our mini get-a-way

A couple years ago now (how has it already been that long ago?) when Mark was in Iraq, I bought him a Murder Mystery get-away package for Christmas. We hadn't had the chance to use it since he'd come home and we'd already extended the expiration date to the end of this month, so we decided now was the time to use it! Thank goodness for my parents who agreed to have a slumber party with our boys so we could go and enjoy a night away! Thank you mom and dad!!!!

We dropped the boys off with my mom and dad first thing Saturday morning (which was a little hard - our first night away from Levi!!) and headed off towards Bellevue where the Mont Rest Bed and Breakfast. We decided to take a short detour and go to Galena, Illinois for lunch and to look around the fun shops. What a good decision! Good idea honey! :)

We first stopped at Galena Cellars Winery where we did a little wine tasting. I always thought that I didn't really care for wine. But, after some tasting - I learned that if it is a sweet wine, I like it :)

Next we looked around a few shops and stopped at a restaurant called Benjamin's for lunch. After lunch we browsed through a few more shops and caught the very end of the Iowa vs. UNI football game at one of the stores we went through. Mark was a little torn as to who to cheer for - his all time favorite--the Hawkeyes, or his University--UNI. I think he was happy with the outcome of the game - Go Hawks! :)Then it was time to head to our original desitination!

Isn't it pretty? We got to stay in the very top room! The room is a circle shape and very neat with quite the view!

The murder mystery started at 5:30pm and went throughout the evening until around 9:30. We had a great time and laughed a lot! Take a look at what we ended up wearing for the evening!

Dick "Machine Gun" Kelly

"Toots" Schmuck
The whole gang

What a fun night! We then had an uninterupted night to sleep! Of course I still woke up in the night around 3am--the normal time for Levi to be awake, but it was amazing to just roll over and go back to sleep! :) Thanks again mom and dad!! :)

We woke up to get ready for the day and a HUGE breakfast filled with pastrys, kiesh, ham, potatos, cinnamon rolls, apple tarts, and so much more! We left stuffed.

We had an uneventful drive home and had a very excited 1 year old to welcome us home! (Thankfully grandpa had Isaiah down for a nap.) What a wonderful way to celebrate the holiday weekend!