Our 1st Date

     One down 51 to go!  Our first date was an absolute success.  It was a night of fun and laughter and we were both surprised that such a simple date could be so memorable.  We chose date number 1 out of our book, it just seemed right to start at the beginning.  Date one in our book was...

Create a Masterpiece

"Explore your creative side with a fun, lighthearted art project.  Get out some finger paints and a large piece of paper, and see what you can create together."

     So this is how the night went down, Kate got off work at noon and we went and had lunch at a local restaurant here in town. At this point I (Jon) was filled with anticipation for our upcoming masterpiece and Kate was, well... not.

     Kate and Macy took about an hour nap while I read.  This turned out to be a good thing as there would be no way that she would have ever made it to the new year awake had she not taken a nap.  One of the most fun parts of the date was our trip to Wal-mart to get our supplies.  It was while reflecting on how much fun I had on our trip to Wal-mart that I learned another important lesson.  Why was this trip to Wal-mart so much fun when we take several trips to Walmart and rarely are they fun?  This trip we treated like a date.  We weren't concerned with the worries of life; we just talked, joked, and enjoyed ourselves.  Why can't every trip to the store be like this?  Why do I often decline the invitation to go to the store when Kate asks?  I'm going to make a concerted effort to go with Kate when she goes to get groceries or has to run some errands.  Sure, it's not the way we would choose to spend our time if we had an option, but hey its time! Not only that but it's time that we can make what we want, we can make ordinary daily tasks fun dates. Why not?

     After our Wal-mart trip we had a luxurious dinner, in other words we ordered pizza and put on our sweats! We put in our wedding video while we ate and relived some of the moments from our wedding day.  Then the finger painting began!  We bought two small canvases and some finger paint.  We both created our own pictures.  Kate totally Bob Rossed it, she was putting random blobs of paint on her canvas at one moment and the next moment it was a really awesome picture! She finished her painting about an hour before I finished mine, and made fun of my painting techniques as I mixed paint colors to get the perfect shades, and got the blow dryer out to dry the paint faster.  In the end, neither of us are very good artists but we had a great night and a great date.  Here is our paintings, fill out the new poll question to the right and guess which painting belongs to who. 

Our first date was a success; we had a great night bringing in the new year together. We can't wait for our next date!   Thanks for the comments of encouragement and support on our previous posts we really enjoy all of your feedback!