"Marriage may be made in heaven, but the maintenance must be done on earth."

Do you ever find yourself looking at your spouse and saying, "now who are you and why did I marry you"?

One thing that has become an absolute must in the past 7 years is "date night". As we all know, life gets so crazy with all of the day to day events and then add 3 kids, Dental School, A Residency, Church Callings, and 2 Careers to the mix and you are bound to wind up in the nut house or on a totally different path than the one you love.

We have always heard how important it is to keep your marriage alive and find times to be alone with your spouse. That is next to impossible for us unless we set aside a time each week to go out together and JUST BE - no interruptions.

One of the funnest dates we have been on recently was a trip to the local ice-skating rink. They are easy to find here on the East Coast since ice-skating and hockey are so popular. It was great to do something active together - an evening filled with many laughs. Of course the evening would not have been complete without a hot cup of cocoa.

Just a fun date idea for all of you cute couples out there.