The ultimate afternoon date!

About a month ago Jim and I snuck away on a Saturday afternoon, intending to just do recycling and a couple of errands. A random comment about the baked brie appy at the Shinglemill had us heading there for what was supposed to be a late lunch "snack". I got the brie and he got onion rings and a beer and we sat on the patio and enjoyed the beautiful May afternoon. 

THEN while eating those appies we started talking about our dinner at Monk's on Marine two weeks before and the next thing I knew we were heading there for a big lunch, complete with a super yummy steak sandwich (my favorite in town!) for me and the dry ribs and a salad for Jim. 

Turned out to be just the afternoon that we needed. Quality time together is never a waste of time or money. Investing in our relationship is important, even if it's rare that we make the time to do it!

After our big delicious lunch we went home and forced our electronics attached children into some good old fashioned FFF (forced family fun) with a walk through the Penticton trails. Overall it was just such a great 6 hours we spent together on a very rare quiet May weekend day. After the craziness of the 8 months long hockey season it was wonderful to get out and enjoy time as a family where we weren't rushing off to the next thing we had to do.