Showing posts with label date night. Show all posts
Showing posts with label date night. Show all posts

Monday, February 9, 2015

weekend replay : surprise date


I mentioned last week that I had a little something up my sleeve for our Parent's Night Out the church was providing.  Generally, we take those opportunities to see a movie, but this time there wasn't anything we just had to see in the theater.  So since it is my goal to do some exploring outside of our normal spots in this still kinda-new-to-us city, I got to planning.  

Thanks to Lyndsey for the inspiration.  I don't think I have ever mentioned to her that we used to enjoy playing disc golf together when we first got married, but for whatever reason, she said, "you guys could go disc golfing since we have so many courses around here..."  Um. What?  

When we lived in Owensboro for undergrad, Kyle took up disc golf, and it was my kind of pace so I got into it as well.  They had 2 really great courses within 5 miles of our school/apartment so it was a great thing to do on our time off.  Then we moved to Louisville.  And the courses were about 30 min- an hour away.  I think Kyle played twice during his first year of Med-School and his discs have sat in the car ever since.  So I never even thought about it when we moved down here.  We have 3 courses within 15 minutes of our house.  Two of them are tucked back off of roads we frequent weekly.  (jaw drop.)


Kyle was on call Friday night so he slept until almost 3pm on Saturday.  I already had hidden his bag of discs in the back of my car and we loaded up as soon as he got ready.  We dropped Myles off at 4:00 and then I drove from the church to the 9 hole disc golf course nearby.  He was surprised!  We were both terrible at it, but it felt good to be outside together again!  With courses so nearby I think we might have our new family activity for Kyle's weekends off this spring.  I think Myles would enjoy "hiking" the courses with us if we don't try to get out there and think we could do a whole round.


Next it was time for dinner.  I have been wanting to go up to Traveler's Rest, a small community slightly north of us, for a while, and really really wanting to visit the Tandem Creperie & Coffeehouse.  This place was only another 15 minutes from where we were and worth the drive.


I didn't know to expect just a walk in and order type of place.  I sort of thought it was more of a sit-down restaurant.  It caught me off guard, but wasn't unwelcome.  It was just more of the coffeeshop feel.  


We each ordered a savory crepe.  Kyle got the Lumberjack which was the breakfast one with egg bacon and cheese topped with a little maple syrup.  I ordered the chicken and mushroom special.  They were both really good.


The real star though was the sweet crepe that we ordered next for dessert, and my Counter Culture cappuccino.  We both agreed to get the Tiramisu crepe and it did not disappoint.  


We aren't sure if we would ever drive up there for dinner at Tandem again.  Everything has eggs in it so its not Myles friendly.  However, we agreed that we would love to go back for dessert, especially to share the experience with family.  I have my eye on the blueberry cream crepe or banana nut for next time.  Kyle would love to try the key lime.  I think Kyle's only complaint was the drink selection.  They only serve coffee, hot tea, or water to drink or a handcrafted soda.  Kyle only drinks soda or sweet tea with his meals so he wasn't super happy with his options since he doesn't drink coffee.  He got the handcrafted pomegranate soda but it just wasn't his thing.

It was a fantastic date which only took 2.5 hours to complete.  So I drug him to Old Navy to have some toddler-less browsing time and scored a pretty cute dress with his help.  It was exactly what we needed.  We really had some great conversations and got to enjoy each other, something sitting in a movie theater just doesn't allow.  

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

currently : Feb2015


hearting : Always this man.  He does his best to be good at his job, be a good husband, be a good father, and he is blowing me away at his pursuit of the Lord throughout the week.  I may get frustrated with him quite often but he is a constant source of encouragement and I am so happy when he comes home to us.  And as of yesterday, we have officially been a couple for 9 years.  

reading : for a while now, I have been wanting to find an older woman down here to become my mentor to help guide me through being a mom and a wife and a homemaker, and to point me toward the Lord; well I found two. The sisters in our small group are now meeting with me weekly and we are working through Feminine Appeal by Carolyn Mahaney together.  It is based on the teachings found in Titus 2.  I appreciate that Carolyn so far is using real, honest examples of her life to get the point across, and that there are good questions in the back for each chapter, to guide our conversations.  And some of those questions are homework to talk to our husbands about.  

googling (I don't pin) : with a toddler, working in the kitchen is really frustrating.  While big scary areas are locked down, others are not, and a lot of the frustration is exacerbated by the fact that my kitchen just really needs to be rearranged.  Lately Myles' focal point is the drawer with the baggies and wraps in it... So I am googling all sorts of ways to make that sort of stuff easily accessible in the higher cabinets instead of in the low drawers.  I just need to move everything in the kitchen around one day.

eating : I noticed this big candy bar in Aldis the other day... so I bought it.  I was pleasantly surprised that inside the giant bar is 4 individually wrapped smaller bars.  And it is slightly spicy deliciousness.  Myles is rather in love with it too.  Yeah I'm a rockstar mom... (major eye roll emoji here).

anticipating : Kyle is working on Valentines day.  All day.  Not that we would really do anything anyway... But wouldn't you know, I received an email from the church last week letting us know that they are giving parents a night out this Saturday the 7th!  We don't have our plans nailed down yet, we usually go to a movie, but I might just have something up my sleeve this time!

I'm linking up with Anne and Jenna today!

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

a golden weekend (weekend replay)

This past weekend was Kyle's first days off in 19 days.  He is a trooper.  We both needed some time together really bad.  

Friday he texted me and asked "want to do something fun tonight?".

Yes please.

He offered no suggestion... so I made plans.  He got home and we ate dinner together, and then headed to the east end of town with the idea being to go play mini golf.  We haven't played in a really long time... and usually its his idea.

But first... since we were on that side of town... I wanted to take advantage of being over at Off Broadway Shoes... because I wanted/needed some new tennis shoes!  I knew as soon as I got out of the car... we probably wouldn't be going to play mini golf.  I just felt really crappy.  I toughed it out to browse the shoes but then I told Kyle we just needed to go home.  So we grabbed Blizzards and watched a movie on the couch instead.  

I was really bummed... I really really really needed time away from the couch.  That is really all we do... but what else is there when he gets home 2 hours before he needs to be in bed and has been at work the past 15 hours?

Saturday I asked him to get out of bed around 8:00 so we could have some breakfast together before I met Aly at the Indie Craft Parade downtown.  And he did!  


The craft show was pretty great.  Some affordable things mixed with some really high end items.  I walked away with a gift for a friend and two paper items to eventually hang in the house.  And to top it off... I ran into our Realtor Margie!  First time we have seen each other since we closed on the house!  


I got home around noon, Kyle and I ate some lunch, and then he was ready to get out of the house.  So we headed back to the east end and went straight to Frankie's Fun Park for that mini golf.  It was the hottest part of the day... and there was very little shade.  It was borderline miserable for my pregnant self but we did manage to have a lot of fun!  And he beat me by a lot.


I still managed to end up dragging him back to the shoe store... where he picked out my new shoes :).  I'm sort of in love with them.  He also was drug to Babies-R-Us to take back a few duplicates from the shower.


THEN he wanted to eat out.  We were headed to a chinese bistro when he found a Korean BBQ place with great reviews.  A little hole in the wall connected to a gas station.  It was DELICIOUS.

He gave me all of Saturday.  So I gave him all of Sunday.  We rushed home after church and he watched football... with the added treat of the Titans winning!

It was a fantastic date day on Saturday.  It was so good to just have fun with him all afternoon and not worry about cleaning anything or working on any projects.  This weekend I was reminded how blessed I am to have the husband that I do.  He may not be around much, but he is really trying hard to BE there with me when he is.


Today I am linking up with my friend Beth Ann over at My Life More Abundant. 

Thursday, February 28, 2013

thankful thursday


This Thursday I am thankful for:


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good friends.  Its been a stressful week, and I am very thankful for good girlfriends that will sit with me (or call me), dig into my heart and comfort me with good biblical truth.

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coincidental scripture.  I love when things will be going a weird way and I will glance at my phone app for verse of the day and it happens to coincide with the situation I am dealing with or be exactly what I need to be reminded of.

verse of the day: 
"God's way is perfect.  All the LORD's promises prove true.  He is a shield for all who look to him for protection."  Psalm 18:30 (NLT)


date night.  It has been a while since we have had a true date night.  And thanks to a valentine's gift from my parents, we had a good excuse to have one.  So last night, we headed over to Hammerheads for a delicious night out.  A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.  Elk burger on a pretzel bun, with brie, added mushrooms, and a HUGE side of smoked mac-n-cheese.  Yeah.  This is one of my favorite spots and is well worth the wait when there is one.

This week I am linking up with:
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