Stars aligned for us and we got a last minute babysitter so we took the motorcycle out and hit up Felix and Oscar's in West Des Moines for some ahhh-mazing Chicago-style deep dish zaaa. Then we rode on out West a little further and found ourselves in Waukee and by our stroke of luck, it was their town festival time!!! Yes, it was. So we wandered around their, what turned out to be, fantastic little town for a bit, ate ice cream at the Waukee Ice Cream Shoppe (because Steve says if they add an "e" it has to be better)...On the reviews on their website, one guy stated it was his new home away from home. Whoa. It suddenly became imperative that we visit this place. Additionally, whenever we are kid free, we are also dairy allergy free so we eat things like pizza and ice cream.
Moving on.
On our way back on the bike, I pointed to all the people in lawn chairs staring into the empty field to our left. I got the feeling there might be some fireworks coming up. I was RIGHT!!! Steve and I pulled into the Hy-Vee and everyone was waving at us (I'm not joking), apparently they are that friendly there, and we parked next to a cart-hold because the entire lot was full and music was blaring from a DJ like it was tailgate city. (Waukee knows what is up). I was not paid to say this and I do not live there. This just happened. So Steve and I had this cart-hold to ourselves and we sat there in the lovely moonlight and watched THE BEST fireworks show I've seen in a really long time set to music by whoever Hy-Vee hired. Good job guys. I was glad the kids weren't there because they would be seriously disappointed by our future playing off of sparklers and the burn pile as our Fourth of July in the future.....it was seriously awesome. Firespraying....boom boom boom.
Sigh....it was fun. We've been married 11 years. That equals forever to me and it was not all easy. I'm not easy to live with (shocker) and Steve isn't either but we do this together with these three other crazy hooligans that aren't always easy to live with either, but we are doing it.
And some of our once to twice yearly dates....are just perfect. We didn't even go to Menards this time!
Happy Anniversary to my Stevie.
Enjoy our crappy restaurant photo!
