j&m date night ideas

• bike rides – around the block or out in the mountains!
• make sushi together – each taking turns with parts of the recipe
• go to the gym together – we don’t always do the same workout, but it's fun to go together
• make a list of places we have been and want to go
• have a cookie bake-off…you each make your own recipe!
• plant a garden – my dream when we have a yard! something to start together, and work on over time!
• go for a long walk
• picnic on the beach or at the park
• play a tennis match
• make a time capsule- i really want to do this!
• cuddle up on the couch for a movie with kettle corn
• start reading a book together – We have always read books to each other on our roadtrips!
• organize photos & relive memories
• sit outside (perferabley on a mountain top) and watch the sunset
• watch home videos
• take a cooking class together
• go get breakfast for dinner
• make a very specific list of things we love about each other
• make a list of potential future baby names
• get ahead of the game and go buy christmas/birthday gifts for family
• plan a dream trip, down to every detail
• go to yoga…or even do it at home with a youtube!
• go to the movies
• find a historic walking tour somewhere where you live
• take your parents out for dinner together
• write a leap list for before kids
• take a photography class together
• take a day trip to a special location nearby
• write letters to our loved ones
• make it a double feature at the movie theater..you each pick one
• take dancing lessons
• head to a baseball game together – major or minor league!
• go bowling! 
• go house hunting…even if it’s just for fun
• go fishing – something my husband LOVES to do
• rent canoes for a little ride
• skype old friends // family
• roller blading or ice skating – this really is so fun and actually a good work out!
• get a couple massage at a local massage school
• volunteer together somewhere special
• head to the beach {something we are lucky to have nearby!}
• play a board game or cards
• recreate your very first date
• dance in the kitchen {we do regularly} 
• go check out a flea market
• try a new work out together
• go camping {an absolute favorite of ours}
• watch the sunset and sunrise
• play frisbee or frisbee golf
• find free movies at a local park near you and take a blanket + treats
• have a fondue night
• make chocolate chip cookies from scratch together
• go try batting cages
• go-cart racing!
• take a boat or ferry ride
• go apple picking 
• go through your wedding photos together
• make a family tree
• spend the night at a local bed & breakfast
• go hiking {LOVE}
• rearrange our furniture
• go to an aquarium
• head to a local museum
• take a new fitness class together
• make ice cream sundaes
• make chocolate-dipped strawberries
• plan a progressive dinner at different restaurants…appetizers one place, salad the next, entree and a third restaurant, and somewhere else for dessert!
• lay in the backyard/balcony and look up at the stars
• go horseback riding
• download new music and make a playlist together
• cook s’mores in the backyard firepit OR on the stove
• go hot tubbing
• plan our dream 5- year anniversary trip
• make treats and drop them off to people who need a pick-me-up
• dress up fancy and go out to dinner downtown
• write down goals and dreams you both have for your lives
• go grocery shop together and plan out meals in advance {weekly for us}
• clean out and organize something in your house/apartment
• make breakfast and eat it in bed
• plant a tree {once we own a house}
• build a fort and watch a movie in it
• go to a planetarium and be nerds
• take a bubble bath together
• create a scavenger hunt for each other of clues that only the 2 of you would know and understand
• go to a water park on a hot summer day
• go to a fun pottery/painting place 
• make a list of books to read/ movies to watch
• find a street fair or county fair
• pick a food truck and hunt it down for dinner
• go to a farmer’s market together
• spin a globe, and wherever it lands-go find a dinner place with that type of food
• go out to brunch! best meal ever.
• go thrift shopping and pick out one crazy item for each other
• make something for our house- projects!
• go star gazing
• go rock climbing
• make 5, 10, and 15 year plans
• go to an antique store.