Colorado, the secret getaway

I have been feeling like my husband and I needed some alone time, especially with another baby on the way. So I got the idea for our anniversary, which was in the end of August, to take him on a secret getaway. I couldn't do it in August because too much was going on with my sister's wedding and schhol starting, so I decided on the last week of september. I knew I didn't have a huge budget, but that I wanted to go somewhere neither of us had been before, so I chose Colorado. I booked the trip in secret and then arranged with my husband's boss to give him a few days off. It was pretty difficult keeping the secret for so long, but so worth it. The morning we were supposed to leave I let the alarm go off, and then just didn't get out of bed. He of course started telling me I was going to be late and to get up. I explained that we weren't going to go to work today and we were going to go on a trip instead. He didn't believe a word I said....I explained the whole plan excluding destination. Still he wouldn't beleive me!!!! I pulled the packed suitcase out from under the bed and he just stood there with a crazy look on his face. Finally he went to his work computer to download his route and it came up, you don't have a route today....finally it clicked. He just couldn't believ that I could pull off a secret like that, I'm a horrible liar. My mom soon after showed up to stay with the girls and we were off. I didn't tell him we where we were going until on the way to the airport. Boy was he surprised we haven't been on a plane since our honeymoon 7 yrs ago. WE had a fabulous time in Colorado. We ate great food and saw very neat things. We rode the train up to Pike's Peak, so gorgeous!! It was 87 degrees at the bottom and 12 degrees at the top though..brrrrr!!! We went to the Indian cliff dwellings, the musuems, zoo and more. It was so fun and relaxing to just be together and reaquaint ourselves. We all have a habit of getting caught up in the day to day and forget to take time to tend our marriages. I really missed my kids, it was the longest I had ever been away from them(4 days), but I was so glad that we did it. My husband is not a big traveler, so I was exstatic that he said he had a great time and that he wanted to plan the trip nex year....YAH!!!