go out on "date nights" with my spouse on a regular basis

The kids are at my parents for a few days again. Time to catch up on some work. The good thing is it opens up a few evenings to spend with my wife, bless the poor dear :) We went out to dinner and then did our grocery shopping. We also picked up some craft stuff so we can make things when we are bored.
Thats about it. Just glad to have the time with her.

We were at my parents on my wifes birthday so we went out the next evening. I had the flu but tried my best to hide it lol. We had Shrimp and Parmesan Steaks with onion rings and garlic mashed potatoes. That has got to be one of my favorite dishes of all times. Then we had some pie for dessert. After that, we went out and bought a movie to go home and watch. By the end of the movie, I was beat so we went off to bed. It was a nice peaceful evening.

We went out and had a great time! First we slept on bean bag chairs on the floor Sunday night while watching a movie. Always wanted to do that lol. Then we spent the whole day wrapping presents and doing Christmas stuff.

After all of that, we packed up, went to Rolla, and had dinner together. It was fun. We played Chinese Football on the table until the food showed up. The waiter was very friendly and remembered us from the last time we were there (6 months ago) because he had fun with us. He ended up bringing us free pies for dessert even though we did not ask for any. They were great! All around great time. Of course he got tipped very very well for being such a nice guy all evening.

After dinner, we went to the light display and drove through the pretty Christmas lights. It was nice too. Too bad there were cars behind us or I would have cuddled for a while lol.

Last week the wife and I decided to join the Rec Center in a neighboring county. It is the closest one to us and still 45 minutes away lol. Every tuesday and thursday our youngest goes into the stay and play section, our oldest daughter goes to karate, and we jog and work out together for an hour. Then after that hour is past, we go to karate together. We have only done it twice now but it was fun. We love working out together! We work out at home all the time but we have kids to take care of while doing so. This let us focus more and not worry about what the kids could get into if we looked away lol.
My wife can punch harder now too… Ouch.

Its funny, two years in a row we forgot our anniversary till a week or so after. This year I remembered and she did not still lol. We are heading out for dinner tonight since we can not tomorrow. Our 4 year old is going with us too. It should be nice. She could not figure out why I kept saying we had to get going so we can go to dinner. All day I have talked about it and she did not remember. Good think we are not big on the actual date of events. :)

We have not had as many dates as we want but we sure are having fun! We are doing HIIT workouts together right out here in our woods. We get to jog and ride our bikes together every day also. I feel closer to her than ever and she feels the muscle aches from being too close to me lol. Poor thing. We have the kids involved in the workouts now too. It really is fun doing it mountain man style.

Keep it up everyone!!!

This is a tough goal. With 2 kids, it is hard to find time away to spend together. We do jog or ride bikes together every day but date nights require a sitter. We live so far out in the woods, there is no sitter for us. The good thing is, my kids go to my moms once a month for 4-7 days. We have started to go out one night during that time each month. Last month we went to Applebees then rented a movie. I know, does not sound like much but we are simple people and it was very nice for us. That was the first time we had been out since December. This month we went out shopping (for fun clothes and bikes) then stopped off for some fast food on the way home. Good thing I have a sweet wife lol.

Any advice is welcome. We love our rides, walks, and jogs.