. VG .: Henderson Castle Date Night

One thing I have to say after you have kids is that it's important to make time for you and your spouse to date. Even if its an hour or two at a coffee shop it's so important that you have that time together. Yeah, when the kids are small the dates are few and far between, but make sure that they still happen. This was our big fancy date night. We've been saving up favors for this one! :) My awesome friend Tricia watched the kids (who were already in bed) while we went out and had ourselves a fancy date. The roads weren't fabulous, but we forged on anyway and had a great time. This is usually outside our price range but a little splurging and help from Groupon helped make this night fun! We got their 11 course french tasting menu and I was stuffed at the end. I was a little worried that we were going to go home hungry because often times at fancy places they give you such small portions that 11 courses really only equalled the size of an appetizer... but that definitely was not the case here. I even tried snail and frog leg! Both delicious. :) It was nice just having time to talk, in quiet, and eat our meals together while they were hot the first time. It was honestly a bit of a big sigh when we got there because we had been going going going for so long the fact that we actually got on this date night was a miracle. It felt nice to get all dressed up and kind of feel like I wasn't a mother of three small children for a few hours. Don't get me wrong I love being a Momma, but it isn't the only thing I identify with. Despite the bad weather the night was great and the food was amazing. Unfortunately my stomach did revolt a bit at the very end of our meal, but we did get to finish everything and made it home safely... when we got home Tricia had cleaned our entire place and left us presents! Best. Sitter. Ever. The kids also stayed down so she had quite the quiet evening (double score!) Until next time Love...