others company and it was nice to be able to have some time to ourselves. For our overnight getaway we stayed at the Stein Eriksen Lodge. We were able to get a steal of a deal for $250. It covered our room and a 5 star- three course dinner for two. Usually an overnight stay in one of their rooms goes for $1,500 a night! Our room was wonderful! We had a kind sized bed, huge bathroom with jacuzzi tub, fireplace in our bedroom, and a hot tub on our own personal balcony which had a beautiful view of the mountains. We were in heaven!! Since it is there off season we literally had the lodge to ourselves. It was a fun experience! To tell you how ritzy it was we even had our own valet man and bellhop. Talk about getting used to living the high life. It was crazy tipping them for things that we would've done ourselves. Too funny...
A couple of our favorite things were having our own personal hot tub, after dinner it was fun to soak in it and watch the snow fall and see the steam rising. Another favorite was dinner.
Our dinner was amazing! It was fun to try some new things. The menu was fun to look over and it had some very elegant things to pick from!
Here is what we ordered:

First Course

Ashlee-Warm Shrimp Gazpacho -
Pacific Shrimp, Garden Vegetables, Avocado Puree
Mark- Chicken Cauliflower Soup

Second Course
Ashlee- Pacific Halibut & Lobster -
Parsnip Puree, Fennel, Crisp Carrots, Fumet
Mark-Grilled Filet of Colorado Beef -
Rouge Smoked Blue Cheese, Fingerling Potatoes, Peas, Veal Jus

Third Course- Dessert
Ashlee-Peanut Butter-Chocolate creme Brule
Carmelized Bananas, Peanut Butter Gelato, Banana Paper
Mark-Blueberry Spring Roll
Lemon Verbena Gelato, Ginger Sponge Cake Peach- Ginger Sauce

The food was fabulous and our Favorite was the desserts (of course) and the Pacific Halibut and Lobster!

On Thursday Morning we splurged again and got breakfast. Mark had a traditional breakfast of potatoes, ham and eggs and I enjoyed digging in to their Cream Cheese French Toast. While we ate our breakfast we had fun overlooking the ski runs and watching the snow machines go to town making snow! It was really fun to see the snow flying in the air outside!

I was really grateful to have the opportunity to get a way with my husband and spend some time with him! I am a lucky lady to be married to such a wonderful man. Thanks for taking such good care of me honey and our two kiddos. The past 6 years have been wonderful. I love you Mark!

Here I am standing on our own personal balcony with Mountain view! Isn't it gorgeous?!