Its hard to believe, but Tamarah and I have been married for 8 years. Add our 5 years of dating and we’ve been side-by-side every day for more than 13 years.

We celebrated by having dinner at CIA in Napa and spending the evening at a nearby bed and breakfast, The Chanric Inn, in Calistoga.

This was the first time we’ve spent a night away from our children together, from time to time we get a baby sitter and go out (very rarely, unfortunately) but never for the night. We called too often, but everything went well. They stayed with one of the pastors of our church and it so happens that Nova’s best friend is his daughter, so it was sorta like a sleep-over slumber party for her.

A very relaxing evening I’m glad to say. No busy city, not packed and crammed boring restaurants. Great food, great service, and a quiet, restful night. Gotta love it.