August 4, 2012

Many marriage counselors have talked about couples making sure they have at least one night a week designated as a date night. Very good advice indeed. I love looking up articles on ideas of date nights and trying to do it. Las Cruces is a little hard to be creative, so usually dinner and maybe a movie are what we could do….or…..we can go with our usual version of a date night like we did yesterday.

We drove over towards White Sands Missile Range to a campground called Aguirre Springs. I highly recommend if you ever come through New Mexico to stop towards this direction. First of all, White Sands is just 20 minutes away, but there is also some awesome hiking and camping too.

Mike was excited because it was the time of night where all the creatures were coming out. He happened upon a king snake and a rattler, not to mention a herd of cows that ran off in a stampede.

Really I took this picture because my triceps were hurting from my gym workout earlier in the day. I’m still not used to riding downhill on a road bike. You use totally different muscles!

This was my piece of wildlife I came across on the road. This guy was extra feisty and even started coming after me. Usually, they just sit really still and hope to look like they blend in with their surroundings.

I know biking might not be your first choice of a date night, but I love how it gets us outdoors and not to mention, it makes us happy getting that awesome endorphin release.

P.S. Girl’s Nights are also a must too. I actually tried to round up a group of girls earlier this week to go to dinner. It ended up being three of us, but I love having to dress up and enjoy a meal that doesn’t involve me cooking and especially, cleaning the dishes.

This picture was taken before I went because I tried on a new outfit of mine. It reminds me of the pictures on Facebook where they make fun of teenagers making duck faces or taking their picture up high to make themselves look more flattering. Really, Mike wasn’t in the room and I wanted a picture of my outfit. 🙂

Mike and I have been watching the Olympics, but have been really into the swimming portion of it. The other night when Michael Phelps was racing and won silver, Mike was yelling so loud at the gym (we were watching it while doing elliptical) that we may have had a few eyes looking our way. Okay, maybe a lot of eyes looking our way. I love how passionate everyone gets yelling and screaming!

I’m sure everyone notices it, but there are two parts of Michael Phelps swimming routine that I REALLY look forward to. I even will say to Mike “Wait!” if he is talking to me about something right before the race starts.

1. I call it….the Albatross

Is anyone else amazed at how jello-like his arms are when he swings them like this at the beginning of every race?

2. I call it….the WHALE.

Do any of you that swim ever put water in your mouth and spit it out? I was reading today that Ryan Lotche admits to peeing in the pool during practice.

Just saying.