Romantic Getaway | Dallas

The stars aligned one week and I had four days off so I decided the Mr. and I needed a vacation. We both work really hard and rarely seem to see each other for longer than a few minutes to hand off our children to one another. 

That needed to change.

And fortunately for us we had some flight vouchers we needed to use and decided a trip to Dallas was exactly what we needed.

And it was the most amazing trip.

Because we had flight vouches and were booking very last minute (within a week) we were told we had to actually go to the airport and buy our tickets in person. So we bought our tickets with only a paper trail and when we showed up to the airport at the crack of dawn for our 7-something am flight, we were told our flight had been delayed by a couple of hours. Apparently there are advantages to having an electronic record, like getting flight status updates! Oh well.

We got donuts instead of being sad about it.

As soon as we hopped off our plane and got our rental car we drove straight to our favorite sushi restaurant.  We have been missing this sushi ever since we moved away, and it did not disappoint. We probably could have hopped right back on a plane and gone home and been perfectly happy.
It's that delicious.

We then drove to downtown Dallas to check into our hotel.

This also knocked our socks off. It was stunning with glass windows and a glass elevator so you could see the world as you went up the elevator.

Our room was 20 something stories up and the view was breathtaking. I could not stop looking out the window at the skyline.

After getting settled we grabbed a quick nap and then it was time for dinner with some of our dear friends from Dallas. 

We decided to walk the mile to our dinner reservations and along the way spotted the Texas Louvre.

The fried ice cream was delicious and the company was even better.

After dinner we spotted this random eyeball.
I have no idea what was going on there!

And our walk home was just as fun as the walk there.

The next morning we slept in, took it easy, caught up on blog posts (as I'm sure you noticed from the rapid fire posts a little while ago!) And then walked another mile to a movie theater and saw the new X Men movie. It's nice to see a new movie in a theater once in a while. That is been very few and far between since we had the boys so this was such a treat!

After our movie we went back to our hotel and got ready for our fancy dinner up in the Reunion Tower.

We sat up on this observation deck that gently turned to give you a 360 degree view of the city. It was extremely wet and rainy that day but we didn't mind a bit. It was so romantic up there even with the clouds.

Jesse ordered a steak

And I ordered quail.
The food was amazing.

We even splurged and ordered dessert that was to die for too.

This is all I wanted for an Anniversary celebration, so we decided to count it as such.  

This man and I got some much needed reconnecting time on this trip and it was so good for us. Life gets so busy when we are both trying to work, keep up with our kids, maintain a semi presentable house, Jesse traveling, and everything else that life throws at us and this gave us a chance to take a breath and get away from it all. 

We were a little sad to check out of paradise, but excited to get back to our cute kiddos.

 As we worked our way to the airport we stopped by a western store and learned that my man looks darn good in a cowboy hat.

We also enjoyed another movie, this time we saw The Jungle Book.

And our trip wouldn't have been complete without one more round of our favorite sushi.

And then we lived the life of luxury and flew home first class (thanks to extra money on our flight vouchers that we wouldn't have used up otherwise.)

Jesse was very impressed that we got blankets, lots of drinks, our own TV with our own remote, and dinner was even included! It was a charmed life for those 2 1/2 hours home!

And a shout out to our good family members who took our children and loved them for a few days while we were gone. It was a trip we will never forget and we had the time of our life! Thanks again!!