Remember that Christmas gift that involved a year of dates? If not, you can check it out here. This is our first of the 12 Months of Dates, our tandem bike date adventure! We decided to bump January’s up a week due to some awesome plans next week and the amazing spring-like weather we’ve had in… Read More
This weekend some unexpected illness struck Jacob, that postponed the super active date we had planned for Friday. It’s okay, I’d slept about 3 hours after Black Friday shopping and had the cold coming on as well. We’ll save that date for later. These things happen, and thus it was on to Plan B for… Read More
Halloween is one of our favorite holidays, one with childhood memories, ridiculous amounts of candy, all things pumpkin, and getting to dress up as someone or something else is just plain fun. However, it seems like after you get married and before you have children the fun of this holiday evaporates. It’s no longer cool or acceptable… Read More
We had one of our funnest group dates yet this past Friday with some friends from church. Most are new couples who recently moved in, we’ve really enjoyed having them and having some fun with them! We went to dinner at a place called Sauce on the way to a corn maze. Sauce was really good,… Read More
Camille grew up in a home where holidays were cherished and always celebrated. We can thank her mother who always made a big deal out of food, decorations, and activities when possible. Way to go Mrs. M- thanks to her Camille has carried the obsessive trait finding joy in all the holiday seasons even if… Read More
Date Info: Improv Comedy Club Price: $25-$50 Location: Any comedy club, we’re at Jester’z in Scottsdale Website: Jester’z Comedy Club You know those weeks at work when you’re so stressed out you barely have time to eat lunch or use the bathroom? We both had that week. With the first week of school and a major project coming due we barely… Read More
Date Info: Free 7-11 Slurpee Day Price: Free Location: Any participating 7-11 Two years ago, July 11, 2009 I had a huge prompting that my dating sabbatical was over and it was time to get out on the scene. That wasn’t what I wanted to hear as I was a newly admitted MBA student who planned to… Read More
Date Info: Eagar/Springerville AZ 4th of July Getaway Price: Starting at $50 a night Location: Springerville, AZ When your car temperature gage won’t stop reading this And you have Monday off because it’s the 4th of July, there is nothing like…A WEEKEND GETAWAY! We decided to go to the cooler part of Arizona in the North… Read More
Date Info: Epic Relay Race Price: About $100 per runner on your team Location: Portland to Eugene Website: Epic Relays Guess what we did last Friday The Oregon Epic Relay! 180 miles from Portland to Eugene 12 runners 27 hours … Read More
Date Info: Kayaking The Salt River Kayaking Date Price: $41 per person Location: Salt River, AZ Website: Salt River Kayaking Rental Kayaking the Salt River Arizona Confession: I usually blog a week after the date for buffer time. Last week we went and chose paint… Read More
Date Info: Drive-In Theater Price: $7 per person Location: Any Drive-In Theater Website: AZ Drive-In Theater I don’t think we could have asked for a more perfect night to go see the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie outdoors. A drive-in is a lot of fun on its own, even if you see a really lame movie,… Read More
Date Info: Prom/Youth Formal Dance Chaperone Price: – Free (You had no idea Prom could be free did you!) Location: High School/Church Group’s choosing Time: 4 hours Tip: Most schools are in desperate need, but many require fingerprint clearance so be sure to ask if you can get involved. So it’s likely my last year teaching, unless no… Read More