When George and I received an invitation to attend the wedding reception for our friends Zak and Elizabeth, I knew it was an ideal opportunity for date night.  We don’t have many excuses to get gussied up, and we take advantage of every chance we get.  Nisey and Poppa agreed to babysit the quads at their house, and since it would be late, put them to bed.  Thank goodness for rock star grandparents!!!

Zak and Elizabeth tied the knot in Ireland with their immediate family, but held the reception stateside in order for friends to celebrate their union.  At the beginning of the reception, they played  video of the ceremony on a large screen, and it was beautiful.  It took me a minute, but I eventually realized the officiating priest was Father Tom who was pastor of our family’s church during my childhood.  In fact, he confirmed both George and I, and baptized George.  Father Tom was in attendance at the reception, and we had  few minutes to catch up with him.  He was amazed that our teenage romance transformed into a long-lasting marriage, and that we are now parents to quadruplets.  A lot can happen in 15-20 years!

After we enjoyed all the dancing, cake, adult conversations, and beverages we could handle, it was time to head back to my parent’s house to scoop up the quaddlings.  The gorgeous newlywed couple obliged us for a photo before we parted ways.

Perhaps the quads didn’t have a full fledged sleep over with Nisey and Poppa, but it was at least a “sleep under”.  They spent the evening with their grandparents, and went to bed there until about midnight.  Actually, only three went to sleep.  To my horror, Rylin was WIDE AWAKE when we arrived to pick her up. Nisey described the many tactics attempted to help Rylin drift off to sleep, none of which worked.  She did, however, fall asleep within about 10 seconds of riding in the van.

I think the quads sleep under counts as a sleep over with grandparents, thus another item checked off our summer bucket list!  Plus, we got a much needed date night out of the deal.  Congratulations, Zak and Elizabeth!

1. Movies
2. Sea Life Aquarium
3. Train ride
4. Fire station tour
5. Library story time
6. Sprayground
7. Zoo
8. Bahama Buck’s
9. Frozen yogurt
10. Community pool
11. Grill dinner outside
12. Water Table
13. Inflatable Pool
14. Sprinklers
15. Ice Cream
16. Indoor playgrounds
17. Lee’s Grilled Cheese
18. Blow bubbles
19. Chalk drawings
20. Board games
21. Play dates
22. Summer Reading Club
23. Dance classes
24. Fireworks
25. Sleep over with grandparents
26. Nature Walks
27. Bounce house
28. Popsicles
29. S’mores
30. Sparklers
31. Water pistol duels

hugs,

Amber

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