The Great Date Experiment #2

Friday night, Michael and I participated in Date 2 of The Great Date Experiment. After the death of my grandma this week, it was good to go out! This date was based around a progressive dinner where you hop from one restaurant to another. We chose to go to the Olive Garden for our appetizer (salad and bread sticks) and main entree. Then, we headed to Copelands for our dessert. Yummy!

Fresh strawberry cheesecake with a drizzle of chocolate.

Of course this date also had many thought provoking questions like: "Would you rather take a one-week $5000 vacation or go on five different long weekends that cost $1000 each?" or "One of the nicest thing you have ever done is____________." We laughed at a lot of the pet names they suggested for the husband to use that night like, "Gansta baby" or "Bunches of Oats"...um, no thanks! Ha! I got the best part, patting my man on the gluteus maximus at least two times before the night is over.

After our dinner we were told to select a store to buy your spouse a $2 or less gift... the thought is ALL that count$. We then had 10 minutes to complete this task. Well, we choose none other than this store.
Once inside we separated. I stayed on one side of the store and Michael stayed on the other. Well, for the most part. He did try to sneak a peek or two. Here are the gifts:

My gift from Michael: Sugar Babies: "Give me some 'sugar, baby'!" Trail Mix: Michael said it has healthy things like peanuts, raisins, pineapple, and bananas. (I'm trying to eat healthy) But, it also has my weakness chocolate. It's kind of like our marriage. 80% healthy, 20% needs improvement!

My gift to Michael: Duster-to keep our marriage clean and shining. I also bought the infuser to...keep our marriage spicy! Oh, yeah!

Looking a little tired and rough, but happy! Okay, be nice!

Once home, we turned up the music and danced under the *stars*....it was a great night.

To find out about our First Date, click HERE! To find out more information about The Great Date Experiment, visit our church's website.

I have to give a shout out to my awesome sister, Tara and Rodney for keeping the boys! They had a blast: Wii games, swimming, 4-wheeler rides, roasted hot dogs and made smores. They were worn out from all the fun. Thanks!

Hey YOU...yeah, I'm talking to you my friend...date your husband! It is vital to a happy, healthy marriage!

The Great Date Experiment

Michael and I are really excited about The Great Date Experiment that our church has put together. Earlier this year we decided we wanted to go on more dates. Typically we go on one a month. Now that our church offers a Friday Night Out, we figured we could go more often. I love the six dates that are planned out for us (which we downloaded and printed off) to help us get out of a dating rut.

The six Great Dates revolves around one of six essentials of marriage and focuses on communication. Wanna join in? Watch this video and learn more!



Great Date #1

We had a blast together! It was interesting to have someone else plan our date and provide great questions.

Our first stop, after dropping the boys off at my sister's house, was Colten's for dinner. According to the date "rules" we were supposed to let the waitress choose our meal. We could give her one stipulation, so we told her no seafood. Since Michael is the picky one I let him choose the stipulation. I was not nervous at all, but our waitress was! I told Michael before we got to the restaurant that we would either get someone who was excited to play along, or get someone who would be apprehensive. Even though she was nervous, she picked out great food. Michael was served a steak, salad, and stemmed broccoli. I had loaded chicken with a side of sweet potato fries. It was so good.

Before we left we had more fun with our waitress. You should have seen her face after she took our picture and asked if there is anything else she was suppose to do. I jokingly replied, "pick up the tab" Ha! We did leave her a big tip for being a good sport. We had great conversation and felt like two teenagers in love while throwing peanut shells at each other.

Michael talking during the picture! Ha!

The next point was to choose an activity to do together. We were going to go to the Razorback baseball game, but I didn't bring my coat and it was getting cold. We chose a movie instead. No, movies are not the best place for conversation, but we chose the drive-in movies where it is more intimate and asked our questions in between the movies. We watched Blindside (again), and New Moon.

There were great questions to be discussed; picking out a $2.00 dessert in a grocery store for each other; yelling "my husband is HOT" in public; kissing at every red light until someone honks; and carving our initials into a tree. So many fun ideas! We laughed and laughed because we went through many stop lights and they were all green. Finally, we started hitting a few red ones, but nobody would honk at us, even after it turned green a while. Ha!

I love dating my husband! One of my Love Languages is quality time. After last night...

My LOVE TANK is full!

Date Night That's Funny!

Tim Hawkins is a christian comedian. I've posted several videos of his in the past. I was so excited to learn he was coming to the Fayetteville area. Michael and I had already picked up our FNO (Friday Night Out) ticket from church. I'm so thankful that our church will keep our kids on Friday night so parents can go out on a date! Between trading date nights with my sister and the church, Michael and I will be trying to do date nights twice a month now. If you don't date your husband...you should! Make it a priority.

I knew I wanted to go to see Tim Hawkins. I'm so glad we did. What a funny guy! I laughed so much that night. I even had my 'ugly' laugh going on. It was also nice surpirise to find some friends, Tammy and her family there that we got to visit with beforehand too.

Here he his doing a mix of 70's songs. ( We were near the back, so not the best quality, but still funny.)

Thank Goodness for Date Nights!

The gang having fun on the trampoline...


Thank Goodness for date nights! My sister and I have been trading nights for a date night for years now. Sometimes we miss... However, Cameron is now reminding me that "You and Daddy need a date night"...translation I need to go to Devin's and play the Wii. Therefore, I don't think we will be missing as often as some months. As for a Wii... prayers for a Wii has begun...it is now two years in the asking for Cameron...so he asked Dad to pray for one at bedtime the other night. I am glad he knows that God cares about not only our needs but our wishes and desires too. He loves us that much! That is the only video game we would consider buying because it is a lot more active than others. We can forsee some good family times.

Tonight I have my niece and nephew here. They will be staying the night. My boys just love their cousins. We are pretty fond of them too! Next week will be our turn...looking forward to going on a date with Michael!! ♥