Holiday Celebrations Archives - Page 17 of 18

Easter Pageant 2012

Date Info: Mesa Temple Easter Pageant Price: Free Location: Mesa, AZ- Runs 10 days before Easter annually Website: Mesa Easter Pageant The Easter Pageant is one fantastic and free date/family activity the two weeks before Easter. If you’ve never heard of it, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints puts this show on with all volunteer actors… Read More

Valentine’s Day Ball- Our Most Romantic Date Yet

Valentine’s Day Ball Date Night Date Info: Valentine’s Ball Price: $100-$150 Location: Check your local newspaper’s website for listings I’m not sure there is a better way to describe our Valentine’s date than magical. We were lucky enough to be scouring the web for cool events in our area and stumble upon a local Valentine’s Day ball.… Read More

Valentine’s Gifts and Surprises

I hope everyone had a great Valentine’s Day with some awesome dates and fun/romantic gifts. We both said over and over that it was by far the best V-Day we’ve ever had! Being married to the right person really is awesome- and oh so worth the wait! I wake up quite a bit earlier than… Read More

Our Perfect Valentine’s Gift

It’s officially February…which sends me into the zone that says- 2 weeks until Valentine’s Day, don’t blow it this year! Jacob and I had been friends for about 8 months before we started dating officially. We were one of those couples that made it official about a week before Valentine’s Day. That can be make… Read More

New Year’s Eve- Ringing in 2012

Date Info: Comedy Club Holiday Themed Night Price: $25-$50 Location: Any comedy club, we’re at Jester’z in Scottsdale Website: Jester’z Comedy Club Happy New Year! We had a lot of fun ringing in 2012 Even if it took us two tries to figure out the 2012 thing….(no, we don’t drink alcohol, we promise) We went to Jester’z about 6 months ago… Read More

Merry Christmas! The 12 Months of Dates Christmas Gift

MERRY CHRISTMAS! We loved spending Christmas morning together. Maybe next year we’ll get the top part of the stockings completed…but at least we made the bottom part out of burlap in time! Jacob was as giddy as he’s ever been this morning. And I enjoyed his creative wrapping jobs to disguise what an item really… Read More

A Christmas Carol

If you’ve never read A Christmas Carol you truly should. If you’ve never seen A Christmas Carol performed on stage, well add that one on the to-do list as well! We absolutely love Hale Center Theatre. They are a unique theater with the stage set and ground level with the audience in seats that are… Read More

Ugly Sweater Party

Ugly Sweater Party Tis the season to dawn the ugly sweater… And have a holiday photo booth with props With friends from church And those we want to move into our neighborhood… And eat great food, like honey-lime enchiladas. And drink punch, like citrus punch ice cubes in Sprite. And have a competition who… Read More

Holiday Dinner Party

We were once given dating advice regarding parties and get-togethers- if you’re invited- GO! It’s typically a free date that requires little more than showing up, sometimes showing up with food. This is advice we decided to take. If you’re dating on a budget, going to events that you’re invited to that you don’t have… Read More

Christmas Concert

Earlier this year I was asked to help with some marketing for a non-profit organization for a summer conference for young women to help promote self-esteem- something I just couldn’t say no to! It’s been a lot of fun and the women in charge are seriously amazing, talent women! They were super generous and gave… Read More

Christmas Cookie Night

For all the awesome readers who tell us they have kids and have more nights in than out, and please feature some more at-home dates, this one is for you! We started our night in with a run to the our favorite pizza place down the street from our house. We tried something a little… Read More

Decking the Halls

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