Back to the Basics

Becky and I did something really awesome tonight. She had a great idea to put the kids to bed and cook dinner for just the two of us. We grilled a NY strip acompanied by mashed potatoes. It was really neat to get back to just us and not having to worry about Addison throwing food to Emma or Caden explaining why he isn't going to eat something. I felt so in love with Becky and we just sat there and talked and ate. It was really that simple. It just feels good to know that we can still be in love and act like ourselves even when the kids are not right under our noses. As great as tonight was, I am even more excited about going to Wilmington with just Becky in a few weeks. Although, we wil greatly miss the children.

Not too busy for Cold Stone

It's been a while since my last entry. This part of the fall tends to be very busy with papers, projects, late nights at the university. Balance seems to be going well lately. I told Becky that I would leave around 5:00 today from work. I was able to follow through just fine there. I came home to chili and we took off to cold Stone to meet friends with several children (10 to be exact). We had a blast though. Only one injury among the 10 kids, and she turned out to be OK thank goodness.

Cadenism 11/1/09, I will Always Love You

OK- hilarious dialogue tonight as I was chatting with Caden. He was eating a cupcake and I grabbed his cute little cupcake smeared cheeks and said "You are my boy Caden". This is where it went from there:

Caden- You aren't my boy though.

Brian- (giving him a silly and mad look) What!?!?!

Caden- You are my daddy!

Brian- I'll always be your daddy Caden.

Caden- Uh huh.

Brian- I will always love you too buddy. Even if you do something bad or make a mistake, I will always love you.

Caden- And when I get in trouble and you have to spank me, I will always love you too daddy.