On Friday, when we arrived, we checked in and got settled before heading out for dinner. Randy took me to the Melting Pot for dinner (finally, after 10 years of me begging him, he gave in!!). And, let me just tell you, the dessert alone was well worth the wait! The dinner was delicious as well and we had so much fun during our 2.5 hour ordeal! The whole process from appetizer cheese fondue to salad to meats and veggies and finally, dessert took a long time. But we had so much fun with the whole thing and we haven't spent that kind of quality time together in a very long time! All of that begging finally paid off and to my surprise, Randy was singing the praises of the Melting Pot when we left, too! He enjoyed it just as much as I did! I could seriously eat that dessert every day of my life and never get tired of it. My favorite thing to eat on the face of this earth is chocolate covered strawberries! So, the chocolate fondue with the strawberries was like heaven on earth for me! I didn't even want the cake, brownies, or cheesecake, just the chocolate and strawberries and bananas!! It was by far our favorite meal in a LONG time!
On Saturday morning, we got up and went to the fitness room at the place we stayed for a quick workout. After that, we got ourselves ready and went to an early lunch, since we skipped breakfast! We tried a restaurant called, Your Place, at the recommendation of Randy's parents, who lived in Hershey when they first got married. Your Place is known for their stromboli, so we decided to get that and share it! We were definitely not disappointed...it was delicious. Apparently, the original Your Place burned down, so this was a new building. But, it was still the same restaurant! It was pretty cool to try a place the Voelps went to often before any of the Voelp kids came along :) After lunch, we headed to Hershey's Chocolate World!! We got to make our own chocolate candy bars and we rode a ride that took us through the process of how the chocolate is made. It was a pretty cool place! The amount of chocolate there is insane! I could have gone crazy, but I think I was just too overwhelmed with the selection. That night, we went to a Hershey Bears hockey game. The Bears are back to back Calder Cup champions, which is the AHL equivalent to the Stanley Cup. It was a great game and of course, these hockey fans loved it!! Sunday morning, we got up early and headed back to Cranberry. We really didn't want to miss church and we were ready to see our little man! It's funny how as much as we needed the break, we couldn't stay away too long! And, a lot of our conversions were focused on Owen as well! We were constantly saying how much he would love all of the fun things that Hershey has to offer. We can't wait to take him sometime!! A few pics from our weekend...
The master suite in the place we stayed...the whole thing was like an apartment, but of course, I didn't take any pictures of the rest of it.
Happy me!!!
Us after our delicious dinner at the Melting Pot!
Lunch at Your Place (not sure why I look so underwhelmed...I swear it was delicious!)
The first step in the process of one of our candy bars being made
This is Owen's chocolate bar after getting the "crisp rice" added, heading in to get the chocolate covering
Yummy!!
Sprinkle time!
After cooling, getting ready to be packaged
Going into the carton
Us in our pretty "chocolate making" attire...aren't we cute!?
The Candy Bar making station
Randy with our finished products
We got to design our own wrappers
Holy moly...that's a lot of chocolate in one day! They have the capacity to produce up to 60 million Hershey Kisses in one day...WOW!!!
Hershey Bears vs. Norfolk Admirals
Showing Owen one of his souveniers from our trip...his candy bar!
He was so excited that it had his name on it!
Of course, he couldn't wait to eat it!!
His first taste!
And, I think he enjoyed it :)
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