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Vintage Post – Five Sense Romance
I have shared this on our Only Wives section of the blog, but today I share it with you as part of our Five Friday Favorites series. These are five ways to romance your spouse using our five senses as … Continue reading
Flowers Tell A Story
I love flowers–all kinds. My photo library is filled with them. They make me happy, and none more so that when they are growing in the dirt. God puts them on display everyday for our enjoyment and they’re breathtaking if … Continue reading
Thirsty For Romance
Many of us wait until January to make those New Year resolutions, but what if we were to change this mindset? What if we were to purpose to end 2016 well giving us a head start on 2017? If you … Continue reading
Taking Love Notes To A New Level
You never know when the next great idea will come for romantic inspiration. Well, we have a fun, geeky idea for those of you who LOVE technology. We recently heard of a husband who started a romantic surprise for his wife, … Continue reading
This May Be The Most Important Thing You Can Do For Your Spouse
I was touched recently by the tradition of Jerry Orbach to his wife, Elaine. You may remember him from his acting career on Law & Order for 13 years. Elaine will remember him as a faithful husband who never failed … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday
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50 Daily Kindnesses
Pour their coffee in the morning and take it to them before they get out of bed. Write an encouraging Bible verse on the shower wall. Pray specifically for your spouse’s day and write a note telling them you … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, communication, Growing Strong Marriages, Romance, Romance in Marriage, romancing your husband, romancing your spouse, romancing your wife, Thankfulness
Tagged Be Kind One To Another, Bible, Chapters and verses of the Bible, Christianity, Kindnesses, Outdo one another, relationship, Snuggle
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Secret Word Game
This is a fun way to communicate a simple word to your spouse over the course of a day. Here is all you need to do: Think of a word you want to say to your spouse. It could be … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Creative Dates, Date Night Ideas, Daytime Dates, Growing Strong Marriages, Romance in Marriage, romancing your husband, romancing your spouse, romancing your wife, Romantic Ideas
Tagged Arts, Encourage Your Spouse, Facebook, games, Paris, Post-it note, Romantic Secret Word Game, Secret Word Game, Video Games, Word, Word game
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It’s The Little Things
Romance. It means so many different things to different people. Some love to give and receive gifts. Some love to hear little words of affirmation. Still others enjoy surprising acts of kindness. Whatever your love language or your spouse’s–you should … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Hindrances to Romance, Music, Romance, Romance in Marriage, romancing your husband, romancing your spouse, romancing your wife, The Gospel & Marriage
Tagged Andrew Allen, Christianity, God, Little Things, One Direction, Romance in Marriage
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I Interrupt This Normal Blog Post…
…to let you know my love and care for Debi this Mother’s Day has led me to intervene in her regular schedule in order to take her away for the next few days. Our kids wanted to do something special … Continue reading
Posted in A Fragrant Aroma, Growing Strong Marriages, romancing your wife
Tagged Facebook, Family, Holidays, Home, Monday, Mother, Mother's Day, Parenting
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Does Your Wife Know All The Little Things You Love About Her?
This week we are joining the CMBA conversation with Paul Byerly of The Generous Husband blog. He shared the lyrics to a song that he heard on the radio titled Little Things, by One Direction. He ended his post by asking … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Husbands, Intimacy, Music, Romance, Romance in Marriage, romancing your wife
Tagged Arts, Little Things, Love song, Lyrics, Music, One Direction, Rock and Pop, YouTube
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Romance 101 from the Huxtables
Today we have a treat for you. I was on the computer last night when I happened to see that J with the Hot, Holy and Humorous blog had just uploaded a video from The Cosby Show. I was the … Continue reading
What Jurassic Park Taught Me About Love
Every Thursday during the month of April, we are thrilled to have our son, Jason, guest blogging for us. We’ve given him creative license to write about whatever is on his mind and heart concerning marriage. We believe you’ll be … Continue reading
GYRO Week 6 – Romantic Easter Date
It’s spring, and Easter is right around the corner. As Christians there isn’t a more important date on the calendar, for Easter represents the freedom Christ bought for us. It truly is a date to celebrate. And as couples the … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrations, Christian Marriage, Creative Dates, Date Night Ideas, Dating Your Spouse, GYRO Challenge, Romance in Marriage, romancing your husband, romancing your spouse, romancing your wife, romantic date nights, Romantic Ideas, Spiritual Intimacy, The Gospel & Marriage
Tagged Ben Hur, Christ, Christianity, Communion at Home, Easter, Easter egg, Egg hunt, God, Holidays, Religion and Spirituality, Romantic Easter Ideas
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Downton Abbey Date Night Idea
I don’t know how we hadn’t heard of Downton Abbey until recently, but we hadn’t. However we’ve managed to catch up on all three seasons in three short months. 🙂 When our GYRO Challenge was to pick a country as … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Creative Dates, Date Night Ideas, Dating Your Spouse, Dinner Dates, Growing Strong Marriages, GYRO Challenge, Romance in Marriage, romancing your husband, romancing your spouse, romancing your wife, romantic date nights, Unique Dates
Tagged Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey Date Night, Edwardian era, England, Huffington Post, Matthew Crawley
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GYRO Week 2 – Coffee Shop
Welcome to week two of our Get Your Romance On Challenge. We have several signed up for the entire 14 week date night challenge. However, we invite you to try one or more even if you’re not up to doing all … Continue reading
4 Myths Of At-Home Themed Date Nights – Part 4
Myth #4 – I’m not creative! Oh how many times we’ve heard this one. The best part of planning a themed date is it makes it easier for those who are not so creative. Having the parameters of a theme … Continue reading
4 Myths Of At-Home Themed Date Nights – Part 3
First of all we want to share that The Romantic Vineyard was voted a Top 12 Marriage Blog for 2012 on a Twitter contest sponsored by Square 1 Ministries. We don’t take such honors lightly, but recognize God is at work … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Creative Dates, D.R.A.B., Date Night Ideas, Dating Your Spouse, Fun Dates, Growing Strong Marriages, GYRO Challenge, I.Heart.List, romancing your husband, romancing your spouse, romancing your wife, romantic date nights
Tagged Blog, date night, God, Holidays, marriage, New Year, Relationships, Twitter
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4 Myths of At-Home Themed Date Nights – Part 2
Myth #2 – Themed at-home dates are expensive. This couldn’t be further from the truth! It’s not necessary to spend a lot of money to pull off a great themed date night. Especially if you plan your date around one … Continue reading
Posted in Cheap Dates, Christian Marriage, D.R.A.B., Date Night Ideas, Dating Your Spouse, Free Dates, Fun Dates, GYRO Challenge, Holidays, romancing your husband, romancing your spouse, romancing your wife, Unique Dates
Tagged Guinness, Irish mythology, Irish Stew, New England boiled dinner, Patrick, Saint Patrick's Day, Soda Bread, St. Patrick's Day, St. Patrick's Day Date Ideas
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GYRO Week 1 – Game Night
Welcome to week one of our Get Your Romance On Challenge. We have several signed up for the entire 14 week date night challenge. However, we invite you to try one or more even if you’re not up to doing … Continue reading
Posted in Cheap Dates, Creative Dates, D.R.A.B., Date Night Ideas, Dating Your Spouse, Free Dates, Fun Dates, Growing Strong Marriages, GYRO Challenge, romancing your husband, romancing your spouse, romancing your wife, romantic date nights, Romantic Ideas
Tagged boardgame, clue, Date Night Ideas, Free date nights, Game Night, games, Get Your Romance On, Monday, Recreation, Scrabble, Video Games
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