Date Night at Hawkins Family Farm

 

HAPPY 154^th monthiversary, Ryan! One month ago, we celebrated our monthiversary by exploring Mackinac Island, and we most certainly cannot top that today. However, we will mark the day with some kind of celebration, even if it’s dialed down significantly. 😊

                But you know what isn’t dialed down? The really fun date we enjoyed last week, which I want to tell you all about today!

                A little over a month ago, Ryan came home from work and told me about a place he’d learned about from some of his coworkers. It’s in North Manchester, Indiana, which is about an hour and twenty minutes from us. Hawkins Family Farm is a produce farm that offers pizza nights on Fridays in the summer.

                You can order your pizza starting the Friday before, and they accept orders until they sell out. On pizza night, you show up at the time you chose, pick up your pizza, and then you can hang out and enjoy a picnic on their grounds if you want! You bring your own picnic gear, sides, drinks, etc.

                We had the perfect night for a picnic.

                We picked up our pizzas at the building where they bake them, and then we headed to the yard to set up our picnic.

                We just took a blanket, but there were some fairly fancy setups around the yard. One group brought a card table and tablecloth and everything!

                The pizzas are smaller and really delicious. We ordered a sausage pizza and an order of cheese sticks. I appreciated that the crust was thin and the sauce and toppings weren’t overly heavy.

                We had the best time hanging out, watching families enjoying their evenings. They had some yard games, a swing, and lots of space for kids to run and play – and they did!

                While we enjoyed our pizza and conversation, Ryan checked to see if there were any ice cream stores in the area…and he found one! Apparently it’s famous on TikTok, but we aren’t on that, so it was new to us. It’s called Chillz, and It was started a few years ago by a Purdue student. I had a lot of fun reading the story of how it went from operating out of a shed to being in the beautiful building it’s in now!

                Ryan and I shared the Donut Delight. WHOA.

                I know I rarely meet an ice cream I don’t like, but this was next-level good. I would drive an hour and twenty minutes for this ice cream. (They’re opening one in Fort Wayne soon, so if you’re near there, check it out!)

                It was such a fun night. Sure, the food was a splurge, but we really did have the best date. One of my favorites!