Date Night

Saturday night, our sweet friends The Busy Blaines repaid the favor and kept our kids for us to go on a date. We were in desperate need of some "us" time. After we dropped the kids off we headed to Kabuki for some Japanese food. A 20 minute wait turned into an hour because the gentleman "accidentally" skipped our name. UGH!!!! Once we were finally seated we realized that we were sitting with a group of very immature college kids. It was an experience to say the least and left us feeling scared to death for our kids to grow up. :-( Anyway, our food was AWESOME!!!! We had a great cook who was surprisingly not Japanese. By the time we were done it was almost 9(you know because the "gentleman" "accidentally" skipped us and we had to wait FOREVER to be seated). We headed back over to The Blaines to pick up the kids who were not happy to see us. LOL They have so much fun hanging out with their friends!!!! Anyway, we had a GREAT time and hope to do it again soon!

Happy 70th PawPaw Jere!!!

This past weekend we headed to the big city of New Castle to celebrate FIL's(Jere) 70th birthday!!! WE HAD A BALL!!!! Saturday night we had a birthday party with just immediate family. Before supper, we took the kids trick or treating. Caleb had a great time but Emily spent most of the time sitting in the van because she refused to say "Thank You". Then we headed back to the house. My mother in law fixed the best baked spaghetti I have ever eaten. It was SOOO good. She had a dessert "Lemon Lush" that was the bomb!! You can't be on a diet at their house, its just impossible. My FIL's brother(U.Tommy) and 2 sisters(A.Betty and A.Julia) and their husbands also came to eat with us and celebrate. In all honesty, they brought the party with them. Tommy and Julia had wrapped 10 or so seperate gifts for the birthday boy, all which came from the $1 store. You can imagine what kind of gifts they were. LOL After each gift U.Tommy made a short comment about how Jere could use this now that he was SO OLD. This went on for what seemed like a VERY long time. We laughed so much we were completely worn out. :) On to Sunday, we went to my FIL's church and then to their new church(still under construction) for a churchwide birthday lunch. The ladies of the church had decorated and it looked so good. There was alot of food and 3 full tables of desserts. Notice that I keep mentioning food, I love it. My SIL's sister, Valarie made 3 sheet cakes for the celebration and let me tell you they were beyond YUMMY!!! The celebration continued with entertainment from my BIL's bluegrass group. They played old gospel hymns and everyone seemed to really enjoy it. U.Tommy is very well known for writing wonderful poems, mostly funny but sometimes serious. U.Tommy wrote a poem about his brother and read it for everyone, a little funny a little serious. After the party, we went back to my In Laws house and just hung out with family. We had such a wonderful weekend. I am thankful for a godly father in law and pray the Lord blesses him with many more years.