Date #11

November's Date Night was fun! We went the week of Thanksgiving. My original letter to Jason said this,

"Let's go back in time. Think high school... Or middle school.... Let's go ice skating! I can't wait to join the ranks of the middle schoolers as we hold hands and skate around the rink!"

I had planned for us to go ice skating - which is something I haven't done since middle school! However, when I planned this date, I didn't know I would be in my third trimester of pregnancy and the more Jason and I thought about it the more we were uncomfortable with the idea. What if I fell (which would be likely)? Etc.

So... we just went to a movie instead. We grabbed a quick meal at Quiznos and snuck it into the theaters to watch the final Twilight movie. Jason is such a great husband to take me on dates to see such girly movies. :) Everything was fun - except the seats were uncomfortable with my big belly, but it was fun all the same!

Always great to date my man!

Date #10

Last month, Jason and I celebrated our 10 year dating anniversary. We began exclusively dating on October 19th, 2002 and as I say, "have been dating every since." -- I always like to celebrate this date and Jason usually humors me in the matter even though he is content only celebrating our wedding anniversary now. (To read more about that night, read this old post).

Anyway, so my goal was to find a babysitter for Friday night October 19th, but sadly, no one could do it. Nor could they do Saturday. We didn't really have any other times we could go on a date and it was looking like there was not going to be a date in October. I was very sad about this. On Thursday, October 18th, I was at the zoo with the children when my phone texted and one of the people I asked to babysit said that she could do a lunch date on Friday... by then, however, I had already made plans with friends from Indy and so couldn't cancel on them, but I asked her if she could do Thursday night... she could! As soon as I got home I rushed to tell Jason the good news - we were going on a date! Woo hoo.

Here is what my preplanned note said,

October 19th, 2002... we went to a wedding at the Louisville Slugger Field. Hard to believe that was 10 years ago. Let's celebrate by going to "against the grain" - you might remember it well from all the time you spend in their bathroom. :) Thank you for making these last 10 years so amazing.

The bathroom reference is an inside joke between us and "against the grain" is a sports bar at slugger field - so we went back to where we were 10 years ago. Neither Jason or I drink, but we ordered some fancy "house sodas" and both tried new foods. It was alright in terms of food, but fun in terms of memories. On the drive home we stopped by steak-n-shake. We had texted our babysitter to see if she wanted anything and she didn't respond by the time we needed to place our order -- so we ordered shakes for ourselves and then, about a minute after pulling out of the parking lot, she texted with her order. So we turned back around. I offered to switch Jason so that it didn't look like he was going through the drive through again (I get embarrassed about that stuff easily) and he said no... then, the lady at the drive through recognized him and said, "Oh, you're back already." And jason told her all about how much his wife loved milk shakes and we had to come back and get a third one. I was dying laughing because that is so like my husband! :)

I'm so thankful for my husband and even more thankful that the Lord gave us a date night at the last minute! It's fun to date! :)

October 18th 2012 - I wore the same outfit I wore on October 19th, 2002!

Date Number 9!

On September 29th we had our monthly date night! Here is what my note said,

Almost every time we go to the Oxmoore Mall you point out J.Alexanders. You always say that you want to try it... that you hear it is nice... well, let's go! I love being your date at any restaurant... I'm always so proud to be seen with you. I am looking forward to another new dining experience with you!

We originally invited friends to meet us there, but the day of they had to cancel due to their babysitter being sick. We were disappointed for a minute, but then quickly enjoyed our little date night. We stopped by the mall so I could pick up some things at Archivers. Then, we went and enjoyed our dinner. The place was not crowded which was nice, and we acted nerdy at sat on the same side of the booth! We ordered one big salad for us to share and then two meals - the food was very, very good! Certainly we were both impressed. It is always nice not to have to sahre our food with little ones and to talk without being interuppted. I love our date nights. As we were leaving we saw Peyton Siva at the bar with his girlfriend. I wanted to say hi, but Jason perferred not to... but it was fun to be star struck for a minute. ha.

Loved going out with my man! He's simply amazing. :)

DATE NIGHT!!!!

Family Photo!

Dates 5-8!

So, in playing catch up on this blog, I'll go back and recap our dates from the past few months:

Date Number 5:

In May our date was to a rock climbing gym... here's what my note to Jason said,

This month let's do something for our bodies. A day of rock climbing at Rock Sport. This will be a fun a day where we get to experience something new and be together. I'm looking forward to scaling walls with you.



H getting her photo with us!

Practicing for the big event. :)



At Rocksport!

We spent several hours at the gym and enjoyed the physical challenge as well as the time together doing something different. Jason really seemed to appreciate it as well. We had each been rock climbing in the past before we began dating (I was really into it when we first met), but Jason and I never had done it together. We had to take a "ropes class" before they would allow us to climb on our own - we were the only two in the class. The rest of the night we took turns scaling walls and belaying. We encouraged each other, laughed with each other, and over all, had a great time! We didn't leave the gym until after 10pm and by then I was STARVING, so we grabbed some drive through food and then headed home!

Date Number 6:

Photo on left: Marraige Rocks. Photos on Right: Mayan Cafe!

June was an interesting month - I had a preplanned date to the Mayan Cafe because Jason spent a month in Guatemala once and I thought that he might enjoy that food. Plus, it is on the list of "must eats" in Louisville. Here is what my note said,

About this time 9 years ago you were in Guatemala! How was the food? Ready to relive it? This month let's go on a date to the famous "Mayan Cafe" - I'm excited to experience this with you!

We asked our babysitter if she could do the 8th or 9th of June and she said either. We looked at the calendar and saw that "Marriage Rocks" was going to be at church on the 8th and we considered going to that, but then, figured we should just stick with dinner by ourselves and so we chose the 9th. The Lord, however, really wanted us to go to Marriage Rocks because we were asked if we could perform in a drama that night. So we switched our babysitter back to the 8th and went to marriage rocks and then to dinner at the Mayan Cafe at 9pm! It was a fun night where we didn't get home until after midnight. :)

Date Number 7:

July was, yet again,  required some flexibility. There are some risks that come with planning out 12 months of dates in advance. This was a month I thought we could have an "at home" date, but seeing as I was trying to plan things Jason would enjoy, I bought him some sheet music to one of his favorite classical songs and I gave it to him along with this note:

Since we will be out of town for the Douglas Family Reunion this month... let's havea date inght at home! A music night. Here is some sheet music for you to practice with and one night you can put on a concert for me. I love how talented you are!

a great family shot before we left!

date night at melting pot!

My idea was this would give Jason a reason to go down and play his piano every night. He enjoys doing it, but between spending time with me and other things, he doesn't always feel like he has the time. So I wanted to give him a break, let him be by himself doing something he enjoys, and then I would let him play all sorts of songs for me on whatever night our "date" night was going to be. However, I planned this out in December and I didn't realize that we would finishing off our basement during July and so his music studio was not set up yet. So... he appreciated the sheet music but said we could still go on a date outside of the house! So, we went to the melting pot! One of our favorites. It was a great night to just be out and it gave me time to ask Jason questions like, "How can I be praying for you?"

Date Number 8:

Here was my 8th note to Jason:

You Choose! I ended up with more ideas than there are months... so, this month you can pick whatever you want, but these were a few of my ideas: 1) Dancing at Jim Porters (they have an over 3- club which will be me this month - eek!). 2) Dinner at Sam's "Food and Spirits" 3) Quiet night at home with a Red Box movie. 4) Anything else... 

August ended up being a very celebabratory month between my 30th birthday (where Jason went above and beyond), a family vacation to Seabrook Island, and finding out the gender of our baby! At first, Jason just chose the red box movie option since the rest of the month was pretty full, but on the 31st we had our 20 week ultrasound and so we grabbed a quick lunch at a Mexican Resturant on the way home which counted as our date - although we didn't get any photos from that date. :)

September's date is coming up on Saturday so I'm sure I'll be posting about it soon! I love dating my husband!