Birthday Boy

The last few weeks have been a bit much so last minute I made an executive decision that we needed an escape for Nate's birthday... even if it only ended up being 45 minutes away.

We wanted to return to The Homestead because, well, it's amazing. But we made plans to head there later in December instead. Couldn't shake the feeling that we still needed to get away, so I booked us a weekend at Lansdowne Resort. Happy to report it ended up being just what we needed.

The resort was great - cozy rooms and an awesome breakfast buffet (Nate's favorite thing in the whole wild world at hotels).

 
I treated Nate to an afternoon at their spa (well, and myself - couldn't let him feel alone). Massages, lounge time in their sauna, steam room, hot tub and some indoor swimming - relaxation doesn't begin to describe it!

One of my favorite things about resorts is when they have inviting and cozy lounge areas. While Lansdowne doesn't quite have the level Homestead does, it still was great.

Yes, I got a big kick out of this peek-through couch. Nate telling me all about how Daniel Day Lewis prepared to be Lincoln :)

How much you wanna bet there are cameras behind these mirrors in their elevators? Endless entertainment from what people do in these mirrors for the employees I'm sure. 

What would a trip out to the countryside be without some time at the wineries? Willowcroft was a new one for us and we fell in love with it's rustic, ultra country, barn yard feel. The drive in alone was just the break we needed from the everyday views of DC.

 Ok, maybe some things just won't go away :)

We grabbed a bottle of wine, some snacks and perched ourselves on one of the picnic tables and took in the view of the mountains in the distance (even though you can't really see them in our pictures).

 They even had a Sparty barrel! GO GREEN!!

While exploring their grounds I took this picture and noticed there was a cat ... chewing on something. Got closer and yup it was a mouse. I know they eat them, but ew. I could've gone without having to see a cat tear one to shreads. YAK!

Then we started venturing down one of their trails, snappin pics.

When it was Nate's turn to hop up on that rock, we heard something walking towards us and sure enough, the hunter cat had decided to join us. He too wanted to be in the pictures.

 

Nate politely asking him to get out of the photo, then decided it wasn't going to happen and embraced the random cat insisting on being in our pictures. 

 So we let him have his very own spot light.

On the way home we realized we would be passing Texas Roadhouse, one of Nate's favorites. The birthday boy needed him some cinnamon butter!!

Fitting end to our country-themed weekend getaway. Happy birthday to my love, so excited for this time of year when we're the same age ;)