A Much Needed Date Night.

I may not be doing the 25 blogs of Christmas this year, but I am suddenly feeling myself more inspired to post lately!

Mike and I feel so blessed to have some great friends! Our friends are not only people we can talk to and laugh and have a good time with, but they are also people who are EXTREMELY GIVING! One such friend (or friends, they are a married couple) are Matt and Monae. I have known Monae since high school. They are great people. They both work in the arts (At the Morrison Center) as (for lack of knowing their real titles) stagehands. These guys are always thinking of other people.
Last night, they had 2 shows they were apart of. They had been over working at the Egyptian Theater for Opera Idaho, and they had another show at the Morrison Center. Even though they are AWESOME, neither of them are able to be in 2 places at once. So they were WONDERFUL and gave Mike and I their tickets to Opera Idaho's production of Ahmal & The Night Visitors!
The opera (in English thank goodness since Mike HATES reading subtitles) was about a crippled shepherd boy, that is visited by the Wisemen as they journey to follow the star to see the Baby Jesus. They stop by this boy and his widow mother's home. It is very short but it was a great Christmas event. We loved it!
Afterwards, Mike and I decided to head to see another friend and went to Baskin Robbins for some SUPER THICK milkshakes! Yeah! We have grown to know the owners, Kim & Mark, and they are such an INSPIRATION! We enjoyed talking to Kim (Mark usually is working at the other store when we go) and seeing her.
So, thanks to some great friends, Mike and I had a much needed date night. We are trying really hard to pay off all our bills so money has been very tight. It was a lot of fun to get dressed up (a little) and head out. (Plus, Mike was excited because he had never been to the Egyptian before.) It is these kind of friends that really get you in the Holiday Spirit! They are all so wonderful and we feel so blessed to have them in our lives!
Matt & Monae~ We will have to take you guys out some time for all that you have done for us!

(I want to make sure others aren't left out~ we have a lot of other great friends that do a lot for us and we appreciate ALL OF YOU!)