Our Perfect Date Night

Last night, Nolan and I finally went on the date night that I've been wanting to do since we joined a new club in the fall. I just love driving around beautiful neighborhoods and looking at homes. Nolan, on the other hand, would rather get a root canal than go with me. So, we combined our two loves and he golfed while I rode along with him and enjoyed the view of the course and the beautiful homes on it. How is that for the perfect date? Well... the weather decided not to cooperate with us. We didn't have rain until about hole #9, and it came and went thereafter, but when it came, it was a downpour. They even sounded the lightning sirens a few times to halt play on the course, but then the sun would come back out again. We still enjoyed our evening and he got all 18 holes in. (And I fully enjoyed my view from the passenger seat.) :-)

I love this photo because it captures how the geese had taken over hole #13. It was only a par 3, so Nolan was afraid he'd whack one with his drive, but thankfully, no geese were harmed.

A brief video clip of our rainy date night.

One of my favorite views.

And what's a post without a picture of the girls?

Here is Leila during her weekly summer soccer lesson.
And Mia models her blue hibiscus while waiting on Leila at her lesson.

And yes, I have been putting that face painting kit to use all summer.

Thankfully, though, I have not done any more in the T*arget parking lot. ;-)

On another topic... I took Leila to see "Kit Kittredge" this afternoon. We both really liked the movie, although I think all of the valuable lessons went way over her head. I hope Kit walking around a big city by herself and hopping in a car with thieves went way over her head, too!