Dating when you are married

One of the major pieces of advice we got when we got married (from multiple people) was to make sure you still find time to date. I realize after four years of marriage and huge changes in our life how hard this is!!

Luckily my husband and I decided early on that we would try to go on a weekly date. Some weeks are better than others. Our dates have greatly changed through our marriage. When we were first married we were both in school. Funds were limited and the weekend was really the only time we saw each other. We had to get very creative with our dates. We actually started a blog (Dating Blog) after someone suggested that we put our ideas down somewhere.

After we both graduated we had a brief moment, when I was pregnant with our first child, that we felt like we could actually do traditional dinner and movie dates.

After having one child and another one on the way we have found that babysitters aren't always easy to find. Once again we had to get creative. Now on Friday nights after our daughter is in bed we have an at home date. We try to make it different than the other nights of the week. We take turns with planning the dates. We have now started posting our ideas on the blog that we started when we were first married.

I guess the point of this blog is to encourage you to keep dating :) I know it's hard, but I think the effort even makes a difference. If you want ideas you can check out the links above. I have to warn you some of the ideas seem juvenile. Luckily I have a husband who is a big kid at heart and goes along with my ideas :) I have tried to cater to his interests too, like doing a Harry Potter date and a golfing date.

Happy dating!

Heather

Christmas Lights

I know this is a busy time of year! We actually had a free night and wanted to do something fun and festive. We decided to drive around and see the lights. Fun and inexpensive (what we like)! I found this Christmas light scavenger hunt here:

Christmas Light Scavenger Hunt

It gave us something to look for. We even added a little bit to it. Whenever we found one of the items on the list we would get a treat. In our case a few M&Ms. We didn't find everything in one night, but now when we are in the car going somewhere we look for those last items we didn't find. This would be fun for a mutual activity or date night too :)