Our Weekend of Love

Our Weekend of Love kicked off on Friday, with Travis surprizing me with a beautiful red rose and then whisking me away for a delicious lunch date at The Cheesecake Factory.
We wanted to go someplace a little fancier than our usual date spots, and boy was it a treat! The restaurant was beautiful, and the food was D.E.L.I.C.I.O.U.S. (more on that in a minute)!

I just love how unique The Cheesecake Factory's archetechure is (inside and out)!


The ceiling:


Those of you who have been to The Cheesecake Factory before know how HUGE their menu is. You can get anything from meatloaf, to a giant burrito, to orange chicken, to steak there! So needless to say, it took us a good 15 minutes or so (amidst eating their delicious bread) to decide what to order. But finally, the decision was made, and we couldn't have been happier with our choices. It was all SO GOOD!
This was Travis' Chicken Bellagio (breaded chicken, topped with prosciutto and arugula, on a bed of angel hair pasta tossed in a creamy pesto sauce):

And my Crispy Chicken Costoletta (the same breaded chicken over a creamy lemon sauce, with the tastiest mashed potatoes ever, and fresh asparagus) and sugar rimmed Strawberry Lemonade (my mouth is watering just thinking about this!):

And the portions were ginormous! We both came home with at least half of our food for leftovers (we had to save some room for their famous cheesecake too, of course!).

For dessert we shared their Chocolate Tuxedo Cream cheesecake (made of chocolate cake, chocolate cheesecake, vanilla mascarpone mousse, and chocolate). It was creamy deliciousness.

My sweetheart and I:

All of it--the food and just being out together--was such a wonderful treat.

The festivities continued (today) on Valentine's Day itself. Travis made me breakfast in bed (cornbread and yogurt--one of our favorites), and left a love note for me as a screensaver on our computer. It was so sweet! And then later in the day, we had a Valentine's dinner with Rachel and Brandon and their kids, which consisted of: homemade ravioli, fettucini alfredo, stuffed shells, salad, and homemade breadsticks (most of it provided by Rachel--thanks again!), and after putting the kids to bed, the adults had some peanut butter chocolate fondue--yum! All in all, it was a wonderful Valentine's Day/Weekend of Love.

To Travis: I love you so much and am so glad that you're my forever Valentine. Thanks for being such a wonderful, loving husband and father! You're my angel.