Captivated, I lean against Hubs and watch behind the tractor as the potatoes roll up the harvester, along the boom and drop into the field truck driving along next to us. No matter how many times I see it, I never get bored watching Hubs harvest the potatoes.

Harvest time on the farm is Cuh-Ray-zee!!!!! Our life revolves around these 6-8 weeks of digging potatoes up out of the ground. Hubs leaves for work at 4:30 a.m. every morning and feeds all the animals before he jumps in the tractor to begin harvesting those taters at 6 a.m. until the sun goes down. And THEN he feeds the animals again and makes sure they have plenty of water in this blazing heat. He’s amazing, the hardest worker I’ve ever known.

We usually meet him near the animals and help with the rest of the farm chores, come home after dark and wash the 6 kiddos, and tuck them into bed before we pass out!

My mom always told me to make a point of dating my husband long after we were married to keep that fire burning. We thought that was a great idea but we failed to PLAN those dates and a babysitter certainly never magically appeared offering to watch our children so we could spend time together away from home.

Years passed and those date nights still didn’t happen even though we knew how important they were. But this year was different! We wanted to actually schedule them in our calendars and make our relationship a top priority (after Jesus Christ, of course!). So when Hubs and I made the decision back in January to have AT LEAST one date per month, I kind of forgot about harvest time…

Our date this month was at 4:30 a.m. and I’m pretty sure I slept through half of it. I’m such a great date.

The sunrise is a beautiful thing though and I’m glad we were able to see it together. There’s just something about sitting cozy in the tractor cab with your better half, watching the sun rise with all of God’s glory displayed in a stunning display of color.

It is so refreshing and revitalizing to spend one on one time with my love, even at 4:30 in the morning. I love that we can talk without our children overhearing our conversation. I can laugh with the man I fell in love with and remember the hundreds of reasons why he is so amazing.

More importantly, we can discuss our relationships with the Lord with each other, growing stronger together. I LOVE our time alone when I can share what I’m learning in my quiet time or small group with Hubs. More than once, God has been teaching him the same things and we don’t realize it until we share together and that’s so special to me!

Philippians 2:2 says, “Fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.”

And the things that seem overwhelming to me are not so bad after all when I’ve talked them through with Hubs and we try to look at things with a different perspective.

How often do you and your husband get a night out? Share in the comments below!