Family Date Night

Something I look forward too starting February first or so, is our annually family date night to the Cheesecake Factory on March 6! You can read about some past ones here and here if you are interested or bored! Ross and I had our first real date together at the Cheesecake Factory in Redondo Beach, Ca and we just return there every year (a cheer for chain restaurants, since we move around so much). Depending on location, we get to sit outside and look out at the marina, or just watch passers-by at a mall. Either way, it is special and we are glad to have our family tradition. This Saturday was especially nice. It was 50+ degrees and sunshiney! That is a huge warm-up for us lately! You could tell we weren't the only ones enjoying it. We decided to head out early and go to our favorite bookstore for a while beforehand, but still planned to eat early so we wouldn't have a long wait. When we got to the area, the place was packed. We decided to head straight to the restaurant. It was 4:15 and we had a 30 minute wait anyway! Since the weather was so nice, the kids ran around outside during the wait and enjoyed some Vitamin D.