L is for ........

......the way you look at me. O is for the only one I see. V is very, very extraordinary.......E is?????  I have been singing this in my head since Valentines Day without remembering what 'E' is for.  Rick told me this morning he thinks it's 'everything'.  If anybody know the last stanza of this song maybe you can enlighten me.  I should just go search through my CD's and find my Nat King Cole Love Songs but that would take entirely too much effort:)

Rick and I had a wonderful Valentine's date this past Thursday.  I picked up Rick from his office and we drove over to the JSMB for a wonderful dinner at The Roof.  I don't know if many of you have eaten at The Roof but it is an amazing experience.  It had been a couple of years since we had been there so we decided to make reservations (back in early January mind you).  This is kind of funny and even a little embarrasing to tell but after the first course from the salad bar (veggies, cheeses, pasta salad, green salad, and my personal favorite shrimp cocktail) we got up to get our main course (honey baked ham, prime rib, mashed potatoes, and chicken cordon bleu) as I started walking to my seat I was filled with emotion.  When I sat down with Rick right behind me I tried to tell him the feelings in my heart.  I wasn't expressing myself very well so I just said, "All of this is bringing a tear to my eye."......and with that I started crying.  What the.....?  Once the tears started it was hard to turn them off.  SO embarrasing!  I guess I was caught up in the moment sitting there looking down on the temple with the sun setting, beautiful piano music being played just a few feet away from me,  all of the beautifully presented food, and best of all sharing that with my sweetie.  It was all just so.......perfect.  Funny thing is when Rick saw me crying he teared up too and said, "I know exactly what you are feeling."  Is that just the silliest thing you have ever heard?  Two grown adults crying over an eating experience??  And we hadn't even gotten to the dessert bar!!  Oh believe me, later that night we had a good laugh over that one!!

 

 

Our great window seat overlooking the temple

 

 

A few of the beautifully presented desserts.  This is only a part of one of the tables.  The other table was directly adjacent and it was filled with completely different desserts.  It was fun trying out little tastes of many of them.

 

 

The fascinating ice sculpture.  Roses suspended in ice.

Next we drove over to The Anniversary Inn and got to spend the whole rest of the evening there.  Here's a sneak peak at our room "The Tuscany". 

A beautiful huge bathtub!

 

 

Our sitting room.....

 

 

....and the nice king size bed.

 

 

This wasn't our first stay in this particular room but we loved it just the same.

The next morning after lounging and eating breakfast in bed we drove over to the WVC Rec Center where Rick beat me in three straight games of raquetball.  I hate to lose and years ago I would have let that ruin my day but now that I'm older and wiser I've learned to not be so competitive:-)  It was a great workout though.  Last but not least we stopped at Zupa's for a quick soup and sandwich lunch and then I dropped Rick off at the office and I headed back home.  I must say it was one of our better Valentine's Day dates!

PS  My husband is THE most amazing man!!  I am a very lucky wife!!