And so the story goes that our spontanteous trip to Lake Tahoe for our 1 year anniversary turned out to be a little damp.. but no worries! That just means you get to be super lazy and watch movies in bed ALL DAY! Which you all know that that is the Andee way to live!
We left really early on Thursday morning and with an 8 hour drive ended up getting to the resort at about 3 pm! After being in the car all day, we didn't do much when we got there. We unpacked and ate dinner at a local pub! Their nachos were excellent!
Friday was probably the worst day as far as weather, so we ended up staying in the room most of the day. But after a little cabin fever, once we noticed a little blue sky, we wanted to walk down to the lake to take some pictures. The lake was amazing! It was so big and very blue! It almost blended right in with the sky and mountains behind it. We walked along the shore line, snapped a few pictures, but before long it started to rain again! We walked back up to the resort in the rain and took a picture along the way. Kelly didn't bring his sweatshirt, so he ended up getting a little wet!
Now, although I love being lazy that wasn't the best part about our trip. While I'm sure that the skiing and water activities are awesome at Lake Tahoe given the time of year, my favorite thing was the food!! We went to a couple of different local places, but my favorite had to be FIRE + ICE and Naked Fish!
FIRE + ICE was awesome! They have 4 stations; Pasta, Veggies, Meat, Sauce. It was like $26 per person for unlimited food! You choose what you want and the cook it right there! Very yummy! I would recommend this place to everyone! Saturday we had lunch at a sushi place called the Naked Fish. I love sushi and this place was awesome! They had Tempura Cheese Cake that I'd never tried before.. it was so yummy! I had to take a picture!
Okay, so besides the great food they also have a lot of shopping and even gambling! Saturday was the best day of the weekend, it didn't rain once! So after Kelly and I had lunch at Naked Fish we walked around, visited some stores and just took in the nice day. At the resort, they have these, I don't know what you would call them.. logs of art? Anyways, they've taken so trees that were surrounding the resort and instead of just chopping them down, they've made artwork with them. They were really stunning and so detailed! It's crazy what some people can do with a saws-all or a chain saw.
Saturday night we decided to go over to the Harrah's casino and gamble a little bit. Now, when it comes to gambling, Kelly and I are actually really responsible about it. Before we go, we decide how much money we are going to play with and we never break that. We may lose it all, but we don't like losing too much. Well this time since we had already spent a lot of money on the trip we each went with $20. I found me a LobsterMania and planted my butt down! I LOVE LobsterMania! I'm a big fan of the penny slots because they are cheap, you can play for a longer time on less money, and the bonus rounds are fun! Well long story short because this blog is already too long.. After about an hour and a half, I walked away with $50! Kelly finally gave up and cashed out with $16. I know it wasn't much, but to be ahead instead of behind.. that's worth it to me! FUN FUN FUN!
Okay, so have I bored you enough yet? Well if you are reading until the very end.. I just have one more thing to go over! THE CAKE TOP! That's right! After unwrapping it for about 20 minutes, we reached the top of our wedding cake! Dad & Nancy did an amazing job wrapping that thing up I never thought we were going to get to it. All in all it wasn't that bad! A little dry, but the taste took us back to our special day and that's what mattered! Thanks Dad & Nancy! Of course we did only take a few bites.. it wasn't that good. :)
So there you have it, Andee and Kelly's 1 Year Anniversary Celebration!! Made you feel like you were there with us, right?! I thought so! So our 1st anniversary wasn't all bells and whistles, to be honest Kelly and I have never had an anniversary where everything goes as planned. That's just how it is with us I guess. But I like it! It's just like us, not perfect!
