How often do you have a date night?

I am truly curious about how often couples, with children, have a date night.  Is once a month the norm, or more frequently than that?  What is an average date for you? Are you spontaneous or a planner? 
I don't know about you, but I love date night.  I am fortunate, both my parents and husbands parents live close and watch the children.  This allows date night to happen about once every month.  This past friday was our once a month.
We are in the cattle business and date nights do not tend to be very traditional.  This night was no exception.

Dallas (that's my husband) needed help finding a cow that had gone missing.  Nana Sheila was willing to take on the task of four little crazy grandkids playing at her house why we had a DATE NIGHT.   I was really excited, only one little problem... when we arrived at the pasture it was starting to rain. 

 

This was not a big problem, but we were not going to be riding around in the comfort of the truck.  We were going to be riding these two handsome fellows.

Dallas is a very smart man, very prepared.  That is why he brought himself a rain slicker. I on the other hand was so excited that we were going on a date night, that I didn't take thought about the rain and just brought a fleece jacket and a hat.  Dallas had gloves for me.

We rode all the creeks, through brushy areas and checked the fence lines.  As the sun set I was wet, had a slight chill  and the cow was still missing, but I enjoyed every minute of it. 

A friend of mine once said "I feel closest to God when I'm out checking cattle."  I understand that feeling.

 

We loaded up and Dallas took me into town to eat at a little mexican restaurant.  It ended as a great DATE NIGHT.