For most of our scheduled date nights where Mom and Ron watch the kids overnight, Meghan and I go out somewhere as just the two of us. After all, that's really the point of it all: a chance for the two of us to get away and have some time to ourselves without the kids. But aside from time to ourselves being something we don't get a lot of at this point of our lives, time with other couples and without any children is also a rarity. We go to the Hanson's house occasionally. When we first started going, we had no children, and they only had Vincent, so we would always have plenty of time to talk, as Vincent would always go to bed long before the night concluded. Since then, we've added three kids, and they've added two biological kids and four off-and-on foster kids, meaning our evenings at their house tend to be a little chaotic and also shorter than they used to be. Callie's mom was in town tonight, so they had provided childcare, so Meghan and I decided to use our date night for a double date with the Hansons. We met them at Houlihan's at Town Center. We had a nice meal, and we ended up staying in the restaurant for 4.5 hours, before closing it down. It was really nice to be able to have quiet, adult conversations without trying to make sure our kids aren't fighting or whatever else. We will likely go to their house again with all our kids next time, but it was really nice to have a break from the norm and to have a quiet evening with our good friends.
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