Our anniversary month-long celebration!

This Thanksgiving Day, we will be celebrating 10 years of wedded bliss! (No, we didn't get married on Thanksgiving, but we have celebrated our anniversary on Thanksgiving twice, now!) So, instead of the trip to Hawaii (which we should have started saving for years ago), we have some smaller, yet still significant, activities planned.

First, we were given tickets to the OSU vs. Washington Huskies game on Friday night. It was my first time at a college football game and it was SUCH a fun experience! The game was great, the company was great (we went with Matt and Alex), and Mitch and I got to pretend we were still college students on a date. After a nice dinner at Ruby Tuesdays, we drove on over to the stadium parking lot where we found our parking spot. Usually, Mitch gets tickets, but not a parking pass. He has to hoof it for about a mile (or more!)to get to the stadium. That night, we were given the world's best parking pass. Our spot was about 2 minutes away from the stadium (if that!) and we were poised to make a quick exit. Plus, it was prime tail-gating real estate. I have never seen a real tail-gate party (yes, I live a sheltered life), and I was amazed at the amount of stuff these people bring. I mean, they had tents, trailers, huge grills, port-o-pottys and everything. The beer was quite abundant, as were the number of drunken fans. It was quite the cultural experience. Our seats were awesome and we could easily see all of the action. Can you believe that people brought their kids to this game? It was a night-time game that started at 7:30 and ended after 11:00. There was a 3-year old behind us, and a man behind her was yelling and cursing the entire 4th quarter. I would have been mortified to have my child hear the words he was saying. And, people brought their newborns. Uh . . . are ya kiddin'? Those poor mothers! (Okay, off my soapbox!) Overall, it was a totally fun night and I loved being able to get away with my husband!

This Friday night, we are attending a banquet/party for a professional organization that Mitch belongs to. It is always fun! The boys are spending the night at Grandpa and Grandma's house so that the next morning we can leave for Seattle! Mitch earned a trip to a Seattle Seahawks game courtesy of State Farm. We get to visit my brother and his wife, then check into the Seattle Fairmont (which is supposed to be super nice!). That night we have an award dinner, then breakfast the next morning, time to hang out, then off to the game! After that, back to the hotel, another dinner, another night stay, then breakfast the next morning and on home. I am so excited!! I'll let you know all about it when we get back.

So, we are home on Monday, celebrate Mitch's Dad's birthday on Tuesday, then head off to California on Wednesday. Thanksgiving (and our anniversary) is on Thursday. We will be coming home on Saturday or Sunday, then we leave YET AGAIN on Thursday!

On Thursday, we are going to Skamania Lodge for Mitch's State Farm fall planning conference/holiday party. In other "districts", the agents have a fall planning conference where they attend workshops and meetings and stay overnight in a hotel. Then, they have a fuddy duddy Christmas party a couple of weeks later where the spouses attend. In Mitch's "district", the guy in charge decided to combine the two and invite the spouses to join the agents overnight at a nicer hotel with a nice dinner! Oh. This is SO cool. THIS is something I have been looking forward to since last year. Again, I'll dish out the details after we get back!

So, forget that trip to Hawaii. Who needs it? I'll take a couple of free trips over Hawaii any day! (Of course, a free trip TO Hawaii would be wonderful, too!)