Kind of like Mission Impossible

I know I am a little late getting this on here, but I am just getting my pictures downloaded off the camera, and moving some from a different file to my picture folders...

On Saturday Jake had a big day planned out for me for my birthday. I had no idea about anything...at least not what he had planned. I wondered what we were doing because he kept asking me if we had plans for the weekend- so I thought if anything, we would be going on a date to see a movie, or something like that.
So, on Friday night, I went over to the neighbor's and had some wine and talked for hours- it is always so much fun to go over there :) Apparently, some of the wine was bad (we assume so since we both felt like crap the next morning) and no...if you're wondering, we didn't have TOO much :)
 
Jake was nervous and asked if he should cancel plans or if I thought I'd feel better later on. That was the first and only clue I had that he had some big plans. Once I started feeling better, he told me that I had about an hour to get cleaned up before I needed to leave the house. So as I am putting on my moisturizer, he told me not to go any farther with makeup because I was going to get a facial at Solimar. (Do I need to say that this is all  AFTER the surprise he left me on the counter a couple days before my birthday...My Cricut machine!!!!!). All I had to do was call him right after I got done to get my next set of instructions. I laughed because I felt like I was in my own version of Mission Impossible. I was so excited because I had no idea what he had planned next and I couldn't wait to find out :)

 My fasial was SO relaxing...I don't even know where to start... I had hot tea (and actaully liked it???) and a warm neck wrap, during the fasial the girl put steamy hot mittens over my hands, covered me up with warm blankets, along with a hand, arm, neck, and head massage. I actaully dozed off for a few seconds at a time because I was so relaxed... ahhh....
When I was done I called him and he told me I had to be home by 2:30 (it was 1:20 at this point and I was about 35 minutes away) but I needed to go shopping and buy myself something nice to wear.  So I ran to the mall and I knew I'd be safe going to Maurices...I always have good luck there :) I got my dress and matching necklace ,wooed the cashiers wtih my story (they said it sounded like something you see in the movies) and after that headed for home- but I did stop at Taco Bell to get something to fill up my stomach since I was starving.
I pulled into the driveway and he met me outside the door. The kids were at his mom's and he was all dressed up and we left. As we are driving to the next stop I couldn't help but try to guess where we were going. The Ballet? The opera?? We've never gone to those before...I don't think I'd like the opera- the ballet might be fun to watch though?? I had no idea what to think so I was thinking crazy thoughts! So I find out the next place is the science museum. We watched "The Great Lakes" in the Imax theater. It was really neat so we decided to bring the boys back there to see the race car movie sometime soon! They will love it :) We were so tired that we both dozed off here and there during the movie- we are party animals!!! (or maybe we are just tired from raising 3 high-energy little boys). So after that was over, we got in the car and headed towards Minneapolis.
This is where I got confused. There area we were in was quiet. It was obvious there was no big event- no large groups of people...nothing. So as we are walking through the skyways (Which is really quiet and scary on a Saturday night) we finally came up to the entrace to the Grand Hotel. We were going to eat there and that was why we were all dressed up. It was nice and quiet- we had the place to ourselves about 1/2 of the time). We sat by a old arched window and they had some old instrumental music playing and I started feeling like it was 1940. We talked and had the best time...we could finish a complete sentence without getting interrupted-- it was the weirdest thing!  So then we started talking about the boys and going to get them since we were done eating... I missed them after not seeing them all day, but there was one more (ok..not really one more- the next of a few more surprises). We got in the elevator and went to the 15th floor. I thought there was an observation deck or something, but then he pulled the key out of his pocket and we walked into this suite with Aveda shampoo and white robes, tile shower, deep soaking bath tub and a bed that was so damn comfortable I felt like Annie at Daddy Warbucks mansion.

 To sum up the next surprises...he had packed EVERYTHING...contacts, toothbrushes, makeup, wine (which I didn't want because of the night before!!), roses, and 31 floating candles that he made out of a pool noodle by slicing it and gluing a tea light to to the top of each piece, everything... I was blown away. I did feel like I was in a movie - or a princess- either way, I felt great.The next morning we slept in and then we ordered room service... THEN we left to go get our boys, about 12 hours later than I had thought. What girl doesn't dream about getting sewpt off her feet like this?? Now I have, and I can't thank you enough :) Thank you and I love you baby!!!! Someday, I hope I can make you feel the way I felt for my 31st birthday!!!!

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We had a great view- we could see the IDS and the Foshay from our room...and whatever building it is that has the row of lights across the top that change colors..

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