New Friends, Birthdays and Double Dates

This weekend was packed full of fun, the normal weekend boring times and all of those cool things in the title

On Friday we got together with my new friend Ashley and her husband Mike and headed out for a double date. It was our first time meeting each others husbands and their first time meeting each other as well. Sidebar: Isn't is crazy how when you hang out with a friend for the first time it is like going on a date?! You get nervous, you hope that you get along and that you get invited to hang out again. The first time I hung out with Ashley that's how I felt and I thought we clicked but you never know so when we got invited on our double date I high fived myself, called my husband and told him we got a second date! lol The second we brought our husbands to meet each other we both had that feeling like we had set two people up and we were hoping they liked each other and would click like we did. It was soooo nerve wrecking! They clicked and I think we both secretly did a happy dance so now we can hang out as a group too!! I hope other people out there feel the same way and I'm not completely crazy!

Anyway Ashley's parents are in town and so they graciously volunteered to watch the kids while we headed out. Remember when I made my goals for 2015 and I said I wanted to be more intentional about making sure I have kid free time with Isaac? Well Operation Date Your Husband is off to a good start! It is still January and I was determined to not let this month pass by without a date night. This was our first Logan free date since June (I know, I know that's a long time but to be fair he was in Korea until December and we did move to a new country so I get a little bit of a pass) and so I was really excited. We headed out to a noodle place (I'm not sure what it was called) They had benches where you could sit and watch them make the food or tables. When you walk in they had a machine to place your order and it gives you little tickets (a different one for each thing you order). You give the tickets to your waitress and she brings you your food. If you ever go make sure you hold on to your own little tickets because if they get mixed up you will get all kinds of extras that someone else ordered haha

I ordered noodles but since I am learning I am not much of a noodle person I also ordered fried rice and a coke (which they looove here and have everywhere haha) My dislike for noodles was confirmed (I am going to try thin noodles next time and see if that changes) and so thank goodness I got the friend rice which was super yummy and I ate with my chopsticks with minimal food dropping between bowl and mouth (HIGH FIVE FOR ME!)

We hung out had some awesome grown up kid free conversation and then did what every super awesome kid free group of parents does on date night. We went for ice cream!!!! I got my usual super adventurous flavor of Vanilla, Isaac got some banana and chocolate fudge mixture that he devoured and Ashley got this gorgeous concoction.

I didn't taste it but it was too pretty not to take a picture of!

Saturday we went out to shop for a car and that was a bust! It didn't work out but that was fine because we went shopping instead which always makes everyone feel better. Later that afternoon we went to (Ashley's daughter) Kami's Blues Clues Themed 2nd birthday party! I love a good kids birthday party. I know to most that sounds crazy but I love to see a bunch of kids running around together and the joy on their face because they are eating things they don't normally get to eat. Plus I can eat as much cake and ice cream as I want without being judged. It was super fun and we had a great time and BONUS there were hardly any toddler fights!

 

Sunday was the regular Cunningham Family rest day filled with movies, popcorn, lots of relaxation and lunch at Chili's so that I could get their Cajun chicken pasta which I have become addicted to in only a short time here ( I know I know I'm in Japan and should eat more Japanese food...I'm working on it) Oh and guess what? We got a car!!! It was unexpected but a last minute base Facebook swap page search worked in our favor and we got a cool little car that is perfect for the three of us for $1000 under budget from a nice Chief and his wonderful wife. (Seriously she was so nice! I instantly wanted to become best friends but that totally didn't happen. There's always tomorrow right? Maybe I'll have another awkward first friend date planned soon)

That night Logan, who is going through a growth spurt which is awesome for him but not awesome for that money I just saved on the car, went to bed at 5pm and I went next door to watch a movie with another new friend Nikita and her boys (Isn't it cool how many new friends we are making here?!) After being there for half an hour Logan sensed he was missing out on the fun, woke up and joined us. There was pizza, popcorn, pretzels, yummy chicken and chili sauce and girl chat, super sweet lovable polite boys and the beginnings of a couple of awesome friendships. Fun Fact: Nikita's son is also named Logan so I just call them Logan squared when they are together and they call each other Big and Little Logan

Monday was a bonus day off since it was Martin Luther King day and we used it to pick our new car up from the nice lady who I want to be friends with, grocery shop and watch a marathon of Disney fairy tales that came on AFN. Logan actually got really into Beauty and the Beast and was really sad when it ended. We will have to watch it again soon. We ended the night with Homemade pizza, Jeopardy where I was doing well enough that I  thought it was important enough to share, and the first round of the Australian Open Men's matches were on which I dread because they seem s o much slower than the Women's. We watched anyway because we can't ever go a year without watching every major, no matter how boring it seems. We are hoping to head to Australia before we leave Japan so that we can hang out at the open

Soooo that was our pretty regular weekend not filled with the Japan adventure I am sure you were hoping for. We move into our house next week and should begin to get some semblance of normal, or as normal as we can be without our furniture, so hopefully you will get a super fun weekend recap next time!

How did you spend your weekend??? OH and before I forget CONGRATS to the Seahawks and the Patriots!!

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