When we first got married, I gifted Ryan with a “date jar”. I literally went to hobby lobby, bought cute wifey/love stickers, glued sequence on the lid, and put 52 tongue depressors in it. (If you’re wondering WHAT THE? Those are the flat things docs use to look in your throat. lol

I chose to do 52 because we wanted to establish doing a date a week for year. So we divided them up and each got to write our own 26 date ideas on them to choose from. As you can imagine most of mine were things like “painting with a twist”, “walk down memory lane-looking at old photos”, “and “movie night”. Meanwhile his were more like “cooking in aprons only” INSERT EMOJI. We dedicated a night of the week to be date night and would draw from the jar for the date.

It can be hard to stay engaged with your spouse sometimes, but I hope that these can kickstart some fun ideas to get you two spending fun time together.

• Grab dessert at a local shop
• Do a devotional together
• Bike ride
• Go back in time and go to a skate rink
• Spicy twister (oh you know what we mean 😉
• Play cardsWalk down memory lane – bust out old photosEvening stroll at the park
• Pack a picnic and watch the sunset
• Movie night -snuggle close
• Adventure day – go kayak
• Go for a night swim. Skinny dip if it’s a private pool
• Hike – easy or hard
• Start a book together – Our #1 Rec : 5 Love languages
• Dinner & a concert
• Hold hands and walk the Zoo
• Karaoke in your living room
• Laundry dance party – our fave
• Make homemade pizza
• Create a playlist of your favorite tunes for car rides
• Go to a local high school game
• Take a dance class
• Try pottery together – Ummm hello “Ghost” vibes ow ow
• Painting class
• Write each other a letter by candle light
• Take turns expressing what you love about the other
• Ride a tandem bike
• Kayak the river
• Go dancing at your local hall
• Hammock and read together

These are just a few and some fun ideas. We hope that it sparks some ideas for you guys to spend time being silly and intentional with each other.

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What are some of your ideas? I’d love to know below