7 Make It A Date 05/12: May

"Win or Dare"

Let's play a round of putt-putt! This time, the stakes are high. And don't forget the go-karts! Every high stakes game of putt-putt should be finished off with an exhilarating race at go-karts. I'm sure we can come up with an appropriate prize for the winner ;)

I love you! 
♥,         .
Your Keener

Contents: $25 gift card to Olive Garden, $20 cash for putt-putt and go-karts, "the rules" for Win or Dare Putt-Putt (via The Generous Wife).

I found a Groupon deal for our putt-putt place, so we ended up using the cash in the packet on a bonus lunch date earlier in the month :D I don't have any pictures of that date.. but you know us - we definitely enjoyed ourselves!

When I was putting this packet together in December, I felt about an ounce of apprehension about the dares. Some of them were so silly! I wasn't sure we would want to do them, especially if there were too many people around. Thankfully, we were the only ones on the course for most of our game.. so we didn't have to worry about slowing other people down or getting too embarrassed by the dares :P And none of the dares were that bad. We ended up tying the holes I was apprehensive about anyway, and we didn't have to do them. That worked out well! (for example: while I love kissing my husband, I'm definitely not comfortable kissing him for a full minute out in public for all to see...)

hole 01: tied
hole 02: Kelli won; Josh had to sing "You Are So Beautiful" to me. (can't you seeeeeee?)
hole 03: tied
hole 04: tied
hole 05: tied
hole 06: Josh won; Kelli had to do ten jumping jacks
hole 07: Kelli won; Josh was supposed to get the signature of a stranger, but since there were no other players on the course, he took dare number one and played the next hole with his hand behind his back.

hole 08: Josh won; Kelli had to dance with Josh to the next hole
hole 09: Josh won; Kelli had to hit her first shot on the next hole with her eyes closed
hole 10: Josh won; Josh got to choose Kelli's dare (he was boring and said, "next time I lose, I don't have to do the dare." - there were other people on the course by this point and I think Josh was feeling shy :P )
hole 11: tied
hole 12: Kelli won; Josh would have had to skip on his way to the next hole or play an air guitar, but he won the right to skip this dare on hole 10
hole 13: Josh won; Kelli had to kiss Josh in 13 places (don't worry, we kept it rated G!)
hole 14: Kelli won; Josh had to twirl his golf club like a baton
hole 15: Josh won; Kelli had to play the next hole sitting down for each shot (Josh joined in on this one for funsies!)

hole 16: tied
hole 17: tied
hole 18: tied

In the end, Josh won by three strokes. I was surprised that I stayed so close to him throughout the game.. usually I'm terrible. But I managed to hang in there!

Next, we hit up the go karts.. and we rode together in a double-seater because it was more fun that way :) We were the only car on the track!

On the way out, we decided to take a quick spin in the lobby arcade. Not surprisingly, Josh schooled me at air hockey (I wish I could at least claim both the points I was awarded.. the first was an accident!)

But I did beat him at skee ball by like 600 points. It's not much, BUT I'LL TAKE IT.

Josh and I hadn't gone putt-putting since shortly after we started dating, so it was fun to relive those early dating days! On our way to Olive Garden, we reminisced about our first few months together and listened to an old mix tape I'd given Josh for our first Christmas together. Appropriate for the most recent Christmas gift to him, right? We also talked about Backyard Survivor because that's pretty much all Josh thinks about these days :P He's so fun and creative. It was a good time.

For lunch at Olive Garden, I got the bottomless soup/salad/breadsticks deal. (Their salad is amazing!) Josh ordered a pepperoni/bell pepper/sausage/roma tomato pizza and he ate the entire thing. We were both pretty surprised! That was on top of the salad and breadsticks he'd already consumed before the pizza came out!

If you've seen today's Messy Mondays video already, you might recognize our outfits.. that's because after our date, we went over to the Taylor's and shot "#YOLO? Well, #YODO too, buddy." It was hilarious.. Josh as the skater dude had us laughing harder than I think we ever have during a shoot.

All together, it was a pretty awesome day :) I can't wait for Friday to get here so we can open the June date envelope!

This post is part of a series chronicling my 2011 Christmas present to Josh: A Year of Dates. See this page for more info and other date recaps!

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