A Great time with the Grady's.

This past weekend we went to visit our good friends, The Grady's in Iowa. We try to get together with them twice a year but it has been rough the last two years because of ALL the babies! The Grady's now have 3. Addison- soon to be 5, Lucas- soon to be 3 and Dawson- soon to be 1. Put our two in the mix and we had a houseful!

The highlight of the weekend for the adults was Sunday night. Athena had the BRILLIANT idea to hire a babysitter to watch all the kiddos so the adults could go out to eat for the night ALONE! Ben and I both thought we could hear the angels singing as we walked out the door and said, "See Ya, Wouldn't want to Be Ya!" to the sitters. Did I mention that we got to go out ALONE for dinner with other adults! Wow! For those of you without children you have no idea how nice it was not to talk over Sawyer's insanely loud babbling, not having to refill sippy cups, picking up what seemed to be more food than you actually served off of the floor, then trying to wrestle two boys upstairs and into the tub. (Yes, I really do love my children.)
Anyway... we went to a really fun restaurant called "Three Samauri". It was a Jappaneese steakhouse. We had never been to one before. What a blast! Highly recommend it!

We headed home late that night to try and beat the Chicago traffic and keep the boys on somewhat of a schedule. We crawled into bed at 4am. Ugh...

Ben and I both commented that although we only see the Grady's every few months it is like we were just with them last weekend. This is part of the reason that we were so excited about giving Charlie the name- Charles Grady. They are wonderful parents and spouses that love the Lord with all their heart and we feel blessed to have them in our lives.

Till the next time Matt... "Ichi, Ni, San!"

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Athena- next time we are hiring the sitters for both nights!