Hot Night on the Old Town

Last night was WONDERFUL!  Andrea had a church girls' slumber party and Rob and I had "date night"  It's not too often we get one of these.  Andrea pretty much goes everywhere we go.  For the most part, we are a 24/7 family.  I go to work and Rob stays home with Andrea. 

We decided on Thursday night that her night away would be a perfect time for us to spend a little quality time.  I got home from work about 6:40 or so, changed my clothes, rested a few and we went out to dinner.  The "regular" places seemed too blah for date night, so we chose a little restaurant we had seen on Main Street.  It looks like an old rail dining car.  Once inside, the atmosphere was dreamy.  The maitre 'd seated us next to the fireplace - candles lit, not fire - and gave us menus.  Though it was tough, we made ourselves not look at the right side of the menu.  We ordered specialty ice tea, a crab dip appetizer (fabulous!) and dinner.  I had a peppered petit filet and he had steak and scampi.  I don't know when I've ever had a steak I could cut with a butter knife!  It was awesome.  They gave us Fiji bottled water instead of tap water.  There was soft, old-time music playing in the background.  To say it was a romantic place to have dinner is not saying enough.  Since we only get to do this once in a coon's age, we didn't mind the expense. 

It seems so odd that we should have a date night, but honestly, we didn't even get a honeymoon, so personal time is extra nice for us.  We started out with 13 kids, expanded to 30 and more and have only Andrea (whew!) now.  She's a special little girl and we love her.  We also value those few and far between times when we can act less like an old married couple and more like teenagers.

Those of you too young to understand - just wait - you'll get wrinkles someday, too.