Valentines Day 2015

Valentines Day 2015

Hi hope all of you had a wonderful Valentines Day! We had a great time spending the weekend together, on Sunday we had a fun day trying out this great new gym called LifeTime Fitness, its massive and even has a huge pool with a baby splash pad and a water slide.  So my in laws were so sweet and took our little boy to the pool while my husband and i had some alone time, I took a class called Bar Strength (or something along those lines) it was a great all over body work out, and works outs these days are scarce due to our schedule and always having a baby on my side so it was nice to get in some activity with my husband together. And then we hit the smoothie bar and enjoyed a nice 2 hour pedicure afterwards, this gym had it all..next time im going for an hour long massage! The sweet cosmetologist doing our toes had to go back and forth because she was the only one there on a Sunday, so it extended the length but it was nice because we had time to just sit and talk and relax while getting massaged (by the chair) and our toes done.  Then we headed home, my in laws took Cash with them to their house, and my husband and I turned on music as loud as we could (since we dont do that sort of thing when Cash is around) and got ready for our dinner date night.

You really take for granted all of the small things and freedoms with not having children, like getting ready slowly, taking your sweet time, enjoying yourself and listening to music blast through out you're house.  It was fun just to feel that freedom for a couple hours. We headed off to San Clemente South of Nicks for dinner, it was AMAZIn' and i highly recommend it if you have one in your area.  All in all it was a great day/night and we truly felt like we were on vacation just having half that day to ourselves to pamper, relax and fill our tummies with just the two of us.  As much as we love our sweet boy, alone time with just each other is SO needed and we are truly blessed to have incredible family that live close to help us out so we can get away for a few short hours here and there.

What did you guys do for Vday to celebrate your love? What are some fun date day or night ideas you've done over the years?

XO

Adventure Dates 2014: Date #1 Cave Dwelling

Adventure Dates 2014: Date #1 Cave Dwelling

My hubby and I made a commitment to each other this year to incorporate more adventure into our lives. Being new parents, we know we have to put more effort and planning into our dating game..it helps to keep the fun/excitement in our marriage.  I'm not the type of girl who likes going to a movie or a restaurant date after date. I get to watch movies and eat food whenever we want when we are home at night and the baby is asleep.. so when we have a sitter and its date night, that calls for something more exciting, more adventurous, and more fun.  My hubs and I have committed to doing at least 18 adventurous dates this year. Thats about every 3 weeks of the year.  

A few weeks ago we went on our first adventure date of 2014. We decided to go to a secret cave in the ocean that my husbands good friend (a lifeguard) showed him.  It takes about 30 minutes to get to. We had backpacks full of hot dogs, buns, ketchup, smores, chips, dip, lighter fluid, napkins, plates, waters, etc while my husband also carried two stacks of wood. We carried this all the while climbing, jumping, and balancing on slippery rocks.. rocks that in just a couple hours would be covered in water 4 feet deep. Yikes! Keeping an eye on the tide was really important for this adventure.. but made the date that much more fun because of the risk.  We climbed high and scaled walls, it was such a fun adventure just to get to the cave.  

Once we reached the cave we made a place for a fire by collecting big rocks and placing them into a circle to help contain the fire.  We cooked hot dogs, read from the book we've been reading (Rick Warren's "What On Earth Am I Here For"), talked, dreamed, laughed, explored around the cave, and just loved being with each other doing something different and exciting.  It was there in that cave that we thought of the idea to go on 18 adventures this year.  After a couple hours we could hear the waves crashing louder..which meant that they were getting bigger and closer to us. We peeked out and saw that the tide was coming in and if we didn't leave soon, we'd be swimming back! lol.  So we packed up and left. The way back was a little easier, I think maybe because I knew we made it safely out of the cave without having to swim! That was my biggest fear the whole time. Ha.

We had so much fun together and plan to think up some more fun date ideas. What are some great date idea you've tried or would like to try? 

xo