Our 2nd Year Anniversary!

Since our 2nd year anniversary is on a Monday this year, we decided to celebrate it on Sat., July 14th (the day of my parent's anniversary...Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!). Last year, we were at home for our anniversary and I planned a scavenger hunt for Brandon which lasted the whole day. This year, I told Brandon that all I wanted was to be surprised and he did a great job! Yes, even Brandon can be very romantic!!

I woke up to breakfast in bed (chocolate chip pancakes - Brandon's specialty!) and flowers! I would have been happy if that was all he had done, but it didn't stop there. He had the whole day planned! He told me to put on athletic clothes so I thought we were going for a bike ride or something, but we didn't grab our bikes when we left so I was a little confused. It turns out, he had already packed the car with our bikes and put together backpacks with cold water and snacks in them, and he packed a new picnic blanket for us to eat lunch on. Everything was so thoughtful. And, a picnic blanket was a good traditional gift since the 2nd year is "cotton" (I got Brandon and personalized golf towel).

We drove to Fountain which is a little town about 25 minutes south of Rochester and parked our car there so that we could spend the whole day riding the Root River Trail. I had been wanting to go on this bike ride for a long time and we hadn't gotten the opportunity to do it, so I was super excited. We rode 11 miles, almost all down hill, in to the town of Lanesboro which is a very cute town. The path is very well known so there were a lot of bikers in Lanesboro as it is a central city along the bike trails. We got lunch at a sub shop and then ate it on our new picnic blanket. It was such a nice day and it felt good to relax!

Afterwards, we walked around the town a bit and I got a huge ice cream cone. We were going to eat dinner in Lanesboro, but decided that it would be easier to ride the 11 miles uphill back to Fountain before eating... So, we headed back to Fountain and got a great workout since it was almost all up hill! We rode a total of 22 miles in 2 hours (without including breaks)! We then drove back into Lanesboro and had a great dinner at a restaurant right next to the river. The dessert that we ordered was huge! When we got back into Rochester we went to a party at Tom's (one of Brandon's classmates). We had a great day and I felt so spoiled to get to do everything that I wanted to do. This was definitely my kind of day...I love being outside! Brandon did a great job planning the whole day and I couldn't have asked for a better anniversary!

The beautiful bouquet of flowers that I awoke to!The towel that I gave Brandon - he did a much better job than me about planning - at least it is cotton!Our car packed with our matching bikes

The start of the 22 miles bike rideAlong the path Our picnic lunch - we had to be creative with the pictures since we just sat our camera on things to get a picture of the two of us!Brandon relaxing on our new picnic blanketThe little lake we ate lunch by

Lanesboro is such a cute little town

Taking a break on the way back up to Fountain - our legs were burning!Eating dinner at the River Side restaurentThe HUGE dessert that we ordered - the brownie was the size of a small cake!

Brandon, Stan, Brian and Tushar at Tom's place