It's DATE NIGHT... in a Jar!

Beginning a few months ago during our very long (and hard) engagement Jeff and I began to make a list of the things we wanted to do together after we got married, both to help us already have ideas that we could do when we had a free day or weekend and also to help us keep track of all the "East Coast" things we plan on doing while having the opportunity to live here. I'm pretty sure the making of the list was quite therapeutic for the both of us, giving us something to look forward to and I am happy to say now that we have been 'hitched' for almost 2 months that it is serving it's purpose quite nicely and we are loving getting to actually be together and start doing these fun things.


The jar in all it's glory

The use of the jar follows these basic ideas:
1. Each week we take turns picking a slip out of the jar and then plan on doing that activity either that week or the next depending on our schedules
2. We can add or subtract any item, idea or activity from the jar as we please
3. We can choose to re-draw an item if we don't like or want to do the one we pulled out this week or the next [this rule is mostly for me to utilize when Jeff isn't looking ;)]

Here is a quick recap of the first few items/date nights we have done from the jar thus far...

Plan and cook a delicious dinner together. We made Crepes and they were delicious! We had fun dreaming up and shopping for our crepe fillings and then whipping it all up, together of course!


Jeffrey is a pro in the kitchen when it comes to cooking crepes


We stuffed our crepes with a shredded ranch chicken, tomatoes, avocados, and cheese. And for dessert we used banana pudding, banana slices and toasted coconut. Yum!


Dinner for two, Bon Appetit!

Date night numero dos:

Tennis 101 with Jeff as the hunky instructor and Jo as the student. It went a little like this..
I suck and Jeff wants me to be really good so that he will and I quote "Actually want to play with me again." Bah Humbug. ;) I was having a great time and of course did a lot of laughing (at my own expense) but my sweet Jeffrey didn't quite find it all as amusing as I did. Oops! Long story short there were no pictures taken of the momentous occasion but we will be hitting the court again very soon and I hope to have a more positive report and maybe even some pics!

DN #3

FHE Seare style. This tag said that Jeff was to teach the lesson and Jo was to make the treat. Jeff gave an awesome lesson on scripture study and we wrote our personal goals and goals as a couple for our daily scripture study together. We read a relating article from our Ensign and then finished up by watching the Faith in Christ video just for fun. I delivered of course on my end of the deal and made a scrumptious banana bread/muffins.


The bread looks a little sorry but you'll forget all about the look when you take a bite


Banana NO nut bread and muffins with toasted coconut on top!

Next up: A picnic in the park!