3 Years

April 24, 2012

April 2009- Seattle Temple, WA

April 2009- Fairmont Olympic Hotel

Three years ago Cole and I were married in the Seattle Temple.  This was our first anniversary where we have had K, so a babysitter was in order.  We were visiting Cole's family in Alberta so we decided to take a mini trip to Edmonton since we were there on our "honeymoon" three years ago.  Cole's sister, Ami, watched K for a night and K got to play with her four cousins, one of whom is only 2 months older than her.  Cole and I spent most of our time at West Ed Mall: shopping, saw a movie, swam the whole second day at the WaterPark, saw the Seal show, etc.  We had our dinner at the Japanese Village downtown. 

On our way back to the hotel, Cole decided to drive by Commonwealth Stadium.  Before me, Cole's greatest love was the Edmonton Eskimos (and between July and November, it often still is). He got so excited at the stadium it wasn't until he pulled up in front of a person smoking beside the building that he realized he had been driving on the sidewalk all the way around the stadium.  (I wondered when they installed drive-by ticket booths). The funniest part was when he was backing up trying to get back to the parking lot, he couldn't figure out when he had actually started driving on the sidewalk.  It was QUITE a ways away.  The next morning we returned to the Stadium so Cole could check out the inside and also the Edmonton Eskimo store.  Cole's got a "bit" of a man-crush on the Eskimo's current Coach, Kavis Reed, and was hoping to spot him.  I felt like I was with a groupie.  At one point he asked if he could look down a certain hall (it had locked doors but was all glass, so you could see down it) and the cashier asked if he had an appointment.  He did not.  She said no.  I am kind of glad Cole didn't get to see him- if he had, it would have ended up being the highlight of OUR anniversary trip. He gets silly about very few things in life.  The Esks are at the top of that list. 

Oh, and we got a whole night of uninterrupted sleep and didn't have to make any bottles or change any diapers when we woke up.  That was glorious.