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!
6 comments:
First of all you HAVE to explain how those light painting worked. That is SO cool! VERY impressed at Nate's willingness! That is such an AWESOME idea. I think Jared and I need to start doing something like that! It helps to hear that most of your dates are at home. We don't have very much money right now so that is so cool!
I agree..You need to explain how the light painting works! That looks so neat! I follow a different blog, but she does cheap at home dates too. If you want to check it out it's loveactually-blog.blogspot.com. I'm going to go to the one you mentioned! Thanks for sharing!
um... KIM AND NATE?!? is that really you? i just saw your comment on tracee's blog and thought, "that can't be the kim and nate that i know and love." but lo and behold, it is! oh, i'm so glad i found you. your little ladies are SO cute and you both look great. so fun to see what you are up to. my blog is private, but if you'd like an invite email me at christybateman@gmail.com. (i don't have your email and need it to invite you) love you guys!
kim, you are such a good wife! I really admire you for dragging nate into doing that. You have inspired me to do the same! :)
What a fun idea! I love the light painting. I also want to know how it works. You two are so cute together!!!
Hi Kim and Nate!! What a great idea. I love that you mentioned that most of the dates are done at home. For some reason, if we don't "go out" we feel bad that we've missed our date night! It looks like so much fun!! it's fun seeing what your family is up to! we are at mikeandlora.blogspot.com if you ever want to come visit =) We should definitely do some catching up!!!
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