June Date of the Month

June's date of the month was the greatest, if I do say so myself!

Dustin,

Let's swing to the rhythm of love!

Love,

Brianne

I know, I know that the lyrics are actually sway to the rhythm of love, but swing seemed much more appropriate for a baseball game, so I went with it.

Dustin was given tickets to a Mariner's game (swing), hotel reservations, and tickets to the EMP museum (rhythm) for a weekend getaway to Seattle (love)!

Dustin was on his break from school so I got off work early and we headed up to Seattle.  After checking into the hotel, we made our way to the game to cheer on the Mariners.  We got the cheap seats in the bleachers and I have to say that I loved those seats!  They were super comfy with a great view of the game.

And my favorite part? The garlic fries.  Oh mercy are those delicious!

After a good night's sleep we woke up Saturday morning and had an amazing breakfast and the hotel's restaurant.  We felt so fancy and grown up "charging it to our room" and ordering an unbelievable meal of crabcakes benedict with a side of fruit.  Yum!!

There was a marathon in Seattle that day so we drove by lots of runners as we made our way to Seattle City Center.  The EMP was pretty awesome.  There were so many things to see and we didn't have time to check it all out, but here are a few highlights:

 We made a quick pit stop at Pike's Place to try out Beecher's "World's Best Mac and Cheese".  It was good, but I don't think you could call it world's BEST.  Gotta love Pike's Place fresh flower bouquets!

We had a fun weekend and a great date!

Celebrating 3 years of love

Before heading out for our anniversary weekend outing!

March 14th was a our 3rd anniversary! I tried to pack a punch of surprises for my wonderful husband.

I started the morning by surprising Dustin with a mixed cd titled "Love you like a long song baby" featuring songs representing the past 3 years our life, a PS I Love You shower gel, and a box of 36 KitKats, one for each month we have been married! Though I'm sure those KitKats will be gone in about a month.

We celebrated by going out to dinner at a place called Osaka House in Vancouver. It's a Tepanyaki type Japanese restaurant that we had a groupon for and it was... meh. Hahahaha. A little disappointing and just made us CRAVE the real Tepanyaki restaurant in Utah. We also got cupcakes because Sweet Tooth Fairy cupcakes are a tradition for our anniversary, but there is no Sweet Tooth Fairy here. And we miss her. :( The cupcakes were actually disappointing, much like the dinner.

Because the dinner and cupcakes were disappointing, we went to Sonic for giant Dr. Peppers with Vanilla and to Sheridans for some amazing frozen custard. Definitely made up for the disappointments.

For the weekend I surprised Dustin by coming home from work early and told him to pack an overnight bag for a stay at the Portland White House bed and breakfast! So here is a flooding of pictures of our room, bathroom with a jacuzzi tub and double headed shower, chocolates, and homemade cookies!

For dinner we went to Stanford's by the Lloyd Center. It was SOOOO good. Delicious prime rib and baby back ribs. I got a pic of the ribs but the prime rib was gone before I could snap a picture. It was just that good.

We went and saw Wicked at the Keller Auditorium and it was SO Awesome! I love that show. Love it. I wanted to cry when it started cuz I was so excited. I snuck a picture before it started... shh, don't tell.... it's a horrible picture, but... it's a picture!

We ventured into downtown Portland on St. Patrick's Day for a relaxing couples massage. It was way nice! The spa was underground, nice and quiet. We were greeted with strawberries and chocolate, rose petals on the massage tables, and felt so relaxed! Then we went to Tigard for some Godiva chocolate and Cheesecake Factory!

Mango Key Lime Cheesecake.... heaven in my mouth!

My last surprise for Dustin was that I woke up early the day ticket sales started and bought us tickets to a Mariners vs. Red Sox game this summer up in Seattle. His two favorite teams! Now the only tricky part will be figuring out what to wear! Mariners gear or Red Sox?! Not that they're the best seats ever (hey, we're still poor grad students!), but they are pretty good seats... First base view, row 1 (in our upper section), seats 1 & 2. I'm the best wife ever. Just sayin'.

My man's still smiling after 3 years of awesome. I love you baby and I'm excited for the next 3 + forever years to come!

Take me out to the ballgame!

30 days. The Countdown begins. We are super excited for our Baja Mexico cruise!!! Seriously can't wait.

I've also been able to decorate the house a little more. Wahoo.

And now we must go to the last Owlz game of the season.

Life is good.