Date Nights

Date night is something I take pretty seriously. Which is a great thing right? Couples need alone time, time to build their relationship, time to have fun. While all that is true it is kind of hilarious how serious I am about date night because of our life right now-we spend every night hanging out together, usually just the two of us-making dinner, going out, watching movies, playing games.

Basically, every night is date night.

However, despite that awesome fact, we do take special care on Fridays to go out on a "date night"-and do something special or different. A couple weeks ago we found ourselves spending date night at the Fashion Place mall for a little shopping, some testing out of Brookstone massage chairs, and most importantly to see these amazing Legos. It was a traveling show of famous American buildings made entirely of Legos. It was so impressive, and a lot of fun to check out.

As Nate put it-it was the best time he'd ever had at the mall. Another win for date night!

Date Night!

Wedding planning. Homework. Invitation addressing. Studying. Wedding Crafting. Working. Commuting. Apartment hunting.

Life is pretty busy these days.

Luckily Nate and I have been pretty good about not letting ourselves get too stressed out by our various  responsibilities. One of my favorite ways to avoid stress is to take the time to just be together-or as I like to call it "Date Night."

For us, date nights don't have to be anything too fancy-some are as simple as enjoying a movie on Netflix together (most recently the new documentary Mitt-I highly recommend it). This past Friday date night, however, was pretty exciting.

First we redeemed a great living social deal and in return we reached full-fledged "grown up" status.

Yep-we got a Costco Membership.

 It was pretty exciting!! 

After splitting a Very Berry Smoothie it was off to Creativity-a great art studio in Provo where you can pick and paint ceramics. 

Nate and I decided to each paint a cereal (or ice cream...) bowl. However, we decided that we should paint it for each other. It was so fun to come up with ideas of what the other person would like on their bowl, and work hard to create something nice for each other. On Nate's bowl I painted us backpacking Timp (something Nate is really wanting to do this Summer), and on mine he painted my soon-to-be new name, and the London skyline. He knows me well!

It was honestly so much fun! And we can hardly wait to pick up our bowls after they've been fired, or to hit up Costco for some samples. 

My favorite part of the night though was definitely just spending time with Nate. I love how good we've been at enjoying this engaged stage of our relationship-we really are having a great time getting to know each other even better, spending time together, and looking forward to our future. 

A future which will include, I've been assured, many date nights. 

Scenes from a Beautiful December

It's been a busy December, and I've been awful at blogging because of it.

But here are a few little glimpses into what December has looked like around here-so I don't ever forget how happy this December has been

Festival of Trees

Taking Nate to see the lights at temple square for his first time

Sledding with my best friend

 An ice skating triple date with some of my very favorite couples (and my fiancee!!)

Making Grandma's sugar cookies (note the flour on us both)

(even our cookies are in love)

It has been the happiest Christmas season of my life-and I feel so blessed for my fiancee, my family and my wonderful friends who have made it so wonderful.