7th Day of Thanks

Today I am so thankful to be able to go on a date with my husband! Since we have moved to Texas our dates seem to have gotten fewer and farther between. One reason is we have no family to ask which makes it hard. Another reason is there are not very many youth in our ward that babysit which makes it a little harder. The main reason is that we have three small children all with busy schedules and usually we are too busy flying by the seat of our pants to even think a week or two ahead of time... to ask or arrange for a sitter. So Friday night to our surprise we got a call from some friends asking us if they could babysit our kids for us on Saturday night so we could go out on a date! And they wanted to do it for us in our own house! HOLY CRAP! You don't have to ask us that twice! :) We jumped on the offer. We had a wonderful time just doing silly things. We went to a stuffy retirement party of a friend of Seth's from Exxon. We went out to eat at a fancy restaurant! ( NOT Chilli's, Chick-Fil-A, or What-a burger.) And then we went to Wal-mart to pick up some groceries. It was perfect! We did not have to divide and conquer with managing kids, we were able to hold hands, actually look at each other and talk while we were eating instead of wrestling kids from under the table, we were not super rushed to get in and out of the store as fast as we could... we simply enjoyed ourselves... and each other! Don't get me wrong... we would be miserable with out those other three little 'things' in our lives... but it is nice to have have a bit of both worlds. I love my husband and was very grateful to be reminded last night of how much I do. I am so thankful for our KIND friends to think of us and for their simple act of service! THANK YOU!