Last night Shannon and I had our first neighbor co-op date night. Our neighbors, Joe and Megan Tucker, and us have entered a babysitting co-op. They watch our kids one night and they we watch their son Jackson, who is 2 1/2 in return. We don't pay each other so we save in babysitting costs. The Tuckers started it off and watched Ava and Jacob last night.
Shannon and I had nothing special planned for the evening. We talked about a few ideas but settled on the very practical purpose of going to a few stores and exchanging some recently purchased outfits of the kids. Yet, it turned out to be a great outing. Through out the night, from the moment we pulled out of the driveway until we got home, we had great conversation. A very good flow to it, with everything moving very naturally from topic to topic. We discussed some very meaningful issues without forcing them. And we laughed. In fact, Shannon laughed more than I have heard from her in a while.
It was just a delightful surprise of an evening. My love for my wife was strengthen, and we were both refreshed. There is much truth to the sentiment of joy being found in the small things, and we found joy in many small things last night.
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