{"id":4513,"date":"2012-04-26T05:52:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T05:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/?p=4513"},"modified":"2012-04-26T06:13:03","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T06:13:03","slug":"delightful-dinne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/delightful-dinne\/","title":{"rendered":"Delightful Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The weather has been so absolutely gorgeous lately that we have been outside soaking up God&#8217;s gift of nature and SPRING as much as possible&#8230;before his gift of summer and mosquitoes arrive.\u00a0 Last week we decided to walk to dinner in order to enjoy as much of this season as possible.\u00a0 It truly was a fun evening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4514\" title=\"Walking to Dinner 001\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-001.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-001-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4515\" title=\"Walking to Dinner 002\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"569\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-002.jpg 569w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-002-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4516\" title=\"Walking to Dinner 003\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-003.jpg 640w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-003-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a>As Preston and Brad walked ahead, the girls stopped to blow dandelions.\u00a0 Lilly Katherine would blow every single one of them if I would let her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4517\" title=\"Walking to Dinner 006\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-006.jpg 640w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-006-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4518\" title=\"Walking to Dinner 010\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"569\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-010.jpg 569w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-010-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4519\" title=\"Walking to Dinner 009\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-009.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-009-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>Then they stopped to smell the roses.\u00a0 That will be LK&#8217;s theme in life.\u00a0 She is very good (sometimes too good) at stopping to smell the roses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4520\" title=\"Walking to Dinner 011\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-011.jpg 640w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-011-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4521\" title=\"Walking to Dinner 012\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-012.jpg 640w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-012-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4522\" title=\"Walking to Dinner 016\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-016.jpg 640w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-016-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a>At the end of dinner, the waiter brought the kids free push-up pops.\u00a0 My kids had never eaten one before.\u00a0 What kind of mother am I?\u00a0 I have totally deprived my kids of push-up pops!!!\u00a0 They loved them, of course.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4523\" title=\"Walking to Dinner 015\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-015.jpg 640w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-015-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a>This little maniac thought her push-up pop was a &#8220;mic-a-phone&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4533\" title=\"photo\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/photo.jpg 639w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/photo-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4527\" title=\"Walking to Dinner 017\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-017.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-017-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>Then I introduced my maniacs to another little treat&#8230;HONEYSUCKLES!\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure how Preston has made it 8 years in life and LK 5 years and I have never taught them how to eat a honeysuckle&#8230;a childhood delicacy!\u00a0 I love the smell, and I love the taste, and I love the memories that come to mind when I think of that sweet little flower.\u00a0 I know that from now on Lilly Katherine and AnnaLeigh will want to stop and eat honeysuckles every time we see them.\u00a0 I am actually okay with that!\u00a0 That&#8217;s what you are supposed to do!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4524\" title=\"Walking to Dinner 018\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-018.jpg 640w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-018-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4525\" title=\"Walking to Dinner 019\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-019.jpg 640w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-019-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-020a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4526\" title=\"Walking to Dinner 020a\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-020a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-020a.jpg 640w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walking-to-Dinner-020a-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a>Good times with the fam enjoying the amazing colors our creative God has given us&#8230;just because he loves us!<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><strong>-kate<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weather has 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