DATE NIGHT FUN â—½ MARRIAGE
Isn’t orange a wonderful color?
I mean, my gosh, the sunset is a breathtakingly beautiful display of all shades of orange and we stop to marvel and take pictures from sitting on a beach, to watching it set behind a mountain or just down the street from our own front yard. And it’s the color of the month, isn’t it? Orange pumpkins, orange décor, orange leaves, orange everything. We may has well embrace it and enjoy it…even on date nights together!
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Make and Bake – It might be fun to stay in one night and bake pumpkin bread together, maybe a couple of different varieties and include chocolate chips…or not. Purchase some little bread tins, wrap up the warm loaves, and deliver them to three friends. Head back home and enjoy a slice for yourselves!
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On the Court – When is the last time you played a game of HORSE together on the basketball court? Find a nice afternoon or morning on a weekend, grab that orange ball, and pack a thermos. Head to the court and shoot, and keep score, and laugh and play some more. Then take a walk in the fallen leaves in the park where you played.
Pumpkin Patch – These aren’t just for kids! Find a pumpkin patch to visit and take the kids, or not…but go! Pick out pumpkins for décor, or to dig out the pulp and find the seeds. Have you roasted pumpkin seeds in a while? You know, they’re good! Look up a patch in your area and visit it. Drink apple cider if it’s offered. Watch all the families as they play, and enjoy the activities yourselves.
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Fire Pits – Sitting around the orange flickers of a fire pit is best this time of year, when it’s a bit cool but not too cold, and the warmth is inviting and awesome. Invite another couple or two and sit around a pit, in your own backyard, or find one to enjoy. Make s’mores, or purchase one of those tins of readymade queso from your store and heat it, serving with chips. Tell stories, encourage each, other. Sing songs!
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Sweet Potato Bar – Invite another couple, or enjoy yourselves, but create a sweet potato bar. Bake these orange potatoes until they’re tender, and then set out toppings like: black beans, cooked chicken, shredded pork, cheese, bacon, onions, or butter and honey and cinnamon and toasted nuts! Come up with your own toppings or google some more! And finally, scoop out oranges and fill them with ice cream for a treat!
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Enjoy the color orange this month, as the possibilities are many! Dress up in orange, drive around and look for orange, and definitely stop and watch the sunset on multiple evenings. Enjoy the color of the sunset in October.