Dates

(Chet is gone on trek with the youth, and I think that I am being blessed with some great experiences with my kids and seeing the great example that he has set for them for his willingness to serve.)

Carter and I were in the car alone and he mentioned to me that dad would be gone all week, get back late Thursday night, and then we (Chet and I) would go out right after work on date night? I said yes. He said bummer, that sucks. I asked him if he would always take his wife out on date night every Friday night. His response was PRICELESS!!! He says, "Well, as many as I can. Sometimes we might not be able to go all the time." I asked him what would ever cause him not to take her out (because he is a money freak already, and wants to be a orthodontist and knows he'll be in tons of debt) and I was ready to blast him if he said the money (because I HATE when people tell me they don't have enough money to. We've had to be VERY creative sometimes, but we never had family to watch for us for free on Friday nights. If its a priority, you make it work!) He says, "Well, like, if we are going to the temple the next day and want to make sure that the kids get to bed early so they're good the next day, then I might not on those days. Or if I'm on a scout campout on Friday night." Words cannot express how happy that reply made me, on SOOOOOO many levels. 1 - That he just knows thats what he wants to do too. You go to the temple, and take all precautions neccesary to make sure everyone is in the best mood possible! 2 - That he fully intends to take his wife out every weekend. We tell all the boys that if they live in the same town as us, they can bring their kids over for a sleepover every Friday night (I worked with a grandpa that did that. He was up to like 6 kids at the time. They would make dinner with them, or order pizza and then make a treat together, and then watch movies and sleep in the family room in their cheap little sleeping bags that he took each grandkid to pick out for his house. Then his grown kids would come the next morning by 10 am to get them and they would all eat breakfast together. How fun is that!!! It's my total goal, I just have to live in the same town as them) 3 - That he thinks about this stuff already. I want it to be engrained into their heads!!! I love raising boys!! Next generation of husbands and dads and church leaders!