Our Much Needed Couples Night!

We have a tradition in the Merrill family that we have a siblings couple night as well as a cousins party so we can all hang out kid free for one night a year! Yes, it only comes once a year so we make it fantastic. We started off by dropping our beloved baby girl at the babysitters house (thanks Brad and Katie!) and then made our way to Iron Gate Grill for dinner. After stimulating conversation that consisted of Nacho Libre quotes, Dr. Brian associating all our food with gross human body parts, mixed with the announcement of a new grandbaby (poor Toni only had salad for fear that the gagging would become puking) we all met at the Swink house for white elephants, dessert, and sibling presents. Note to all: Never choose a white elephant gift that was given by anyone in the Swink family, you will end up with a thigh master, or even more enticing, a hot dog carousel that steams the hot dogs, whilst moistening the buns...and yes there were may "moist buns" jokes that evening. We had such a good time just enjoying each other and feeling the non-parent freedom for just a couple hours...except for Keri who was constantly threatening her children by taking away gifts if they were seen throughout the evening. I fear Santa Clause is not going to that house this year. We missed you Tera and Mandy! It just isn't the same without you!