We all know how important scheduling regular date nights are to nurturing a healthy relationship. However, sometimes thinking of new things to do can be hard to do amidst the stress of planning your wedding and managing the details of the rest of your life.
To help out, I’ve done a little brainstorming for you!
Here are a few date night ideas I suggest you pencil in on your calendar!
Hit up a local farmer’s market. Here are links to a few of my favorites around town:
Arizona Community Farmer’s Market
Arizona Farmer’s Market Calendar
Open Air Farmer’s Market Arizona Directory
Explore your favorite valley resort. I have included the links to a few of my favorites below. Share a few happy hour appetizers and then take an a lovely evening stroll around the grounds of the hotel. Here are a few of my favorite resorts to explore:
Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch
The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa
Pick a new local dive or new neighborhood restaurant to try. I would highly suggest one with Pub Trivia! Here are a few pub trivia bars to check out! 😉
Support Your Local Performing Arts. Go to a play put on by your local community theater. Check out these community theatre schedules for their upcoming shows!
Fountain Hills Performing Arts
Murder Mystery Company Dinner Theatre
Picnic in the Park – Always a classic idea. If you’re not sure what park to explore, may I suggest my absolute favorite park of all time, Fountain Hills Park in Fountain Hills. The fountain goes off every hour on the hour (as long as it’s not windy! 😉 It is definitely worth the drive. 🙂
Make a Delectable Dish at Home Together. Here are links to some of my favorite recipes!
25 Delicious Date Night Recipes with 5 Ingredients or Less!
10 Martha Stewart Impressive (But Oh So Easy) Date Night Recipe Ideas
10 Date Night Recipe Ideas from Food.com
25 Easy Date Night Recipe Ideas to Swoon Over from the Cookie Rookie
Be A Tourist in Your Own Town – Explore the “Old Towns” of Cave Creek, Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale and Scottsdale.
Couples spa day – Get a massage together and then spend the day at the spa pool and relax the day away.
Alvadora Spa at the Royal Palms Resort
Center for Well Being at the Phoenician
Revive Spa at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort
Joya Spa at Omni Scottsdale Resort and Spa Montelucia
Go to the Phoenix Zoo and then the Desert Botanical Gardens. Okay so here is what you do. When the weather is cooler (October-April), head to the zoo mid-afternoon. Have fun saying high to the prairie dogs and the elephants. Then in the late afternoon, head next door to the Desert Botanical Garden. Explore the grounds a little bit and go on an evening flashlight tour. Also, be on the lookout for evenings when the garden hosts live music!
Make Personalized Scavenger Hunt for each other. Be cute and make the clues be based on your past adventures together. The sillier the better. 🙂 I suggest making the last destination a tasty place to eat so you can reward yourselves for going on your little adventure together!
Hopefully these ideas will help make boring date nights a thing of the past!
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Casey
Casey Green Weddings, LLC
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Words cannot express how much I loved working with Jordan and Sean! All of our planning meetings just felt like I was hanging out with two life long friends. Jordan and Sean always bring out the best in each other! It was a gift to be a part of their amazing wedding and the beautiful […]
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What a spectacular Friday the 13th wedding with Ashlyn and Jake at the Sedona Golf Resort!
Vision and Love videography out did themselves with this beautiful short video of the day! Thank you to everyone for an amazing wedding!
Here are a few more of my favorite photos of the day – compliments of Robert Godridge Photography!
I love this classic red and white table design from Bliss Extraordinary Floral and Sedona Golf Resort – these two vendors working together is always an elegant combination!
Ashlyn and Jake are world travelers, so they created individual suitcases for their guests as their escort cards. Inside each suitcase was a flag a country indicating what country (or table) they were sitting at for the reception. How creative and cute is that?! I loved it! 🙂
Gotta love these amazing long exposure shots! Nice work Robert Godridge Photography! Robert never disappoints! 🙂
All in all, it was a wonderful day! I am so thankful I was included!
Casey
Casey Green Weddings, LLC
8700 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Suite 114
Scottsdale, AZ 85255
602-448-8133
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Those of you who know me well, know I LOVE the zoo! I especially love it when I am lucky enough to plan a wedding at the zoo! I was ecstatic when Jennifer and Wayne invited me to help them coordinate their Phoenix Zoo wedding. Jennifer was extremely creative and had very unique decor ideas. […]
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What a joy it was to work with Monica and Dimitry on their wedding! In all my years of planning weddings, I have never encountered a more honest, true and loving couple! Their genuine kindness and love for each other made planning their wedding so lovely.
Monica and Dimitry chose the enchanting Agave of Sedona to host their beautiful ceremony and reception! Those red rock views never get old for me!
Sedona High Mountain Flowers really outdid themselves with their breathtaking centerpieces!
SKM Entertainment set the mood for the reception with their “dancing on a cloud” effects for Monica and Dimitry’s first dance.
Jess and Genie from Birdsong Wedding Photography captured all the wedding details in elegant fashion – as usual!
Monica and Dimitry’s wedding was such a special day – I will always remember their wedding with a warm and grateful heart.
Casey
Casey Green Weddings, LLC
8700 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Suite 114
Scottsdale, AZ 85255
602-448-8133
hello@caseygreenweddings.com
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In the beginning, the process of planning your wedding is fun… however, it is easy to feel overwhelmed really quickly! I think one of the things that trips up even the most level headed couple, is knowing in what order to tackle the planning process. Here is my guide to helping you identify what vendors […]
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The Doubletree Resort by Hilton, located in the heart of Scottsdale and Paradise Valley, is a true wedding gem. Not only do you get the exceptional customer service you expect with a Hilton property, you also experience absolutely gorgeous ceremony and reception sites!
This ceremony venue is absolutely gorgeous! The fixed ceremony aisle and gorgeous iron arch, allows for an absolutely charming garden-chic ceremony! You can choose to allow your floral designer to go crazy and design a gorgeous floral spray with a linen drape – or you can keep it simple and leave the ceremony site as-is. The ceremony site is that beautiful!
Your guests will transition to a charming patio surrounding a lovely fountain. The ambiance of this space in early evening is exceptionally elegant. With the sounds of flowing water in the background. Your guests will begin to transition into “celebration” mode in this exceptional space.
You then can choose to host a farm table bistro light dinner experience in the garden. Or you can invite your guests into one of the Doubletrees many gorgeous ballrooms for an elegant dinner reception.
The Doubletree of course offers room discounts for all wedding guests – making the Doubletree and exceptional choice for a Scottsdale Arizona destination wedding experience.
I love this property (and their Catering Manager, Robin)! If you’re looking for a destination wedding experience, The Doubletree Resort by Hilton, is an excellent choice.
Go spend some time with Robin and see if this venue might be a great fit for your wedding!
5401 North Scottsdale Road,
Scottsdale, AZ 85250
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Robin Putman
Robin.Putnam@hilton.com
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Casey
Casey Green Weddings, LLC
8700 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Suite 114
Scottsdale, AZ 85255
602-448-8133
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Sky Ranch Lodge offers some of the most beautiful red rock views in Sedona! Located on top of the gorgeous Airport mesa, the wedding venue at Sky Ranch Lodge is perfectly placed overlooking west Sedona below. The views of Coffee Pot Rock, Chimney Rock and Wilson Mountain are breath taking! Immediately adjacent to the gorgeous […]
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As we look to wrap up this year and prepare for the next, a lot of us take time to reflect on what we hope to experience or accomplish in the future. Do you do this too?
Being the crazy type A person I am, I have always been big on goal setting. I used to make a big, long list of things I wanted to accomplish in the upcoming year. Then I would work backwards and try to figure out what steps I would need to take to reach each goal. Often this is where I would get stuck. I would think, “I’m not exactly sure what steps I need to take to accomplish that goal…” Then I would start to freak out. How am I supposed to accomplish that goal if I don’t know how I could ever get there from where I am?! AHH! Before I knew it, I would start to feel a little discouraged and unsure of my abilities. What was supposed to be a fun, happy exercise suddenly turned into a point of stress, sadness and frustration.
I knew there had to be another way.
Thankfully, after years of experiencing goal setting stress, I have found a different approach to be more effective – visualization. Okay, before you roll your eyes, hear me out. The visualization process forces you to shift your thinking around your “goals”. I strongly encourage you to give it a try. There are a bunch of ways you can approach this.
Here are my pointers…
First, let’s make believe. Remember when you were a kid and you would make up elaborate stories you would act out when you played with your friends? Maybe you would just play house? Or maybe you would jump from your couch to your Dad’s recliner to avoid touching the hot lava running through your living room. Whatever it was, this process of “playing pretend” is very powerful. As you start to visualize your upcoming year, it is important to really believe in what you are imagining will be your future. You must be open to all possibilities. No matter how “crazy” or “impossible” they might be. Make this mental shift before you begin.
Draw it out. Images are really powerful. If you’re not artistically inclined, photos will do the trick. Find a magazine clipping of a thing you want or an image of person living the life you want to experience. Place these images in locations you naturally look at all the time. Put them by your desk, in your bathroom or by the front door. You want to place them locations you naturally look everyday. The idea is every time you see these images, imagine how wonderful it will feel when these images are a part of your reality – and get excited – you are moving closer to these experiences.
Don’t forget the details. When you are imagining the goals or things you would like to bring into your experience this year, remember to be specific. Don’t just say, “I would like to make more money.” Instead, say specifically, “I would like to make $1,000 more each month.” Then imagine what you do with this extra cash and feel how good it will feel when this is your reality.
Get emotional. One of the most important components of this whole process are your emotions. Identify what emotions you will feel when the goals you hope to achieve have occurred. Will you feel proud? Relieved? Excited?
Dream big. As you go through this process, be a little outlandish. Don’t be afraid to “think big”. If you find yourself saying to yourself, “I would really like X, but there is not way that could happen.” – Stop it!!! Listen to your thoughts, and nip those negative ones in the bud. Also, acknowledge your negative thoughts around a particular goals. Those are often the goals you want the most, but have fear associated with accomplishing them. Really take time to unpack those issues. Then blast through them – and allow yourself to think crazy and dream bigger than you think could be possible.
Don’t worry about the “how”. As you identify each goal or experience you want to have, don’t worry about how you’re going to get there. Don’t say to yourself, “I really want to be promoted, but my supervisor never notices the good work I do. How is that ever going to happen?” How you’re going to get promoted is not your concern. What is your concern, is believing you will get promoted and feeling excited because you know it will happen one way or another.
Act as if. You must “act as if” you have already accomplished your goals. Feel how proud, happy, relieved, free, you will feel when you have accomplished these goals. Already be in the place you will be emotionally when all of your goals have been achieved. This emotional shift is key bringing your goals to fruition.
I hope these tips are helpful.
Now let’s make this next year, the best year yet!
All my best,
Casey
Casey Green Weddings
8700 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Suite 114
Scottsdale, AZ 85255
602-448-8133
hello@caseygreenweddings.com
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