Mother/Son Date.....

It was FINALLY Immanuel's turn to go out on a date! :-) (He only "reminded" me like 15 times that day that we were indeed going).

So Saturday night we both went to dinner at King Buffet (which we both love).  We laughed our heads off at Immanuel trying to use chopsticks correctly as the waitress laughed along with us as she was the one trying to help Immanuel get the hang of it.  Eventually he just opted to stabbing his food with the chopstick.  Yummy Chinese food was followed by Immanuel's buffet dessert choice of: orange Jello (he snuck that on there and yes i did concede to that small amount of food coloring for his date), vanilla pudding, and vanilla ice-cream with hot fudge...don't worry he only finished the Jello and managed just a few bites of the other things.  Immanuel tried to convince me that the host of the restaurant was the same guy that was a dancer for High School Musical....some how i don't think so.  ;-)

Then we window shopped in Wal-Mart to kill some time before our movie started.  He was pretty good about showing me all the things he wanted for Christmas. 

Then we were off to see Megamind in 3D and Immanuel got his own popcorn, it was great!  After the show i took him to that new store Roses in the mall (which i quickly learnt was like a GIANT Dollar General.)  He was excited as he got a new coat which was bright blue just like Megamind!  ;-)


The best part for me though was the conversation.  Anyone who knows Immanuel, knows he's quite a talker, but this time as he didn't have anyone to compete with, it was a most pleasant experience.  I was struck with the overwhelming sense of how brilliant of a mind he really has.  He is SO imaginative, SO creative, SO easy to talk with.  He's charming and funny and he is always thinking about things. I hope he never changes.


Another favorite part was listening to Maroon 5 in the car and watching is little (or not so little any more) feet dangling in the front seat bopping to the music...boy does this guy have rhythm! 

 I LOVE him!

 Jack snuck in before we left!

A Night for the Mom's...Eclipse Pre-Party and Midnight Showing!

Yep, that's right, i too love the books, and the movies are pretty good if i do say so myself! BUT more than anything this was a night to have fun, chat with the ladies, and enjoy myself! I do think it was criminal that our "$2.00" movie theatre to charge $12.00, but it was well worth the whole evening experience!

It was fun to feel like i could be silly and not worry about feeling silly at the same time. As you can see we all fully indulged! I love these girls, they are so fun to be with. The Smith Sisters but on a good show and went all out with their decorations. The food was awesome, the games were fun, the friends are amazing, oh, and the movie was good too! ;-)

Tamsyn & Sarah

Jennifer, Presley, and Holly

Two of the Smith Sisters, Amy and Mandy...and yes they are wearing red contacts!

Silly Moms having so much fun!

Hot Cheryl! Watch out Edward! ;-)

All of us that evening...

I LOVE these ladies! Cheryl, Me (of course), & Katie.

Eclipse Guesstures...

Decor in the bathroom even, LOL!
Yep, those are Edward and Bella dolls!

At the movies waiting in line to get in...

Such a fun evening, thanks ladies & a special thanks
to the Smith Sisters for putting on such a fabulous party, WOW!

Daddy Daughter Date

John has promised Eden that he would take her out on a date if she tried really hard not to have an attitude with either of us for a week (she's been a bit whiny as of late). Eden tried really hard, and actually did quite well and so Saturday evening the night before Father's day Eden and John went out.

Eden got to pick what she wanted to do, and after she realized that the rock climbing gym was in Knoxville and didn't want to make the hour drive to get there she settled on seeing Karate Kid at the movie theatre and then dinner at Dairy Queen.

She came back that night very late (about 10pm or so i think) BUT very happy. It was so fun to see the look on her face as she walked in the door with her daddy and her purse on her shoulder. She was all smiles and came up to me and gave me a big hug and said that she had SOOOOOOOOOOOO much fun. She was like, "MOM, i can't stop smiling!" It was really cute and she was so smiley you'd think she'd just been proposed to!

What a fantastic day to pre-celebrate Father's! John you are an amazing father! I am so glad to be married to a man who loves his children and spending quality time with them. Next month Immanuel and I are planning on doing the same. ;-)

Before they left...

Outside at Dairy Queen...too cold inside apparently!

Karate Chops!

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