For this holiday Blake and I adopted an idea from our friends Joe and Emily Fulcher (see her running blog here) that the she would plan Valentines Day and he would plan the anniversaries! So we thought we could give this a try, so it was up to me to plan our first married Valentines together! Since being married this view of fun for Valentines Day shouldn't change.
Back in October for our wedding we registered at fun housey places like Bed, Bath, and Beyond and Dillards, but our favorite place was registering at REI. This was an AMAZING place to register and our guests were so kind as to get us really amazing things, and we were blessed to get all the basics!
So I used our wedding gifts and planned a fun outing, but really an inning, by Camping Inside.
In preparation I:
- Made paper stars and hung them in the middle of the living room
- Bought three stacks of firewood, yet we only used one (which, Blake, one is still in the trunk of my car and I think that's where the mildew smell is coming from...)
- Bought chocolate, graham crackers, and marshmallows to have s'mores for dessert
- Turned the A/C on to make it sooo cold inside out apartment, to justify a fire, because we're in Texas and in February its 60 degrees! (Later that evening we opened the sliding glass door to feel the evening breeze).
- Downloaded a nature sounds app so we would hear the sound of a rushing river. Blake's favorite spot to camp is by a Montana river so I brought it to Dallas.
- Set the tent up, by myself for the first time (that was interesting..)
So when Blake walked in from after work, this is what he saw:
I had guacamole and thin chips ready to eat and dinner of stuffed bell peppers was on its way!
Once it actually got cold enough we had a fire and roasted some tasty mallows on the hot coals!
This is not actually us, but do you feel the joy?
It was a blast to plan Valentines day and go on an adventure in our own home! I can't wait for many many more Valentine, Fun, Days with my handsome husband!
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