rockin the suburbs..

"just like jon bon jovi did." (a little ben folds there).   (you may want to stop the video about 3:50 in case you don't want the big ole f bomb) 

we've been trying to remember all the other fun things around that we like to do besides play the wii for ben.  saturday night he was severely bummed as momma wouldn't let him play (he had played the leapster for hours in the truck that day)..  daddio was flipping through the channels & pbs was showing segments of old ed sullivan shows.  so, it turned into a dance party after a bit. 

ben was having so much fun, we decided to take it to the dance room, aka his bedroom with the disco ball.  we played some of momma & daddio's wedding jams cd & some good ole live jack johnson. 

 the one song was him singing "who do ya love?"

  gracie would respond "mamma!"  everytime.  love it. 

out came the instruments too!  harmonica, guitars, & of course the digaeredoo!

date night!!

oh, what a night!  our first child free night ever!!!!! can you believe it?  ben was very concerned that we would come back with a baby after date night, because that's what people do.  where does he get this stuff?

the kiddos had their first all night slumber party at grandma deedee & papaw paul's over the weekend with darby. & momma & daddio had a first date night in months.

we called up our friends dave & kate and headed to their home.

from there, we went to the casino to listen to some tunes & gamble on the boat.

this was kate's first time on the boat. poor thing lost $1. justin was the big winner of the night with $4! woo hoo!  we saw 2 managers from the guy's work there.  kinda odd!

fast eddy's was the final stop of the evening. my friend from highschool, jason was playing. his band is red eye max.  i was pretty impressed! he opened for kenny chesney over the summer! way to go jason, we look forward to the debut cd & hearing you on the radio!  it was great seeing my old friend & the path he is on.  watch out, brad paisley!

here's one of his songs from youtube.

thanks, dee, paul, janet & darby for watching our kiddos. they had a blast with you guys!

thanks, dave & kate for our date night. we had a wonderful time!

the crew at night's end