They presented us with tickets to see the Nutcracker last night, a gift certificate for dinner at a restaurant downtown including tip money, a gift certificate to Graeter's for some ice cream after the ballet, and a night at one of the hotels downtown. We had a room on the top floor with a view of the river...very nice. They also gave us some delicious rolls and orange juice for our breakfast.
It was wonderful...
I rushed around yesterday trying to get some things finished and packed up an overnight bag for us. Beth drove me downtown to pick up Mark from work and she dropped us at the hotel. We checked in and Mark got dressed up for our evening (Beth had already worked her magic on me at home). We walked to dinner and had a wonderful time there....our meal was great. Then we walked to the ballet. They had bought us tickets in the balcony but when we arrived, they exchanged our tickets for ones on the floor...even better! That was the first time I had ever seen the Nutcracker performed and it was beautiful.
We walked to Graeter's afterwards to enjoy our ice cream and then walked back to the hotel.
We slept in until 9 and enjoyed our breakfast in bed. We checked out around 11, went to the Art Museum to do some Christmas shopping, went to noon Mass downtown, ate some lunch, did a little more shopping on the way home and arrived home around 2:30. I hated to see it end....
Now back to all the craziness here but it was a lovely break....one I'll long remember...
1 comment:
what a fabulous gift!!! You have amazing children!
A very merry Christmas to you and yours!
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