Homework

Shaun has been so overloaded with homework lately. Because I knew he was stressed, I was planning on maybe doing a spa night for our date night this weekend and giving him a good foot massage. Shaun loved the idea but as time kept slipping away as he worked we realized that he had too many assignments still due by mid-night. We turned homework into our date night and I sat with Shaun and we did his homework together. It turned out to be so much fun and I am being serious! We laughed and laughed (and yawned -- it was almost midnight) the whole way through it. It brought us closer together and that's what these date nights are for, right?

The GL logo at the top of this Website says "Geology Labs" but it really stands for "Geek Labs"!

Homework was a good date. "Very romantical" ;) ...wait, wheres Shaun? jk

Frisbee and the Gardens

Campus has beautiful gardens with trees and ponds and fountains and flowers. It was fun to walk though because it was so peaceful. This was Shaun's pick, I loved it. There are fields near there and that's where we played frisbee. Shaun knows lots of cool ways to throw the frisbee to make it go where you want. Next to both of these places is an orchard that was also peaceful to walk through. There we saw a rabbit hopping around and we watched some birds try to trick us by acting like they were hurt to distract us and to protect their nest. It was a regular nature channel experience

We really did spend time talking and falling in love as we walked and walked. (Just trust me, ok. You don't need a picture of both of us together even though it was supposed to be a date!)

Karaoke, Anyone?

This was Shaun's turn to pick the date. It was awesome.

We googled "free karaoke music" and found an endless supply of music of all kinds. It worked great and google = free date!

Sometimes this little guy joins us for date night when we are wanting to get started earlier. Family dates count, right? :) He was a natural, by the way!

We took turns picking the songs and we were cracking each other up!

We made BBQ chicken pizza for the first time. I have a feeling that this is going to be a family favorite. We'll eat this pizza every week! ...Ok, maybe not that often.

After Lincoln went to sleep we played Twister. We tried using an automatic caller that we also found through google. The caller was a little too creepy, though. This was fun. We'll be doing it again for sure.

Movie Night

Shaun's sister brought a few of our nieces and nephews up for a baseball game this weekend. They got to stay one night at our house and we all went to the Movie Theater to watch "Shrek: Forever After". We absolutely loved their visit! Because they were here we moved our date night to Sunday night. We found a free movie streaming of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat." Great picture of the event (above), don't you think?

For a movie snack, we made no bake cookies (affectionately called, "Poop Drops" at our house). This little guy kept asking for more and then he figured out that he could just get his own. This maneuver was much harder than scooting a chair over, but I am sure not going to tell him that!

-Emily