I Love Date Night!

We've made date night more of a priority ever since Corey had a phone call with our friends in Costa Rica - he was talking on a Friday night to Dannan Royal and seeing how they were doing... they had been without a car for a few weeks and having their fair share of trials and stretching in many areas like we have, and yet they were out on a date. Corey said "If they can make it a priority, we don't have an excuse..." and so once again we recommitted ourselves to making time for us.

We were 4 for 4 on our Friday night date nights until last week when I went to a baby shower for a lady in the ward instead (She is beautiful and 50 years old and this is her first baby, a girl, a total miracle baby. Everyone is so excited for her!)

We thought we could try and make up out date night by going out on Saturday, but Saturday we all went a birthday party for some friends that we knew at BYU (the kids had a great time dancing, the only time I've seen gringos out-dance the Latinos). So we missed last week, but are back on track now. Had a date last night - current score 5 for 6 - we left after we got the kids in bed which ended up being 10:00. We left Joe with the cell phone and walked over to the mall. It's fun to talk as we walk. We were laughing and catching up. (I love date night!) We ate at Crepes and Waffles - a light pre-midnight snack - Corey had a chicken Parmesan crepe and I enjoyed a shrimp teriyaki pocket. They always have live a live music band playing - last night it was a group of Chileans impersonating the Beatles, they were really good! Corey was skeptical at first that they were lip-singing, and after closer examination decided they were legit. We wanted to listen to them outside, but the only area was the in the open air smoking area and after sitting for 30 second it was too much, so we went inside. Could still hear the music but couldn't see the performance that well. We finished our meal in time to catch the oncore of "Twist and Shout" which was fun. They had a hard time pronouncing "twist" properly which we thought was cute, but they were great.

Above: Corey's Ceviche from date night #2 - so pretty! I need to learn to serve up dinner fancy looking like this.

For my personal history records, here's where we've eaten of the restaurants at the Parque Arauco Mall:

Date night 1 - Tierra de Fuego
Date night 2 - Asian Bistro
Date night 3 - Tony Roma's
Date night 4 - La Perla del Pacífico
Date nigth 5 - Crepes and Waffles

Our first date night was great cause it had been several months since we'd gone out, so I really enjoyed the salmon that night and would like to enjoy it again, and at Crepes and Waffles tonight there were so many great looking items on their menu too, I think we're gonna have to go back there. Or atleast take the kids on one-on-one dates there (something else we need to again recommit ourselves to - going to put it on the calendar) So many restaurants, so few date nights before we head home in May/June/July. The days aren't so fast, but the weeks go quickly. Enjoying our time here, I'm feeling a lot better energy wise with the pregnancy. Still try to take a little rest everyday, but am up and taking care of the routine - reading my scriptures in the mornings then able to get the kids off to school and exercise - very grateful for that. Life is good!