A much needed Date!

Life has been busy to say the least. I have been putting the boys to bed on my own more than I would like. Max has been incredibly busy with going through his parents garages (plural) and getting rid of most everything and going through the many boxes that look like they could have something important in them. He had to have the apartment keys ready to be turned in for his parents apartment and garages on Saturday and he has spent countless hours making that happen because he is an amazing hardworking man that takes care of his family. He's been gone so much that when he left for work, Charlie started asking him if he was going to come home to our house after work. It's been crazy but he's felt strongly that it is what he needed to do as part of honoring his parents. Anyway, the house stuff is pretty much done but now we just have tons of boxes in our garage that still need to be sorted through. Crazy! Anyway, the point of this post is that I finally got to date that man of my dreams and it was one of our best dates ever. 

Saturday was a busy day with Miles' Birthday party in the morning, I've decided to wait to post that one because I'm mad that the weather report said it was going to be cold and rainy so we switched the party from our backyard to our church gym and I'm having issues with my indoor white balnces. SO I'm not too pleased with the photos I got.  OH yeah, and it ended up being mostly sunny and warm. Anyway, This post is getting quite rambly but continuing on.

We got a babysitter and went out into the City. 

Oh yeah, and another backstory..if you are still following my choppy storytelling. Last year, just after Miles was born, Max went to our ward auction where the youth auction off items that the ward members donate to save up for summer camps. Max fought to get this couples massage class and eventually got it in the auction. We were both so excited but, since I had just had a baby, we decided to wait awhile before going. I finally got to scheduling it in January but there was a mad Valentine's rush and we didn't get it scheduled until April. Whatever, we were able to go at the perfect time when we needed it most. 

We got there a half hour early and were able to explore the old Portland building.

The class was amazing, educational and relaxing. We had done something similar shortly after we got married but it wasn't nearly as educational as this. It was a two hour class so we each got a one hour massage. And of course it is the gift that keeps on giving because we are basically pros now. We loved it so much that Max convinced me we NEEDED to sign up for another class. Seriously though, if you are in Portland, there is a groupon right now, it is so worth it!

We walked back to our car in the drizzling rain feeling refreshed. We then went to Chipotle and grabbed some food to go. When we got home we were so excited that Carly had gotten both kids to sleep and she had even cleaned our living room. (When we left, it looked like a tornado had gone through our house) Max and I were able to just sit on the couch, eat our food, and watch a show together, and it was only 8:30. I love dates, and much overdue couple time!