Chronicles of the Cross Family: Our overnight Date/Early anniversary get away...

So Josh and I decided we REALLY needed to get away and have a small moment together before baby sister arrived. It has been an crazy summer and with all a lot of our family moved out of town this last year (no guilt really :)) we haven't been getting as many reprieves from our lovely children as we are used to. (As most of you know it doesn't matter how wonderful your children are it is good to have a break once in a while :)) Anyways...our anniversary of 9 years is coming up but about 1 week after baby is due...and we both knew nothing soon after baby comes is going to happen) Soo...we went to Alyeska for a night last weekend. (it is in Girdwood, a small town about 45 mins out of Anchorage.) The lodge is ok...but it was gorgeous and so good to get away...we probably could of been anywhere and enjoyed ourselves. The best part of the date was getting to go out to dinner. Now I know this might sound average to you (and probably a year or two ago I would have taken this for granted...but...due to my multiple and major food allergies in the last year...I am no longer able to eat out ANYWHERE!! (even if I managed to find something on the menu that would work with all my allergies...there is the problem of "cross-contamination"...and really all it takes is one time to ruin all the other work and effort to eat right...anyways this is another post in and of it self...) So Josh found this great restarunt in Girdwood with a chef who had a few dishes on the menu that might work for me (gluten, soy, dairy, corn...free) and had been emailing them about their knowledge, ability, and willingness to cook a meal for me without certain ingredients and cross-contamination issues. They were wonderful! And very willing!! Not only did they have one...but they had three choices for me when I got there, including a delicious salad starter option! This is such a treat for me...and to make it even better...my loving and romantic husband ordered one of the other options, so we could share and I could enjoy more than one dish! I love my husband!!! He is so good to me...constantly!!! He always amazes me...and mostly in the everyday things not the big romantic gestures (though he is good at those too, I would always chose the everyday-love over the occasional big grand gestures)! Plus he is the best Daddy around...our children adore him!!! Before I forget...Jack Sprat is the restaurant if anyone is in Girdwood and wants to try them out!! And if you have dietary restrictions...give them a day or two heads up and they are very willing to work with you! The food was delicious and we had a great time, just the two of us. It was fun to dress up, but being just the two of us it was hard to take a picture together...note the separate pictures...