A Little Slice of Heaven

Jon and I were lucky enough to spend another wonderfully relaxing weekend at Natures Nest Bed and Breakfast in Montrose, MN this past weekend. We were, once again, celebrating our Anniversary here--and we were, once again, overtly satisfied with our experience!! This place has become an absolute favorite of ours, and I think we may go back every year that we are able (Thank you Katy, Ali, and Papa Sharpe for watching H&E while we were away).

Natures Nest is an organic farm on 40+ acres with beautiful gardens every where you turn. They have a produce garden with tomatoes, peppers, and various vegetables--and many fruit trees providing them with Honey Crisp apples, and pears. There are also many, many perennial and annual flower gardens featuring flowers you have never seen before.

They also have many animals on the farm including:

Sheep,

horses, chickens (not pictured) which provide them with fresh eggs every day,
a dog, and two cats. Below I am snuggling with "Cuddly Dudley" on the porch. He is a beautiful Siamese who proves to be our mascot every year, as he greets us with his meow, and then follows us around the rest of our stay there.

Here is Jonathan sitting next to me on the porch, enjoying a glass of wine. Ah vacation.........when one can enjoy a glass of wine at 3:00 in the afternoon if he/she so desires!! :)

After doing a little exploring and walking around their land and gardens, we decided to head over to Watertown for some dinner. Before we went to dinner, however, we stopped by a local winery and did a wine tasting, which was really fun. We then traveled a little further down a country road to an Italian restaurant in quaint little Watertown called D'Vinci's. After a yummy dinner, we headed back to the B&B for a hot tub, followed by a camp fire. We even partook in a late night (few too many glasses of wine) trampoline jumping experience, and thankfully no one got hurt!! So, so fun! Finally we hit the sack, and this is what we woke up to at 9:30 Sunday morning:

Our menu included: Fruitatta (which is an egg bake with fresh eggs and fresh peppers), fried new potatoes, free range sausage (from a neighbors farm), fresh melons and blueberries (from a neighbors garden), coffee, orange juice, and warm currant & chocolate scones (not pictured). All amazingly delectable!!

A close up of one of the gorgeous flower arrangements in our room.

Such a great time--it makes me happy all over again just posting these pictures and journaling our experience on the blog. Every married couple, especially those who are raising young children, should take time to do wonderful things like this for themselves. What a joyful get away to rest, relax, and recharge our batteries!!! We are looking forward to next September already! :)