Date Day!

A few months back, Dan suggested we have a "Date Night" once a month so that we always had time together doing new and fun things. I quickly asked for the month of September and he agreed. Dan lived in Charlotte, NC when he was younger, and has therefore always been a Carolina Panther fan. They played the Vikings at the Dome yesterday, so I surprised Dan with tickets. We had a blast! We started the morning at church, and then met up with one of his co-workers to tailgate before the game. I had never been tailgating before - it's so much fun! We went in and found our seats, and although they were nosebleeds, we had a great view of the field. We were both in our Panther gear, so I was a little worried about the reception we would get from other fans (I've heard stories that Vikings fans aren't so nice...) Luckily, the guy in front of us shook Dan's hand and wished us luck and no injuries. He and Dan had fun giving each other crap all game. Although the Panther's lost, we had a really great time. It is so fun to be able to completely pull one over on Dan!

We also started something called "The Marriage Course" this weekend. It is a seven week course of time together to talk about our marriage and how we want to make it work for us. The night starts off with dessert (can't go wrong there!) and then we watch a video and have time to go off just the two of us and talk. We had a great time last night and met a ton of other great couples. We are taking the course at a church in Woodbury and we were really impressed with it. We are looking for a new church home close to where we live, so we are hopeful that this church might be the place for us. All around it was a great evening and we are looking forward to going back next week!