A Date

JB and I had an opportunity to go on a real, live, bonafide date on Saturday night. 

Dating is not something we do often and here are the reasons why:

1. While both of us love the idea of time away from the kiddos and the farm, the reality of that is always harder for us to manage.
2. John feels that he doesn't get to spend enough time with his kids as it is. 
3. Making sure the kids and farm are covered, often feels like more trouble than it is worth. 
4. We live far from anything "really cool" to do. We really feel like we need a good hour driving both ways to go anywhere worth going.

So while we totally think time together is important, we have really begun to feel like just sitting on the sofa and talking or on our porch together for an hour is sometimes way easier to do than planning a date.

Okay, but then John's co-director at the ER told us he had purchased a table at a St. Jude's fundraiser. He invited JB once. We hemmed and hawed. Invited us again. We thought we might process chickens that day so we couldn't go. Then chicken processing got moved to Sunday, and we had the day free. So we went.

And we had a 

GREAT

TIME!

There was a silent auction, lots of time to just sit and talk, good weather, and a beautiful location (Check out: THE SIDE PORCH by clicking here.) We had a wonderful evening together, supported a great cause, and ate some delicious food. 

I really LOVE my husband. I genuinely believe I married the best man I could ever marry. We get along so well. We are a team. We are best friends. We have four amazing kids. We just like each other. Our first twenty years hasn't been perfect. (Lots of moving and infertility and mental health issues from me and four kids and all that kind of stuff just to name a few things.) But we LOVE each other. We are COMMITTED to each other. And we thoroughly ENJOY the life we've created together with Christ at the center and these amazing humans all around us. 

I love you John,