A different kind of anniversary

As I mentioned before, Sunday was our 7 year wedding anniversary. To celebrate, we had Carissa come on Saturday night so we could go out to dinner at our favorite restaurant (Riverside Korean in Covington). We made reservations for 7:30, had Carissa come at 6 so we could get all gussied up, and headed out for a night on the town. The plan was to have a nice, long dinner at Riverside then head to our favorite neighborhood bar (JeanRo) for a nightcap and some tasty Pot de Creme. Long story short, we were finished with our dinner by 8:15. We had a sitter until 11, so we had lots of extra time on our hands. We headed to the car, sat there for several minutes & couldn't think of a single thing to do. Louie looked at me and said "what do people do for fun?" We tried a few things (called re: movies, etc) but nothing was going to work out. And it was too early to head to JeanRo. So, we drove around for awhile feeling really lame & then decided to go to Newport on the Levee to watch the sunset over downtown. Once there, we thought - hey - let's go to "GameWorks", play some Skeeball, and listen to some oldschool rap (yes, they played BellBivDevoe). Once we got there & bought our game card, we rounded the corner and the first thing was a wall of "claw machines" and the first several were filled with Elmos. We set a limit of four tries and decided to go for it. It was hilarious. We were SO excited when, on the third try, Elmo sat teetering over the edge of the shoot. Then, on the fourth try, with expert precision, Louie lifted up Elmo & dropped him down the hole. I had to share the quick video below because it really is funny how excited we got. Here is Louie with the prize. And the video -

So, pretty funny that we were getting a "night out" and we spent the majority of it talking about and winning prizes for Josephine. It was definitely a different kind of anniversary, and one to remember. :)