Date Night

My Hubby came home with these last night~two long stemmed roses wrapped up, and presented them to me before we left for a date. Aren't they beautiful?!
For those of you with spouses in school, and probably those of you whose spouses AREN'T in school and just work long hours, or you have several children and lack of money, you know that date nights with your man are few and far in between. We never celebrated our anniversary in June of last year, so here's our date 6 months later. We're planning our next one to be for our anniversary this year, in another six months.

My mom told me we need to plan once a month or so to have an evening just to ourselves, but with Vern's studying needs and work schedule, that's not always possible. I have to remind myself when it seems he's spending so much time away from us even when he's home, that at least Vernon is alive, contrary to his cousin who died in May of last year and left behind a wife and four children, now five. So many of my wishes seem miniscule when I compare them to Lisa's situation. God has been good to us!
So about last night~Kaylie had her 9 month checkup yesterday morning, and since Morgan's dad was off work that day, he just kept Morgan all day, which freed me up after I got home. Funny how keeping a second baby makes it seem like your own is no big job anymore! Mondays are Vern's early day so we decided to find a babysitter and get away. We went out for supper and then went shopping for some attire Vern is to have for his glee club performances. All in all, we just enjoyed being out together, away from the books, phone, computer, parental needs, etc.
I did worry about Kaylie because she had had a shot that day, and had a cold, but then of course, she was an angel for her babysitter. I have been on the opposite end of this spectrum before and now can better understand both sides.

How often do you get date nights with your spouse? Do you plan them or do they randomly come about?