I love federal holidays. When I was single I hardly ever got to work at a job that observed many federal holidays. Even when I worked for banks like Wells Fargo and Citibank being that I was on the "real-estate" side, it was still a "work day".
This is one of the benefits of being married a military man. If he isn't deployed, working an exercise, or on tdy we get to have a long weekend! This weekend was just that for us! Since we didn't find a babysitter for Valentine's Day my husband had offerred for us to all go downtown and celebrate as a family. He suggested that we go to the Cheesecake Factory as it is my favorite restaurant. I have many favorites but this is probably my all time favorite. I certainly had a calorie fest tonight. My husband had won a game of "musical chairs" at his Squadron Christmas party and earned us a $50 gift certificate. So it was a fun time to go because we knew our bill would be a lot smaller than normal! I took advantage of this by trying some things we normally would of skipped. I highly reccomend you to try the Thai Lettuce wraps! I was pleasantly surprised and it was a wonderful fresh addition to our meal. My brother would of described how much I ate and how fast I ate as a "eat your face off" moment. So, it was a lot of fun to get to go there tonight. My boys were for the most part cooperative as well. Clayton made it through 3/4ths of the meal which Sean and I greatly appreciated. The good news is that we went to the Caesar's Forum Shops restaurant that has a huge aquarium beside it so Sean had somewhere to bring him when he got antsy.
After we finished eating we ventured off to one of my favorite jewelry stores. Sean has been very generous to me and has bought me several pieces from Tiffany and Co. including my wedding set. In order to keep them in good condition I try to get them cleaned as often as I can make it into the store. So, after cleaning my bracelets and a ring my husband surprised me by letting me get a ring I have been eyeing forever!! Sort of the icing on my weekend cake for sure!
We packed the kids up and after running a quick errand came home to get the boys ready for bed. Sean asked me after I had laid the baby down if I was up for watching a movie. So, we laid in bed and watched Pandorum. It was fun to stay up late with my husband watching a movie but the movie itself was not awesome.
Anyway, I appreciate so much that we got to spend so much time as a family. As I fell asleep last night I watched my husband sleep thinking to myself that I know someday he will have to deploy and I'll be laying in bed alone. So, I sent up a quick prayer thanking God for letting him be here now and to help me to always treasure the time we have together.
I look forward to more weekends like this. No baby sitter or not I had a lot of fun and enjoyed all the time we got to spend "together". Date night can be some other time.
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