Wedding Day #2 (as in the second time I've written, not my #2 wedding!)

So next on the agenda was to find a location! Man, are things SUPER expensive in Orange county! I was searching and searching but nothing seemed to meet my expectations or Michael's...we even found it hard to find a church we liked so, by God's grace, we happened upon a place called: The wedding pantry. They were so completely helpful and totally guided me to THE.PERFECT.PLACE! We were married at: Oak canyon nature center and our reception was held at: Irvine park outdoor education center. Pretty much fulfilled my dreams (especially our ceremony site!) These are pics of me seeing the place for the first time

and our reception site

The finished looks will come at a later post :) I love where I got married BUT I love WHO I married even more!

Recipe Day

Last night I made an interesting but very yummy recipe! Upside-down Pizza Casserole (from my 'better homes and gardens" bridal edition cookbook :) ) 

It was so easy and    Mk liked it too! Try it,             

http://www.bhg.com/recipe/beef/upside-down-pizza-casserole/  

So thankful the weekend is here! Our exciting plans? Visiting my sister at her Uni!

The List

Do you set yourself goals? Sometimes I hide from this so failure doesn't happen :) But, I'm still trying!

Lets start simple:

1. Strive to make this blog better

2. Stick with my one "new recipe a week" goal

3. Really, truly, get my etsy shop up and running

4. Continue to strive for a better relationship with my Lord

5. Be the wife that Mk needs me to be 

6. Spend lots of time with my family

Lets stop there, shall we?! (these are in not in any particular order!)

Lots of changes right now...

Eeyore...

Today's in "Eeyore" kind of day...don't feel like posting much....

Craft/Project time!

I got this book case for $20 at a garage sale! Now even though it's a nice brown, I'm going to paint it! So, here's the before...

(sorry about the weird way I post pics...still working on getting better at that!) 

Next week (hopefully) I will show the after!

Monday= WEDDING DAY!

So we all know that Monday's tend to not be everyone's fav so I'm gonna try and enjoy mine by recapping my wedding! Partly so I can remember the fun of it and partly to share with you! I'm one of those Brides that miss planning my wedding...of course there was stress and some not so fun parts but for the most part I LOVED IT! I LOVE being a wife to "my Michael" but do miss it.... Where to start?! Well, i guess with the dress! This totally helped me figure out the 'feel' of our wedding day...I went to 3 places, which I would recommend cause when else do you get to go in a bridal salon and try on dresses? Here's some possible choices...

There was a close second (but I can't find the picture right now...)

But ultimately I chose...

I got my dress at Jinny's bridal and they were nothing but helpful! Even allowed me to come a few times to try it on without pressuring me to buy it! my fav part? THE POCKETS! I love my dress so much!

WEEKEND! And baking!

Why is it that we all live for the weekend? I'm convinced that we would all do better in life if we always got a 3 day weekend!

So today I'm going to make some peppermint pies for a party I'm going to tomorrow! I've been wanting to try this recipe for a while so I'm excited to see how it goes!

Tomorrow will be one of the first saturdays that my hubby and I will spend most of apart....so he's taking me to Disneyland tonight and breakfast in the morning to ease us into it! Happy weekend!