Tonight the wife says to me, “Hey, I feel like watching a funny holiday movie. Pick one out and we’ll watch it.” I go on Netflix and read a few descriptions out loud. She says, “Any of those will work, you know I like Lifetime movies this time of year. Just pick one while I finish something.”

So the wife and I just got done watching “Holiday Breakup.” It was a terrible movie. It’s about a couple that starts dating on the 4th of July, and breaks up on Halloween. They breakup because he’s too serious about everything and she’s not serious about anything. When they realize they have to go through the holidays single, they decide to fake their relationship until after the new year because they don’t want to be alone, have to talk about their breakup, and have people pity them.

Spoiler alert, in case you decide to watch this awful film…They end up realizing they like each other and get back together on Valentine’s Day. The End.

Like I said, the movie was awful. We both thought so. The acting was terrible and it was just ridiculous. Frau Farbissina from “Austin Powers” was in it, and we joked about how far her career had fallen. As dumb as the movie was, it made us laugh a little bit and we did spend some quality together, which was the point.

Quality time. We like to do that in our lives. Life can get busy with kids, jobs, appointments, chores, and sometimes we have to be really intentional about making that time happen.  It’s amazing how a couple of week can quickly pass because we’re so wrapped up in the routine of taking care of our family.  Sometimes we just need a day off.

So, a couple of Saturday’s ago, I took the day off from work. Since Saturday’s are the busiest days in my line of work, I rarely take them off; but, with the holidays coming, I knew if I didn’t do it now, I wouldn’t get the chance for a while.

We took the girls to Loveland Pass. Littles had been asking to go snowboarding for a while, so we thought it would be a good day to do it. The wife and Tiny looked on as Littles and I headed up the “big lift” and took a run. After finishing, we had lunch in the lodge, packed up our stuff, and headed to the outlet mall. We got Starbucks, I bought a pair of work shoes, and the we headed to a park in Georgetown and played with the girls before going home. It was a beautiful day and we had a lot of fun family time.

Littles is ready to go.  When I asked her if she wanted to go on the “big lift,” she said, “Booyah, baby!”

The big lift, for a big girl!

Tiny doing what she does best…climbing.

Littles and the wife on the swings!  Weeeeeeee!

The best part of the day was the conversation the wife and I had while we were driving to our destinations. With the girls occupied in the back seat, the wife and I talked about our future plans.  We have some things coming up which could give our family some new and exciting opportunities.  We talked about them and what we wanted our family’s life to look like going forward.  We threw some things out there.  The conversation was excellent.  We didn’t talk about the “business stuff” about our family.  We dreamed, we held hands, and enjoyed that time together.  It was great.

I should take more Saturday’s off, and maybe watch some more crappy movies.