Quality Time

Family time is incredibly important. Even if it’s just you and your spouse right now, taking time to be together has a really positive impact on your marriage and life together.

My tiny family last night, snuggled up and laughing

Josh and I are blessed to be able to spend every evening together. Most of the time it consists of eating dinner and watching that night's favorite show, but every once in a while that time becomes more than just 2 people sharing the same couch and staring at the TV.

Last night was great example of that.

I spent much of the afternoon preparing dinner so that when Josh got home the two of us could actually catch up face to face instead of it being while I prep dinner. (I made chicken strips and cheesy potato casserole, yum!) So all I had to do was pop everything in the oven and the two of us could sit down together and catch up on our days. (And update our budget, yay!).

It set a really good tone for the night, our ability to not be distracted while we caught up. The two of us were able to focus on each other and carry forward our conversations the rest of the night. Which got to be really entertaining.

On Thursday’s we catch up on Suits. (Yes, our dog is named after the main character).  But instead of tossing on a sitcom from Netflix after and watching our night tick away, Josh turned on an animal documentary. So we sat and talked about the various animals, their struggles, and often found ourselves laughing at some of the weird things they do. It was also fun because Harvey would periodically watch too.

Our night wasn’t crazy busy, or really all that thrilling, but it did break up our week night routine which was awesome. Laughing together and talking all evening sure beats listening to the same sitcom until we get bored and start scrolling our phones. (On that note, if you don’t have a set “technology free” time, I recommend it. Having to put away phones and computers takes away distractions and helps aid in spending great time together).

Great nights of quality time with your spouse don’t have to be extravagant. Just do some minor things to break up the routine and you’ll see what I’m talking about.

(I have also learned that my "Love Language" is quality time, so this is right up my alley. To find your love language you can Google search a quiz).