Dates Over the Last Year (2021-2022)
2022
September 2022
September 1 - Breakfast date at Harold's Koffee House on 30th street in Florence! We ate outside and reminisced over past dates we've had by reading this blog's posts from 2015-2018! We also talked a bit about our relationship and parenting - meeting each other's expectations, and sometimes exceeding them!
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| Harold's Koffee in Florence |
August 2022
August 31 - While the kids were at Awana, we went to the park in Ralston and read the Bible :-)
August 24 - Wednesday morning coffee shop date :-) We went to Zen Coffee and got coffee and a pastry. We read the Bible - keeping up with our two year Bible reading plan that started January 2, 2021!
August 13 - My 20 year high school reunion at Corkscrew! We talked to quite a few people - Derek Wheatley, Matt Lee, John Rasmussen, Chris Munroe, Derek Hassler, Ben Mangiamelli, Mike Vamosi...
July 2022
July 29 - Impromptu "date run" together. Only the 2nd time we have ever run together. We ran 3 miles from home to Sunset Hills, got on the trail, & ran the trail North towards Trader Joes area. 3 miles, Average about 10.5 minute mile. I love you!
July 21 - "Mouth of the South" restaurant out near Lakeside for supper. After we went to a new-fish bakery place called Crumbl where we got some big cookies! (The Wilkins (Ryan and Jenny Wilkins) watched our kids - we did a kid swap where we watched Nina and Poppy and they watched our kids so we could go on a date)
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| "Crumbl" |
July 16 - "Dynamite" Restaurant on 13th and Farnam. Very pricey place!! Then we walked across the street through the brand new (just renovated) Gene Leahy mall. Later we went out to "Stories" coffee shop on 114 and Dodge where they had live music :-)
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| Newly renovated Gene Leady mall downtown |
June 2022
June 29 - We went to the movie "Top Gun 2" at Marcus Theatres
Colorado (Beaver Creek) family vacation. We didn't really go on any dates here - we went for a fast afternoon coffee one day but we had to make it quick.
May 2022
May 11 - Impromptu lunch date at "Good Evans" - I got the breakfast food (biscuits and gravy of course) and you got lunch. Plus their homemade pop tart of course (brown sugar).
May 5 - Breakfast date at "Cafe Diem" while the kids were at school. It's a new cafe near 96th and Giles/portal road (under the new Lux96 apartments). We also got some river rock for the backyard landscaping by the sun porch and some spring things at Menards :-)
April 2022
April 30 - We went to see the musical "Come From Away" in Lincoln at the Lied Center. Gavin and Noah got to play at grandma and grandpa's house while we were there. After we got dinner with Mandy and Matt and baby Gema.
April 2 - we went out for Megan's birthday (with Mandy, Chris, Jeff, and their friends Kelly & Mike & Jo) at Blue Sushi downtown
March 2022
March 31 - coffee morning date at the Village Grinder
March 26 - DSA gala
March 19 - Copal Restaurant with my coworkers from Children's (our postponed Christmas/holiday party)
March 17 - we picked up Zen coffee (monkey bread) and brought it home and pulled questions from a hat (Would you want to be famous? [we both said no] What was your favorite family tradition? [you said Christmas Eve having soup, then looking at Christmas lights & you'd fall asleep in the backseat on your grandparents lap]
March 16 - we dropped the kids off at Awana then we went to Seymour Smith park and walked around the trail together
Feb 2022
February 26 - "family date night" - we went to the UNO hockey game with the DADS group tickets
January 2022
January 1 - The musical "Dear Evan Hanson" in the afternoon, then dinner after at "Stokes" downtown. It was a 0 degree day with lots of wind and about an inch of snow coming down! Gavin & Noah played at grandma & grandpa's with Evan.
January 6 - Out to breakfast at SunnySide Restaurant (35th and Center). I tried the breakfast sandwich, you had the breakfast burrito. We planned our trip to San Francisco this coming April (2022) and also afterwards, read the Bible (2 year bible reading plan was starting last year, now we are in year two!)
December 2021
December 2 - We went on a morning date to Great Harvest Bread in Rockbrook Village. We got some sweet treats and were able to spend quality time together :-)
December 10 - "Hot Sardines" Holiday Stomp concert at the Holland Center. Dinner before at ___ (Mula)
November 2021
November 20 - Your 37th birthday! I dropped the boys off at my parents and then we drove down to Lauritzen Gardens for their Christmas decorations thing. After we tried going to a boutique downtown but it was closed. So we drove out to westroads to show instead :-)
November 18 - We went out for breakfast at Soujerner Cafe in Ralston! You had a breakfast sandwich and I had the biscuits and gravy. Pretty good small local place that we liked!
October 2021
October 1 - Went out to Stokes restaurant to celebrate our 8th anniversary! Your mom was in town for the night so she watched the boys. Benson First Fridays after
October 21 - Lo Sole Mid Restaurant, then to the Lauren Daigle concert!
September 2021
September 19 - Your sister Mandy's baby diaper keg in Lincoln. We went to "The Bar" (brought diapers) for about an hour and a half. After we walked around UNL campus for 30-45 minutes and took in all the memories from 17 years ago when we were on campus! (Sept 2003 you were a freshman, I was a sophomore). Then we ate at "Cielito Lindo" mexican food. We had a great conversation there (stopped by my old college duplex where me, Craig Sitzman, Ryan Stigge, and John Swedlund/Josh Reeks/Jason McCloud used to live on W 23rd street) and on the drive home to Omaha.
September 25 - Kirsten (Hanson) & Brandon wedding (at Larry & Cathy Hanson's house)
Some concerts we've been to together:
Dirty Heads
AJR/Ingrid Michaelson
New Found Glory
Lauren Daigle
(coming in October 2022: Austin City Limits Festival in Austin, TX!)
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