Date Night!!!

Last Thursday Jeff called at about 4:30 and said he had received 2 tickets to see Phil Vassar that night at 8! I was really excited and wanted to go because I LOVE Phil Vassar, but usually spontaneous dates don't pan out. We were also keeping my sister's kids that night while she worked so it seemed unlikely we would get to go. At about 6:30 our faithful babysitter Caitlin called and said she would come right over!!! YEA!!! I jumped in the shower, got ready, scurried around trying to get the kids ready for bed so Caitlin wouldn't have that much to do, and at 7:20 when Jeff walked in I was surprisingly ready to go!!!!

We drove to Greeley and hurried through the Greeley Stampede to find our seats thinking we were late since it started at 8, but since it was raining the concert was delayed until 8:40 so we didn't miss a thing! It might have been my favorite date ever! We were surrounded by cowboy hats, the smell of animals (sounds gross but seriously growing up around animals, it brings back so many sweet memories), it was lightly raining through the whole concert, which I LOVED! It reminded me of our wedding day, it lighlty sprinkled through our entire outside wedding, and was super romantic! The rain was so great, his songs were so great, our time was so fun!! In case you can't tell...I LOVED our spontaneous date night! Phil Vassar has so many great songs but here are the lyrics to one of our favorite ones, it reminds us how much we love being married and are so thankful for God bringing us together!!! Even though we were super young, and little G came super early, we love the life we have together! By the way you should all go out and buy Phil Vassar's Greatest Hit cd, so good!!

In a Real Love
I was 18 makin' minimum wage
With a letterman jacket and a Chevrolet
Thought I was cool
Yeah I ruled the school
You were Cum Laude with the strawberry lips
Had the whole world danglin' at your fingertips
Your senior year
And I was your daddy's worst fear
We ran off on graduation night
Thought a couple of left hand rings would make everything alright

With a little bit a live
Little bit a learn
Little bit a watchin' a few more candles burn
And findin' out what life was
With a little bit o' fuss
Little bit a fight
Little bit a kiss and makin' up all night
And one day wakin' up in a real love

Well I was 22 workin' double overtime
I was spendin' dollars and makin' dimes
We were overdrawn and barely hangin' on
Then one night you came to me
With tears in your eyes and an EPT
And said "guess what, yeah, baby ready or not"
Well, I just smiled but I was scared to death
How am I gonna' have a kid when I'm still a kid myself

With a little bit a live
Little bit a learn
Little bit a watchin' a few more candles burn
And findin' out what life was
With a little bit a fuss
Little bit a fight
Little bit a kiss and makin' up all night
And one day wakin' up in a real love
Yeah baby, it's a real love