Project 52: Date Nights

A couple of months ago I found this blog www.simplemodernmom.com and wandered over to her Project 52: Date nights. I started reading about it and decided that Nate and I were going to try it. We each take turns on a monthly basis, planning one date night a week. Obviously we can't go OUT every week, so most of our dates are at home, after the girls go to bed. Since I was the one dragging him into it, and told him I would plan the first two months. We have done things like a puzzle and fondue night, pedicures and smoothies, I made up my own version of Deal or No Deal, and we even had a "slumber party" where we blew up our air mattress, snacked on some popcorn and licorice, played games and watched Avatar. The rules are that we can't do the same thing twice in one month. We have had so much fun doing this and have become closer and come to know each other even better.
Nate has the date nights for the month of May, so on Saturday this is what we did. He took me out to Pier 49 in Springville, which is where we went out to eat on our first date. We haven't eaten there in forever, so I was really excited. It brought back a lot of memories...





After dinner we went home and did some light painting. We had never done this before, it was actually quite fun and we laughed a lot. I was so proud of him for getting so creative!









Pretty cool, huh?

Any of you who feel like you want to focus a little bit more on your marriage, TRY it!! It is so fun! Check out her site! There are lots of ideas for dates on there, too. Other people post their dates to her page, too (I chose not to). HAPPY DATING!

Tantrums and Chocolate

The other day Addi had a traumatic experience when Nate told her she couldn't go home with her Grandma who had just spent several hours at our house. She threw a huge temper tantrum (aren't 4 year olds too old for that?) so Nate sent her to her bedroom. After about five minutes, he went upstairs to talk to her, and this is how he found her.....


OBVIOUSLY very tired.....



So, after he shot these pictures of her, he walks downstairs into the kitchen and finds our SWEET little Paisley doing this...



Yep, that's right. She got into my cupboard and found the bag of chocolate chips. She had them scattered everywhere, but, of course making sure that she scattered them mostly into her mouth. (I am sure she was trying to share a few with Kobi, because most of them were right by the back door.) The love of chocolate starts so young!!