Date nights are non-negotiable!!

The Mr. and I are busy people he volunteers a lot with his company, we are involved in our new church home and becoming more so, we've made some amazing friends, I have a weekly girls night and Mr. A has a bi-weekly video game night with friends. Not to mention the growing amounts of cake orders I have on a weekly basis. One thing that we never compromise though is our once a month date night. It's our chance to reconnect with each other and slow down a little from our very busy lives.
We plan date night once a month but also plan at least one evening at home together once a week. Date nights are our chance to rekindle the chemistry that brought us together in the first place. Sometimes we do the traditional dinner and a movie but we've also been ice skating & bowling, we went to Shakespeare In The Park, The Producers, the ballet, and much more. I find that I always come away from date night more enamored than ever with my blue eyed sweetheart. I always notice the little things that first attracted me to Mr. A when we're out somewhere all dressed up. I think to myself I've forgotten how blue his eyes are, and how good he smells when we wears that good cologne, or how sweet his smile is, or how much I love how he looks at me. It's easy to become comfortable in marriage and quit trying to impress each other but it's always fun to take just one night a month and get all dressed up and go out on the town like we did when we were dating.

What about you? Do you and your significant other make it a point to share special date nights to keep the romance alive?


Later Alligators...

Mrs. A

Scarf Swap scarf reveal!!

I am so thankful I got to particpate in this awesome swap. It was so much fun shopping for my swap partner Vanessa over at The Booth Team. She and her husband Jamie and adorable little one Kaiden Lee and the little one on the way are the cutest little family and I only hope one day Mr. A and I have an adorable family like hers.

She sent me a beautiful scarf with green as the base color and many other colors mixed in I love it and it's so perfect she nailed my personality to a T.


So without further ado here's a pic of me with my scarf this was taken Friday afternoon at the zoo Mr. A's company offers special opportunities sometimes and he knew I'd love this so he arranged for us to meet and play with this adorable sea lion named Midge.




We had a blast giving her commands and even got hugs and kisses. When I got home from work on Friday my lovely scarf was waiting in the mail and I couldn't wait to wear it so I wore it that night and the next day and I do believe the next day to church too!


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Vanessa I enjoyed getting to know you through your blog and my scarf is beautiful and the card you included made me tear up a bit thanks so much for your kind words.


On a sad note cleaning out the back seat of our vehicle yesterday I happened upon the card that was supposed to be included with your scarf telling you why I chose it and how much I've loved learning about you through your blog. I'm so sorry it wasn't included.

Katie thanks so much for hosting this it was so much fun and I have a beautiful new scarf!! You rock!


Later Alligators....

Mrs. A

Wedded Wednesday Keeping it light

Sometimes when Mr. A and I have an argument we wind up laughing about it and usually having a pillow fight. There are so many little things in our relationship that make it well us. Yesterday we both had rough days at work and were in grouchy moods and whatever reason we wound up taking it out on each other and sitting in silence for a good part of the evening. But when it came time for bed all it took was one little innocent (ok not so innocent) toss of the pillow and it was on like Donkey Kong we had a huge pillow fight even Missy our lab joined in on the fun. My point is it doesn't matter what you're upset about a good pillow fight or ticklefest or any sort of light hearted gesture does a lot to make things better. I came away from that ridiculous pillow fight grinning from ear to ear at my silly husband. Now just don't ask who won the pillow fight cause we'll disagree again.

What are some silly things you and your significant other do to lighten the mood when things are tense?

Later Alligators...

Mrs. A

I feel so loved :)

I received my very first blog award recenty from the lovely Mrs Amykristen over at My Journey From The Aisle. She awarded me with the Kreativ Blogger award. In my nearly 2 years of blogging I've never gotten one of these so I'm really honored. BTW if you have a chance go check out Amykristen's blog she and her man are freaking adorable.

ok so here are the rules:
Post 7 facts about myself and then award 7 other bloggers with the "Kreativ Blogger" award


so here's 7 things:

1. I have a strange aversion to feet especially big hairy man feet. My husband find's this hilarious and takes it as a challenge to stick his big hairy man feet on me every chance he gets.

2. I always have to have help when opening those biscuits that come in the cans that pop open they scare me every single time

3. I'm a little OCD in that I use a folding board to fold t-shirts and I have been know to pull everything out of a drawer and re-fold the whole thing because one item was wrinkly.

4. I worked at an amusement park in high school in the dispatch office

5. I married the sweetest man ever in October of 2007 and I chose October because that's when my grandparents we're married.

6. although I chose my wedding date based on my grandparents I never got to know either set of my grandparents I was my mother's late in life child and my grandparents all passed before I was 5 so I have really no memories of them.

7. I'm a tender heart and pretty much anything that touches my heart in slightest way will make me bawl



So there's my 7 facts and now I'm tagging.

1. Marital Bless

2. Breaking Through

3. Llama Tales

4. Magnolia Belle

5. My Little Green Diary

6 The Life Accounts

7. I Love You More Than Carrots

the post I didn't want to write

Well mom's appointment didn't bring us the wonderful news we were hoping for in fact quite the opposite actually. We discovered that even the 4 aggressive weeks of chemo didn't hardly make any change in her condition and her spleen is enlarged so much that it's pushing on her lungs. Her doctor who by the way is fabulous and very kind seems to think the best solutions is a technique called radioimmunotherapy which is a long name for the utilization of radiation with antibodies. It's a very involved and complicated treatment. Mom took it rather well all things considered. All I wanted to do when the doctor said there had been no change was to burst into tears and scream and cry and blame God. But I knew I had to be strong for mom so the minute I dropped her off safely at home and got back in the car I tried to let the tears fall and they wouldn't come I feel nothing but numbness at the moment. Please continue to pray for my mom and her doctors. Her team lead is Dr. Bose and he's really nice.

In other much more upbeat news I received my very first blog award. I feel so honored I'll be posting about that but probably not until tomorrow I need to take my evening to process the day.


Later Alligators....

Mrs. A