For our anniversary I gave Derek a year of dates. I planned one date per month and got everything ready for that date. Some dates require no money and little preparation and a few dates are big, excited activities. I tried to think of things Derek really loves to do or things we have never done together. January we had a sleepover at our house. We got a chick flick to watch, ordered pizza, had snacks and had a slumber party together in our living room! It was a lot of fun. For February we planned a ski trip to Brighton Ski Resort. Derek loves to ski and is really good at it. He went skiing growing up and has lots of fun stories. I however, have only been skiing twice. The first time was with some friends from high school and they will tell you I spent more time laying in the show than skiing on it! The second time was a few years later and I only lasted a few runs on the skis. I just wasn’t good at skiing and hated being cold. But I wanted to do something that Derek loved and I thought this would be perfect.
My mom let me borrow her old skis and we got the rest of the supplies we would need. We packed a healthy lunch (lunchables and chips) and drove to Brighton. The first few times down were pretty rough but I slowly got the hang of it. It was great to watch Derek ski- he is amazing. He was very patient with my slow pace and we had a really fun day together. I am so grateful to have Derek and we love the time we spend together.
