Dan & Kenzie July Date

Yay for me for finally posting another date!  We had a nice date night in July.  We went to our favorite restaurant, Johnny's Italian Steakhouse.  Each of us had a couple drinks, a great appetizer and our food was amazing.  Great time together!  :)

Kenzie & Dan - January Date Night

To be honest, I was kind of dissappointed in our first Date Night, but we did what we could, as best as we could, all while both of us were sick. One of our most favorite things to do together is to try out new recipes at home. Since we had both been sick for about a week, we were TOTALLY chicken noodle soup and grilled cheese'd out and really wanted something GOOD. I had a recipe (found on Pinterest, of course) that I had wanted to try, so we made our trip to the store together, browsed up and down the isles, and found all ingredients to make our very own, homemade GYRO's. :) We came home, cooked those bad boys up, and talked about things we could do for our next date. After eating (recipe was sort-of a dud), we stepped outside to let out our doggies, and heard our neighbor yell at us to "Come on over!" Oh boy, did we really have to? I mean, after all, we were on a Date Night at home, not dressed very well (I don't think I had but a little bit of mascara on my face), and we were ready to snuggle in and watch a movie. Dan said "Ahh, what the heck? Come on, let's go over there for a minute and just say Hi." We haven't had much of a chance to ever get to know our neighbor, as we are fairly new to the community. We did know that he used to be the old Art teacher at the High School here, and he ended up re-modeling his garage and turned it into his very own "Art Showcase." He showed us around his "gallery", and showed us a few steps on how he makes his pottery. Very cool, very impressive I must say! I wish I would have had my phone at the time so I could take a few pictures of him in action, but I left it on the kitchen counter at home. After about a half hour, we left and came back home. Not exactly how we wanted to spend the rest of our Date Night, but by the time we got home and laughed about it for a little bit (he's a little different), we were ready for bed!
I know, not too exciting, but like I said, we had both been fighting bad head colds for a week or so. Can't wait to plan our February date...

Dan & Kenzie - About Us!

Ironic that I'm writing our Love Story on the day of our "First Date Anniversary"! (Happy Anniversary to me and the Hubby today).

I was at work: I was 18, a Senior in High School...I was wild, crazy, and totally care-free. As I was day-dreaming out the window, waiting for my next customer, I saw that bright white plumbing van pull into the Bank parking lot, as it did every Friday around 4:00. As my heart started pounding, I quickly fixed my hair and slapped on some light pink lip gloss. Minutes later, here walks in my tall, skinny, covered in filth "Prince Charming". As he walked up to the empty Teller window, I quickly rushed to help him (customer service at it's finest). We made our usual flirty, Friday small-talk, and talked about what each of us had planned for the weekend. But that day was different...he ended the conversation with a smooth, cool, "Maybe I'll see ya around..." Yeah right, I could only WISH. After all, he was too cute to not have a girlfriend, right? That very night, I got a phone call from a mutual friend of ours. Dan was with him, got on the phone and asked me out on a date for the following night. I was SO excited. The next night, he took me out to dinner...and well, the rest is history. We've been attached at the hip ever since. We're two qwirky, laid-back, 20-somethings who are obsessed with our 4 kids (DOGS), and as happy now as we have ever been! We got hitched on May 1, 2009. Live in Indianola, IA. Dan is a Master Plumber & I work in the banking industry as a Mortgage Loan Service Specialist. We have 4 dogs - A Beagle named Frank, 2 Chihuahua's named Beans & Barney, and a Boston Terrier named Sig.