Team KoalaBunny's Adventures

Because it was Restaurant Week coincided with our 3-month anniversary, we decided to get dressed up all fancy and head over to XIX Restaurant.


The restaurant was, in fact, so fancy that they gave us super tiny portions. But it was really good. Fortunately, they also had a salad and desert bar, which was filled with tasty morsels... and we ate so much! We talked and ate... and really enjoyed each other's company in such a nice place :).

The restaurant was on the top story of the Hyatt in Center City,  so in addition to having delicious food to eat, we also had a great view to enjoy together.
Because this was such a great way to spend our 3-month anniversary together, we decided that we have to do something special every month to celebrate our monthly anniversaries. Although we won't be able to afford to return to a place like this until the next time Restaurant Week rolls around, we look forward to using our creativity to think up a cost-effective yet special way to spend next month's anniversary together :).

On Thursday, Philly had a night market -- rows and rows of food trucks filled with delicious food!

We got a spicy chicken kabob, which was definitely really spicy... but so incredibly flavorful! We decided on this vendor in particular because it was run by a ministry that purposefully hired homeless men to staff their booths.

In case you're wondering who the cute koala is... that's our newest roommate, Coca the Koala (who prefers to just to by Coca). Coca particularly enjoyed the beautiful sunset as we walked down the crowded street.
The kabob was really spicy... we tried to find some ice cream to cool our tongues... but to no avail. So, we returned home and continued our date at home, sharing delicious ice cream together.

We've found that simple dates like these are a lot of fun :).

We went to the hand-drawn noodle house the other day for a date and I think we were too hungry to take a photo of the delicious beef noodle soup. But our date after that was going with our church to mini-golf and then going to a Shakespeare play in the park.


Had to add Brown and Cony in there since they didn't get to go with us.

We've been so blessed to have an older married couple who were willing to mentor us and we definitely needed their help. About a month after marriage our conflicts were escalating and we were trying to figure out how to get two very different individuals to become one.

A great suggestion and sound advice they gave us was to do regular date nights whether that's weekly or monthly. From the secular to the religious websites there seems to be a consensus that date nights are really important:

Reclaim Date Night
http://www.familylife.com/articles/topics/marriage/staying-married/communication/reclaiming-date-night

Date Night Matters
http://www.foryourmarriage.org/why-date-nights-matter/

Married Couples, Don't Forget to Date
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/03/living/parents-marriage-tips/

Our first attempt at doing this was somewhat of a disaster since it was Fourth of July weekend so a lot of places were closed, including the mini-golf course we wanted to go to. But not all was lost, we stumbled upon a very small county fair where we had funnel cake and made some great memories on the way back when we ran into some fireworks.

Our second attempt was great going to the biggest park in the city:



Here we are resting and taking a selfie. We may or may not have forgotten to bring Brown and Cony along with us, but we got them in there with stickers.