rushley & crew

We were supposed to go to England in January . . . unfortunately, Russ and I weren't feeling very well on the last Saturday in January, so the date was postponed until last weekend.  For all the trips this year, Russ won't know where or when we are going until I do a little something to let him know. For England, this is what he found on his nightstand one day :) First item of business: Gotta look posh if you're going to England! Russ wore a sport coat and I put on some pearls :) (though you can't see them . . . )  Next, we got our first stamps in our passports! Then it was off to England for some afternoon tea and crumpets! Okay, so actually it was evening tea and scones, but I hear that people in England have tea at any and all times of day and that scones are an appropriate accompaniment, so we still maintained the England atmosphere ;)  We even raised our pinkies! Which I've heard isn't actually something they do, but hey, ...

Once upon a time this past summer, I was surfing the web for date ideas. I was trying to create a giant list of ideas so that Russ and I could have a list to refer to anytime we wanted to go on a date [since anyone who knows us knows that we're completely indecisive in areas like that :)]. One site I came across was  The Dating Divas . It's a site run by a bunch of girls who post almost every day about ways to strengthen marriage. Sometimes they post gift ideas, sometimes they post their own insights about marriage, and oftentimes they post date ideas ranging anywhere from simple to extravagant. It's a really awesome site. While surfing the site, I found  this  passport idea and thought it was awesome! I also thought it was the perfect gift to give my husband for Christmas :) You might have noticed the gift in some of the pictures on my  Christmas  post. A lot of people would love to travel the world, and I am definitely one of those people. However, as a ...