45th Anniversary Celebration: Dinner & Cake!

(Second post of the day.)

Iowa City is one of my favorite places to visit, and whenever we do, we go to dinner at the Iowa River Power Restaurant.

Situated on the banks of the Iowa River, it's an old power plant that has been repurposed into a restaurant with beautiful views of the Iowa River. (You can bet that this girl who grew up on the Wabash is happy when she is on a river again.)

Our kids threw us an anniversary dinner party there and the restaurant gave us a quiet corner with lovely views of the river. Family members mixed and mingled when seated. (Susie, Trinity, Craig, JC, Julie, Mila, and Kate.)

Lukie, Todd, Cole, Emily, Sarah, and Lisa.

Ian, Titan, Cambria, Jessica, Andrew, Vanessa, and Curt. (Our Florida family, isolating due to COVID and unable to join us, was missed terribly!)

We have eaten out most anniversaries, but I've never had this happen to my plate before!

Neither had Craig! (We think they used fry sauce for the writing.)

The wait staff brought out a lovely cake with a large candle/sparkler on top.

And afterward, Craig and I had to duck through the family tunnel. (Our family is pretty partial to doing these tunnels.)

The wait staff was outstanding, and they even took  time to take our photograph afterward.

The cake came home with us for serving (Lisa made cupcakes for the littles) and Craig and I cut and served it wedding-style. 

Look at Craig's face when I hand him his piece of cake - it's very clear what he is thinking. And... it happened.

Such a lovely evening together! And a big thanks to our family for organizing it for us.