Anniversary weekend

Brad and I celebrated our 14th anniversary last Wednesday, and to celebrate he planned a weekend getaway for us. Every Friday morning K-Light radio gives away a night's stay at The Inn at Face Rock in Bandon and during the months that I wasn't on K-Light, Julianne and Caleb each won one. They gave them to us in exchange for a weekend with Grammy & Papa, so we took the kids to Gold Beach on Friday and then headed back to Bandon.

The owner was Brad's client when he worked at K-Light, and he surprised us by upgrading us to a suite. It was a beautiful room, with a fireplace and a jacuzzi. I think it's the first motel room I've ever stayed in that was so big that you could stand in one part of the room, call out to someone, and not be heard. It had a separate bedroom, a full kitchen, and two complete bathrooms. Wow.

For lunch on Saturday, we decided to try out this Thai restaurant that we'd heard good things about. It was OUT OF THIS WORLD! We split an appetizer and an entree and had enough food left over to feed another person (or we would have if we'd stopped eating when we were full--but man! It was just so good!)

Then we headed into Coos Bay, did a little shopping, and walked around the Bay Area Fun Festival. My favorite was browsing in the booths that had breakables and not worrying. Brad liked walking by the Jump for Fun without a single person begging to jump "just once".

Sunday we headed back to Gold Beach, went to church, and then spent the day at Mom & Dad's. Yola's host family came to pick her up and take her to her new home, which was bittersweet for Mom & Dad. They will act as Yola's back-up family when her host family has to be out of town and Yola can't miss school. (Her host family homeschools, so this will happen from time to time.)

Brad and I had a wonderful weekend and so did the kids. What more could we ask for?