Sunday, February 15, 2009

Happy Valentine's Day

Yesterday was a fun day, that is after we spent the morning doing chores. I've discovered that if I make a checklist for the kids then I don't have to nag-I just point to the whiteboard. I'd written a list of each kid's chores then the goal of leaving the house by 1:00 so we could go bowling. The kids worked really hard and beat our goal by 30 minutes.

Unfortunately the wait was 50 minutes for a bowling lane to open. But in the meantime we played videogames.
We had a great time bowling. Megan ended up with the winning score of 90, with Michelle and Caleb tying at 82. The impressive part was that the kids used the ball ramp at first but before too long they just hucked the ball down the lane as hard as the could. Those built in bumpers are the best invention.
At 5:00 I picked up the babysitter and by 5:30 Trevor and I went out on the town. I can count on one hand the number of times we've actually gone to dinner AND a movie. When we showed up at Chili's there was an hour wait; however, we waited 5 minutes then a waiter said there was room at the bar. So we had a "romantic" dinner literally sitting at the bar. I was intrigued watching the bartender mix drinks, and eventually I got used to the smell. I've never even sat at the counter in a diner so this was new to me but realized you get pretty good service since you're sitting right in front of the server. We finished eating our meal before the one hour table waiting time was up, so with the extra time before the movie we went to Circuit City.

There have been very few dates that don't involve some sort of errand. This time we went to see what great deal we could get at the store closing of Circuit City. We found a digital camera $100 off of regular price and bought it for Trevor's office.
After the errand we went to see Liam Neeson in "Taken". We went to a new movie theater that had reclining seats and arm rests that could move out of the way so we could snuggle closer.
It was a great Valentine's Day and the past 11 years of have been the best years of my life.

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