Valentines + 6 months

I know, I am a little late on this update. Please forgive me. Here's my little recap of last weekend and this weekend (so far). Get ready for a picture overload....

For Valentines Day, Anthony and I both had school all day so we decided we would do something fun that night. Our friends Autumn & Brad Elmer called us up and asked if we wanted to do a Valentine's double date to sushi and a movie. Apparently Anthony had something special planned but it wasn't working out since we don't have a super reliable source of transportation. So, we decided what the heck, we love the Elmer's and it will be fun! It actually ended up being a lot of fun, even though the movie we saw really wasn't a winner (we saw beautiful creatures...don't see it). It was a perfect Valentine's Day with my new husband; nothing too fancy or expensive :) Oh, and he gave me the BEST gift first thing that morning....

This BEAUTY (sorry, it's just a picture of the case, there IS a camera inside)

I reeeeeally wanted to take it on our little double date, but Anthony said no for fear that I would lose it :( So here are some sunset pictures I got with my Iphone. Still beautiful, just not as fun ;)

and here are the infamous Elmer's while we wait for our (not so good) movie to start

For the record, I did fall asleep in the movie.....which is nothing new for me...but I justify it with the fact that the movie was boring and everyone agreed. ha!

After Valentine's Day we got to celebrate our 6 month anniversary! We went to church, which was the best way to celebrate (because what's better than getting your weekly spiritual uplift with the one you love?!) and then came home and just relaxed. I made homemade pizza (which was a fail because I messed up the bread. The first time I made it was 100x better) and we had brownies and ice cream for dessert. So good. It was perfect because the next day was a holiday so we didn't have to worry about homework and could really just hang out together and enjoy our sabbath day! I wrote in my journal (rare occurrence, worse than my sporadic blogging) and got to write all about how grateful I am for the man who I can call my husband forever. I won't get sappy on here. Promise. But I will tell everyone (to make you jealous) how seriously amazing Anthony is. He puts up with so much from me and his first response when something is wrong or I am struggling with something (or I'm just being dramatic)? 

"How can I help you, sweetheart?"

 Seriously?! How did I get so lucky. I've never been more in love with this man. Every day my heart grows a little more. Anyway, I said I wouldn't get sappy. Let's just say, I made the best decision of my life when I chose to marry this guy. He is a wonderful husband and I can't help but think about what an amazing father he will be one day (one day far in the distance!) I have been so blessed. One of my favorite things to do is look through our wedding pictures and replay one of the most perfect, peaceful, and happiest days of my life. I pinch myself sometimes just to make sure it's all real. In honor of 6 wonderful months, here are some of my most favorite wedding pictures!

 

Again, one of the best days of my life. So grateful I could share it with so many of you!!!

This week we have both been sick, Anthony with an ear infection and myself with some kind of nasty stomach virus. Not fun. We are both finally feeling better (I have been in bed for 4 days...) so we are going to get out of the house for a movie tonight. I have been dying to see Safe Haven so that's what we will see. I will let you all know how it is! Hopefully better than the last movie we saw.

We love you all! Hope everyone is safe and staying healthy! Sorry for such a long post....

much love from Hawaii!

P.

New Experiments

This week has been an experimenting kind of week. And when I say experimenting, I mean in the kitchen.

On Sunday I we had 12 people (yes you read the number right) over for dinner. We invited a few couples and before we knew it out living room was full! Everyone brought a dish (I'm not cooking for twelve!) and we had a good time laughing and talking the night away. I made chicken parmesan "bites" (they kind of looked like chicken nuggets) and home made sauce for dipping (just a basic tomato paste base sauce). I've discovered the joy of making things at home and saving money, yippee!

Last night I made actual parmesan chicken over noodles and steamed broccoli...I cooked the noodles differently and they were so freaking good. I will definitely do that again. It was also our relief society activity night and we got to make cake pops for our husbands. I didn't actually make the cake part, they had already done that, but I did the rest of it. It was a lot of fun and it's the perfect treat for a birthday party, or any occasion! I will admit, I ate some of Anthony's cake pops. He isn't a huge fan of frosting but he enjoyed a few;)

They don't look all smooth and perfect like all the pictures we always see, but they were good. Trust me.

Today I came home from class really wanting to bake something. Google has become my best friend when cooking so I turned to the Internet. I wanted to make muffins at first but since we don't have a muffin pan I had to find an alternative...which is when I decided on scones. I have never in my life made scones so I was getting a little intimidated at some of the recipes. I stumbled across a pretty easy one and decided to just do it. The recipe was super basic and didn't have any fruit or anything so I decided to add some frozen blueberries.... I am happy to report that they turned out and I'm afraid I will have to hide them from Anthony! I actually had a lot of fun making them by hand too!

Its always fun to try out new recipes and test them on my husband, but sometimes I am afraid he is just being nice when he tells me something I made is good....hahaha. oh well, if I don't like the taste of it, chances are it will never show up in our kitchen again.

Sorry I have been so bad about blogging! I will do better! It's one of my resolutions.