Hanging with the Hirsts: July 4th & Our 3rd Anniversary

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

After all the fun of Stephen's birthday, we slept in on July 4th and then I got to work on ironing. It literally look me all day to iron and finish up a few chores - so that was fun. That evening we had plans to meet our friends at the local minor league baseball game. We were able to get tickets that included dinner and free hats! It was soo hot the first half of the game but the 2nd half was so enjoyable! Our Manatee's took home a win and we watched the fireworks before heading home.

We were total cheeseballs by not only matching but wearing matching Old Navy flag shirts!! lol I wanted something red to wear and when I heard they were $2.50, I couldn't resist

There was a big traffic jam trying to leave the stadium but it was cool seeing a ton of fireworks going off around us! When we got home, a lot of our neighbors were gathered at the end of the street lighting off fireworks. We Stopped by to see the last ones get fired off then we headed home and watched the NYC fireworks show on TV.

The next day was our 3rd Anniversary (and our first Anniversary we had to work :( ). After work, we did presents and ate leftovers (how romantic) before heading out for our big surprise date! I've had this surprise activity planned for 2 weeks and I can't believe I was able to keep it a secret! On our way, I let Stephen guess and he figured out that we were doing an Escape Room!! He was so excited! I have to admit, I got a little nervous because we couldn't reserve a whole room to ourselves so I had no clue who we'd be playing with. Thankfully, we were paired with a sweet family and we all had so much fun together!!

Came home to this! I used up all the bows, so Stephen made his own :)

Stephen's been wanting jack stands (and everything else) to rotate his tires so I finally caved lol

He got me a new monogram for my new car that I'll (hopefully) be getting later this year! So thoughtful :)

We did a Shipwrecked room and they had us working with the lights off!! It was so cool!! We started off with 3 flashlights and then you found clues that provided light throughout the game. We finished it with 5 minutes to spare!!

We had soo much fun and can't wait to do another one!!

8 comments:

MeridithJuly 12, 2016 at 6:51 AM
Sounds like a great anniversary!! I haven't tried an escape room before but it sounds like fun!
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Kelsey @ The Peacock RoostJuly 12, 2016 at 9:50 AM
You all are too cute in your matching shirts ;) Sounds like you all had an awesome anniversary!! I really want to do one of those escape challenges!
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Christina Lea LovesJuly 12, 2016 at 5:33 PM
That looks like such a fun anniversary surprise!! I love that he made is own bow and love the matching for the fourth!
Terra HeckJuly 13, 2016 at 5:23 AM
I've never heard of Escape Zone. Looks interesting. Happy anniversary! Here's wishing you many more wonderful years together.
Life As The CoatsJuly 13, 2016 at 9:35 AM
What a fun weekend!! We LOVE going to baseball games (The Nashville Sounds!) but it is always SO hot the first half for us too and we feel like we are literally baking in the sun lol so the second half is always better!! LOVE the gifts y'all got each other, and his homemade "A" bow lol! That monogram is ADORABLE! Woo hoo for hopefully getting a new car this year, so exciting!! That escape game sounds so fun! Glad the family y'all went with was nice!!!!
KirstenJuly 14, 2016 at 2:49 PM
I LOVE escape rooms. We've now done 8, I believe. They're such an adrenaline high, and pretty addicting We've never done them with strangers, since we've always had enough people in our group. My brother lives in Orlando and they also do them all the time. I think he told me they'd done 27 at last count!