Summer Date Night Ideas

Happy Weekend!

I love summer so much. I wish it could be this temperature and this beautiful out all year round. Today is a perfect day! The sun is shining, there is a nice warm breeze and no rain in the forecast.

It's a wonderful day for a trip to a farmer's market or a picnic in the park, not to mention a swim at the local pool. A great date afternoon! What do you and your significant other do in the summer for date days/afternoons/nights?

Dennis and I don't get many dates since we are both so busy and probably will get even fewer once the little guy arrives soon but when we do they are pretty simple in the summer.

Here are just a few:

Go swimming.

Grill dinner.
We made chicken and potatoes this week on the grill. So much better than cooking or eating inside!

Garden.

 

(Pictures from our urban gardening adventures two years ago. Looks pretty similar this year, except we only did sunflowers and veggies to freeze and puree for baby food.)

Attend a Pirate game.

(Picture from a game last year. We made it to two already this year and were hoping for a third but those seats are not comfortable when you are in your third trimester!)

Get ice cream.
Dennis introduced me to Glen's Custard in Springdale this summer. Amazing! It's probably my new favorite ice cream place. There is miniature golf there too but we haven't tried that yet; although that is another typical summer date for us.

Play disc golf.

Play golf or go to the driving range.

Watch Apollo 13 or The West Wing.
I'm not gonna lie this is basically all we watch if there we are both home (which is rare) and there isn't a Pirate game on (which is also rare). We watched West Wing this week and Apollo 13 last week.

So, why not enjoy the beautiful weather and have a date this weekend!

Happy Summer!! Enjoy it!

How does your garden grow?

I will be the first to admit that I am definitely not a green thumb. I don't really even like flowers, which is why sunflowers were definitely the simplest option for wedding flowers. The ugly dirt and bare deck stairs were getting to me last year at the apartment. Something needed to be done.

Last year Dennis and I started with I think three pots. We bought some seeds and used some leftover plants from a library program. Surprisingly, all of the plants lived through the summer. They looked like they were dying though. The sunflowers had to be tied to the deck to not fall over.

This year, I was determined to do better. I bought more pots for the stairs. I planted the sunflowers in an ugly dirt patch formerly tended by our deceased lawn guy. Dennis planted tomatoes. I actually bought a shovel and a watering can to improve our gardening skills.

(Lettuce and tomato plants)

The plants are growing like crazy, especially the lettuce. There's just a few problems. I threw away all of the seed packets, so now I have no idea what pot has what plant. Oops. I know the tomatoes, lettuce and sunflowers. That also means, I have no idea what a weed looks like. Ha ha!

Let's play a game before I have to get my parents involoved. Ha ha! Spot the weeds and identify the plants! And go!

(Spot the weeds. There are sunflowers, black eyed Susans, lupines and maybe astors planted in this garden. Pretty good that I actually knew what I planted. I know there are weeds but I don't what's a weed and what's a plant. I'm so clueless.)

(The good new is that I haven't killed these plants yet. The bad news is that I have no idea what is in each of the four pots. I guess that's why you mark your plants or you are just smart like that. Hey, gardening is a domestic sport and we all know I'm not that great at those.)