Date Night

A night without kids is rare for us. We always have one, and sometimes both of them with us. This week was our week. Sean is on vacation with his dad, and Lilly is spending the week with her mom.
I'll cut right to the good stuff, but I'll leave something to the imagination.

Wednesday was our only night free of obligations and work, so I suggested that we go out to eat someplace nice and also go see a movie that we wouldn't take the kids to see.

After working all day here moving things around, at around 3 p.m. we started painting a room. We had one wall left when I asked what time it was, and it was 5:30. We left that last wall, which was going to be a different color anyway, and I checked for movies and show times.

There weren't as many choices as I had hoped. I wasn't really in the mood for something serious, but we considered "Buck," a documentary showing at The Grand. I looked at the local theater listing and came up empty. We both wanted a comedy.

There are plenty of restaurants we haven't tried yet. A Thai restaurant, some Chinese, and I had heard good things about a local Japanese restaurant. We chose the Japanese and were not disappointed.

Our tea cups were filled with warm green tea. Mmm.

I had teriyaki salmon and chicken with rice, and Chuck had tempora vegetables and shrimp with salmon.
We used chop sticks for as long as possible, but resorted to the forks eventually.

Our Thursday morning was going to start really early, because we were attending a Chamber breakfast at 7:30 a.m., but we wanted to continue our date with the movie. We chose "Bridesmaids." I had heard good things about it. Parts of it were hilarious. It was kind of predictable in some places, but we had a good time.

We're enjoying the quiet. Last night we had a quiet dinner at home after a day of work and meetings. The tranquility will turn to chaos next week when the kids return. It will be a full week of running around and work deadlines. We love them, and really love having a family, but it sure is nice to have some time to bond and grow together.