A Peek into OUR Wedding Day

On October 8th I experienced the most magical day of my life thus far...our wedding! I worked for months on every last detail and it really was a dream come true. I loved how everything turned out and most important I was so excited to marry the man of my dreams. We had the most wonderful...and beautiful wedding party I have ever seen. Our families were wonderful and we were just so blessed to have so many amazing people surrounding us!
Before I share some photos with you I would like to make a shout out to my husband...babe I know you read this blog even though you act like you don't ;). Thank you for being such an involved and helpful groom, you truly understood the perfect balance between staying involved but still letting me fulfill whatever crazy idea I had. AND making them happen, like all the large heavy items I made you haul to the venue and building things for me. Not to mention you gladly running all around town with me and for me to do pre-wedding stuff. I have loved every minute of our new lives together and I'm excited to see what the future brings our way!
Get ready there is a LOT of photos on this post.
PS. Our photographer did and amazing job, we love her work and personality! She captured the day just perfectly! http://www.brittanywilbur.com


Here are the details....

 

 

Just us....

Our wedding party and families....

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

A Wedding Weekend

This past weekend my husband and I were privileged to both be a part of my childhood best friend's wedding. Over the past 6 years our husbands have become friends so we are just a happy little duo. They had their wedding at Santa Margarita Ranch which is absolutely breath taking and the reception was in the coolest barn EVER, I mean I could live in it, it was that cool.
I think their family and wedding party rented out most of Cayucos so it was a blast spending the whole weekend there with all the amazing people involved. It was a magical day and brought tears to my eyes seeing how beautiful and happy she was!
We might both me married now, but far from boring, I see lots of fun couples nights and trips in our future! I feel so blessed that we have another couple to start our lives with, that 1 we have a blast with and 2 we share the same values. This is just the beginning :)

Me and the hubs at the rehearsal dinner...look at that view! 

 

The bride all ready to go...look at her can you say gorgeous!!?? 

Waiting  to become a MRS!!

At the reception

 The next day we all took a walk on the beach

the MR & MRS!! (and their babies)

Lasagna Soup

We love lasagna in our household, but since it is officially fall and cold here I thought I would switch it up and make it into soup! I must admit I got this idea from a post I saw on foodgawker, however I thought I would tweak it a little to better suit our taste. My husband isn't a huge fan of soup, considering he eats enough to feed a family of 4 at dinner, he says it doesn't "fill" him up. I was determined to prove him wrong with this hearty soup! I love a nice warm bowl of soup when it is chilly outside so he has no choice but to eat it once in a while :)
This isn't just any soup however, it is full of pasta, Italian sausage, a little spice and lots of gooey cheese!

Soup Ingredients:
2 tsp. olive oil
1 package Italian sausage
1 diced onion
2-3 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 cup white wine
2 tbsp. tomato paste
1 15-oz can fire roasted diced tomatoes
1 15-oz Italian diced tomatoes
6 c. chicken stock
1/4 c. finely chopped fresh basil leaves
1-2 tsp creole seasoning (depending on how much heat you want)
2 tsp Italian seasoning
1 cube chicken bullion
1/2 package lasagna noodles (broken)

Topping:
1/2 cup ricotta cheese
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
1 tbsp. cream
1 tsp. garlic salt
Mozzarella cheese

In a large pot add olive oil and sausage, break up into small pieces and brown. Add onion and cook until softened then add garlic and wine. Cook down the wine and scrape the yummy bits from the bottom of the pot. Then add your tomato paste and cook for a minute until combined. Pulse both cans of tomatoes in a food processor just slightly to break them down a little. Add all remaining ingredients to the mixture and simmer for about 15 minutes. Then add your pasta and cook until tender. After the pasta is finished cooking turn off the heat, if you let it sit too long the noodles will become mushy. Mix ricotta, Parmesan cheese, cream and garlic salt together. Top your soup with ricotta mixture and grated mozzarella cheese...yumm!!

You cant have soup with out grilled cheese so I made these little guys too. One of the many wonderful things about having a wedding is all the fun kitchen stuff you get! I just received this beautiful thing in the mail from my uncle yesterday so I wanted to try it out.

I mean look at those little beauties getting all crispy and melty in there....and look at the finished product, how could you resist this with a steaming bowl of soup!

Hope you try this recipe out and enjoy it as much as we did!