Lillian and Camilla January 2017 Date Day

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Camilla

January 18 2017:

Lillian and Camilla January 2017 Date Day – First: Wilbur May Arboretum for a short walk. Simply magical and inspiring! Part 1

Lillian and Camilla January 2017 Date Day, yesterday, Part 2:

Wasn’t in a position to go out for a dessert this time ….. so improvising to the rescue! Used what we had and made a special Date Day dessert ….

Trader Joe’s peppermint Joe Joes dipped in melted dark chocolate, topped with gluten free jelly beans. Adding the last step of a few minutes in the fridge to harden the chocolate.

Next, meeting and discussing which book to create for Lillian’s first published book! Here’s to us, here’s to love, and here’s to 15 years of Date days!!

Thomas and Camilla December 2016 Date Day

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Camilla

January 2 2017:

Thomas and Camilla December 2016 Date Day … a wee bit late. Drove up to Galena Creek so he could sled. I went down a few times too!!!! So fun!!!! Then we shared a yummy gingerbread loaf cake. My legs are still unthawing!! Brrrrr!!!!

Lillian and Camilla December 2016 Date Day

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Camilla

December 29 2016:

Lillian and Camilla December 2016 Date Day – Still coming out of that crazy sickness so a very simple Date Day of dessert and a movie at The Vintage Lodge. Yummy dessert and fairies. Yes!!!

Thomas and Camilla November 2016 Date Day

Posted on December 18, 2016 by Camilla

December 2 2016:

Thomas and Camilla November 2016 Date Day … wee bit late – last stop –Great Full Gardens South Meadows Reno: We were only going to get Thomas dessert. Surprise! Happy Hour with half price appetizers!! So we added Vegan Stuffed Portobello mushrooms. Words cannot even describe how yummy these tasted! Thomas dessert: Bread pudding! Our plates were all but licked clean!!!!

1st stop – Galena Creek Visitors Center. 2nd stop – Galena Park

It was so cold …. about 15 degrees … that my phone went dead after the magical tree picture. Perhaps so that I could truly soak it all in without distraction. Phone came back on once we got back down Mt. Rose Hwy. xoxo

Simply love this area. So peaceful and serene ….. incredibly beautiful and majestic with gigantic pine cones. I am hugely blessed this is what Thomas chooses for Date Day.

Lillian and Camilla November 2016 Date Day

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Camilla

November 16 2016:

Lillian and Camilla November 2016 Date Day – First ….. Dessert! Pink lemonade bar for her and chocolate covered almonds and pretzels for me.

Then home for lunch. Next, a walk at Virginia Foothills park. It snowed on us!!!! Fun!!

Finishing with window shopping and goofing off at Learning Express!

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Thomas and Camilla October 2016 Date Day

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Camilla

October 24 2016:

Thomas and Camilla October 2016 Date Day – We are so happy and grateful they have a location in south Reno now!!!

First stop – Great Full Gardens South Meadows Reno – for the best food ever. Seriously. I felt transported away to a little food heaven oasis. It’s not just the food. It’s the choice of music, the yummy water, and the heart of the place.

Thomas had a Great Full burger. I had a vegan Reuben with a side of vegan slaw. The BEST Reuben and slaw I’ve ever tasted. We shared a cup of pumpkin soup. Thomas practically inhaled his food. He kinda liked it!!!!! Then we had a blow my mind vegan root beer float with coconut bliss ice cream and Oogave root beer.

Second stop: A visit and walk at one of our favorite parks with wind blowing so hard it was difficult to walk.

We reminisced about all the years Thomas has played on this equipment (since 1 year old). Specifically, how he climbed the “tree branch” every time, how difficult it was, and how he fell off one time. (The one he’s sitting at the top of in the pictures.)

Then for that walk in crazy wild wind … where we expanded further on our business idea for the huge pile of dirt we pass every time.

My heart is so full. I’m incredibly grateful I began Date days with them when they were babies. Most dates are simple and always have a nature component. They’ve shifted over the years and have great meaning for all of us.

Lillian and Camilla October 2016 Date Day

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Camilla

October 18 2016:

Lillian and Camilla October 2016 Date Day – Lunch at Squeeze Inn of bowl of lentil soup for me and garlic fries for Lillian.

Then, dessert at Haven on Earth of pumpkin cream cheese bar for me and lemon donut for Lillian.

Ending with a walk at one of our favorite places.

Lillian and Camilla August 2016 Date Day

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Camilla

August 26 2016:

Lillian and Camilla August 2016 half-date … Went to pick up dessert, then to get her a new pair of sunglasses since hers broke last week. Then we enjoyed our dessert in the moonlight at the lodge.

And ended our date with a starlit walk by the lake. Too dark for pictures. Lillian wanted to visit one of our regular parks for a date day walk but it got dark before we were ready. So, we will do that next week.

Here’s to going on 15 years of date days, once a month, with this beautiful one!

Lillian and Camilla July 2016 Date Day

Posted on October 23, 2016 by Camilla

August 11, 2016:

Lillian and Camilla July 2016 Date Day …. July’s date day was delayed due to our travels to and from the 2016 Chromosome 18 Conference. So we did something different for this date day.

After dinner Lillian and I headed to Whole Foods to pick out a cookie from the “Cookie Bar” … cheapest dessert ever …. and made with real food ingredients!

Next up we took our cookies to Audrey Harris Park so we could eat with a lovely view. When we got there, we saw the park was closed due to an event down below at the Bartley Ranch stage. We decided to go for a walk around Bartley Ranch and have our dessert later.

We enjoyed a wonderful time looking at the old equipment and buildings, trees, sky, and sunset. After our walk we enjoyed a slow, quiet, and peaceful drive the long way back to our end of town. I just love this drive of taking in all the farms and older houses and simply how peaceful it seems.

Next up was to head to Geiger Way Lookout to enjoy those cookies with a view. It was dark by the time we arrived so the pictures are fuzzy, yet they capture some of the beautiful essence. So incredibly wonderful.

And, last we enjoyed another slow and peaceful drive back home. I’d rank this one up there with one of our most beautiful date days. Simple and wonderful. xoxo …

Camilla and Thomas July 2016 Date Day

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Camilla

August 4 2016:

Thomas and Camilla July (a little late) 2016 Date – After dinner we headed to Icecyle Creamery for dessert. Then to Audrey Harris Park to enjoy our ice cream while taking in the view and listening to Frank Sinatra and the like.

Next we walked the loop down to Bartley Ranch and back up. And for the drive home, chatting and more Sinatra and Flying to the Moon. So incredibly awesome. Thomas commented as we were nearing the end of the loop … “I wish this would never end … ” And so it is …

Yes! Thank you, and I’ll have more please! We get to choose, we get to choose it all in this life of ours ….. And we took that first step yesterday!! Wahooo!!!! xoxoxo