Harry Potter Month

This month is Harry Potter month. I was invited by other HP fans to join in a Harry Potter month competition (this is where my true nerdiness comes out). There are 50 members - all joining together through a facebook group/email in order to compete in the competition. Each person is sorted into a house, and then as a group, your house competes for the House Cup. To earn points you meet weekly challenges and goals.

This last week's challenge was to create a music video. Videos are voted for by the house prefects to receive points. Since my dance moves are not quite up to par, I submitted my video to try and win the "most amusing" award. If you don't know who Lavender Brown is, then you can spare yourself. But if you are a true HP fan, then I hope you can enjoy our amateur dancing/videography efforts.

52 Date Nights

Brodie and I have decided we are going to go on a date once a week, every week, for an entire year.

We kicked it off by making a fort in our living room and brainstorming as many date ideas as possible. This resulted in the date jar! Each Sunday night we pull from the jar, and then choose which day of the week will work best for our date. There is only one rule for the date jar . . . no changing the date! Unless of course the date doesn't match the season (like ice skating in summer etc.)

Date #1: Sunrise/Sunset

Our first date was to watch the sunset. While we were at the beach house this weekend, we scheduled a date to snuggle up in the trunk of our car and watch the sunset. I've seen lots of sunsets in many different places. But there's something different about scheduling a time to purposefully watch it. It's soothing to watch the sun sink lower and lower, until it dips below the horizon. It only takes a few minutes, but my favorite part is when you can watch the sun literally disappear.

"We just watched the earth spin. . ." - Brodie