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With many of our last minute trips, we like to try and save money by using Priceline to book our hotel room. Our success rate has always been pretty good, but this time we really hit the jackpot when we landed a room at the Marriott. We arrived in Key West hours before our check-in time, but we thought we'd check anyway to see if at least we could park the car and take their shuttle into town. To our surprise, they gave us a room and at the mention of us there celebrating our anniversary they upgraded us to a suite....a really nice suite. This place was basically the type of room they photograph to impress people on their website, and it was as big as our apartment! We spent the next several hours at the hotel enjoying the pool and our room before we headed into town. Zach loved playing in the pool, and Ben enjoyed his own poolside activities.

We caught an evening shuttle down to Duval street where we shopped for Christmas Tree ornaments, new Kino sandals for me, pirate swords for the boys, and a Key West buoy and mug for Darius. We ate at the same place we did on the eve of our wedding, Sloppy Joes, where the boys got their first taste of live music with dinner.

On our return to our room, we all had a chance to take a swim in the giant soaking tub before bed. We spent the morning enjoying our last few hours in the room, and then we headed over to Smather's Beach where Darius and I got married. It was neat for all of us to be there again 4 years later.

After a brief stop at the Southernmost Point we headed back to Kino Sandals to pick up another pair of sandals they were nice enough to make for me, and Darius surprised me with an anniversary gift. He got me a necklace charm that was made from treasure on board the Nuestra Senora de Atocha  which sunk in 1622 and was found by Mel Fisher in 1985. Since I didn't have the chance to be a sneaky secret shopper, I had Darius pick up this cool Tiffany glass mermaid lamp he found in Key Largo as his gift.

It was a great opportunity for all of us to get away together, and we had such a great time. I can't think of anything else we could have done to better celebrate our anniversary. I'm so fortunate to have an amazing husband and two little boys that make everyday a great day. We're blessed in so many ways for all that we have and enjoy together as a family!