Date night

One of the blessings of having older kids and younger kids at the same time is that the older is usually in need of cash and willing to babysit in order to get said cash.  This means that Mark and I get to go out, make that get begged to go out, at least once a week.  :-)  So we have a little Friday routine going.  We can't afford to do fancy dates, but we usually go to Subway and get a $5 footlong, people watch for a while, and do a little grocery shopping at the Wally world.  BUT once a month, usually the first Friday, we will do something a little extra.  Tonight was First Friday so we went to downtown Knoxville to check out the art scene (extra credit for my Art Appreciation class), went to Chipotles for dinner (YUM-O) and then stopped at Steak 'n Shake for a milkshake.  I am so blessed to be married to a man that I love to spend time with.  I am also blessed to have a built-in babysitter that is more than happy to make that happen.