This year I decided to do something I've never done before (thanks to Pinterest), and that was the 12 "Dates" of Christmas! Due to the Holiday's getting busy and things coming up, we didn't follow my schedule verbatim but we got pretty close! Here is a re-cap:
The Schedule
Date #1: Holiday Movie Night
Date #2: Sledding
Date #3: Temple Square & City Creek
Date #4: Gift Wrapping
Date #5: Make Cookies
Date 6: Driving Light Tour
Date #7: Christmas Shopping
Date #8: Harmon's Date (we were supposed to get Hot Chocolate but we had eaten so much sugar already that we decided to go with something healthy)
Date #9: This date got skipped, we went and saw McKay Dunn open his mission call instead. (totally worth it)
Date #10: Dinner Date w/ Friends
Date #11: Breakfast in Bed
Date #12: Christmas Eve @ my Aunt DeAnn's house
We all wore red bottoms and didn't even plan it!
The guys were very comfortable with each other!
Overall, doing the 12 Dates of Christmas was really fun. It allowed us to really slow down and get into the Holiday spirit together. Next year if we do it again, I really want to do something more in the spirit of giving and service since that is what Christmas should be focused on.
Love this idea! I feel like Ben and I get so caught up in all of the shopping/running about, we don't get to spend a whole lot of quality time together. Definitely doing it next year!
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