Category Archives: Marriage
Date Night Adventure: Bike Ride
together. The weather hasn’t gotten completely ice cold (as least not here in the southeast). It’s the perfect time to get in a relaxing bike ride together before the temperature turns frigid cold. Some little things you could add to your bike ride: plan two places you could stop (the convenience store for an ice [...]
A Year of Familyness: Week 4 [how did it go?]
expectations. So…the first two weeks of this project I was all about making it a priority. The projects were hands on and I could see a visual representation of what I was accomplishing…what we were doing. The last two weeks have not had that kind of instant gratification…seeing post it notes all over the house [...]
Date Night Adventure: Go Bowling
remember how fun it was? We probably all went bowling when we were dating. We did! But how long has it been since you last went as a couple? I thought so. It had been a while since we’d gone together and it was a stinkin’ lot of fun! When we walked in ready to [...]
Familyness: 10 Ideas for your 15 minutes + Insider Info
How will you spend your 15 minutes? Every time I say “My husband gets 15 minutes. Every night. No matter what.” when I’m talking to a room of women they all break into a roar of laughter. Because I really don’t mean it the way it sounds. I really mean it much more [...]
Why Your Spouse Needs 15 minutes.
A Year of Familyness: 15 minutes Mike just left for work and I’m sitting her typing wrapped in a blanket trying to keep warm after the temperature has plummeted. My toes are Popsicles. I’m trying to keep them warm with a pair of striped socks, to no avail. Before he left he kissed me, said [...]
Spirituality and Football.
The one where it didn’t go as I hoped… Preparing for this blog post, I asked Mike what he thought of how we did on our spirituality adventure. Always the optimist he said that we did some good things. Mike saw holiness in me getting Emmett and him tickets to the game they were dying [...]
Kayaking and Connecting: How to have a Fun Date
married dating. Our kayaking trip starts in 15 minutes. We haven’t even left the house and it’s a 10-12 minute drive. Grace is upset that we are heading out for the evening and the kids have only been home from school for a few minutes. The kayaking tour is going to start without us unless [...]
Four 5-Minute Ideas to Add Spirituality to your Marriage
Just 5 minutes. Life gets difficult. Marriage can be rough at times. Put those together… life + marriage = difficult and rough times Life isn’t always a big mess and marriage definitely is fun…there are lots of awesome perks (wink, wink). However, there are days when the dishwasher breaks, your two year old decides that [...]
A Year of Familyness: Week 3 [marriage and spirituality]
spirituality in marriage. Mike is ready for work. He is just out of the shower dressed in his white shirt and tie. As he walks past me a wave of air filled with the smell of aloe Dove soap fills my nose. I love his clean smell as he comes over and gently kisses me [...]
