We had friends in town this last weekend (Pictures will be here shortly, as soon as someone emails them to me. My camera had no sim card dag nabbit). ANYWAY, they showed us this video and I can not stop laughing, quoting, and watching it. Yes, I quote the dog. Enjoy!
I was sitting here and wonder why in the hell I can not shed a single pound, as i was looking through the pics on my phone and figured it all out... I love to eat and I love to cook + being happily and plumply in love...Oh boy! Longest sentence ever!
This wasn't so unhealthy, sausage stuffed jumbo shells. SO good. Chris loved these. You can find the recipe on my Pinterest under DELICIOUS. There are lots of subs to make this very healthy. I did a few of them.
Chris's friends came into town (pictures of this trip to come) and they make these Jalapeno Poppers. These were a little heart attack all wrapped up in bacon. So you cut Jalapenos in half and de-seed. Then fill with cream cheese, wrap in bacon and top with cheddar cheese...Good GRIEF. Then bake until the bacon is too your liking, i like it crispy. Immediately transfer to paper towel, otherwise the bacon soaks up all that grease and will never have a crunch.
A Clissold family favorite. Chicken Broccoli Casserole. So delicious, this picture doesn't do it justice. I serve mine over white rice.
I had to make some thing somewhat healthy. Spinach salad with mushrooms and red peppers with homemade ranch.
This one was healthy and delicious, Pot Pie stew with puff pastries. I made them hearts since valentine's is around the corner. This was so good.
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Also i had my brother and his fiance over for a little sunday brunch. So fun. Don't mind the goofy pic of my bro, i stole this from Tiff's blog and she thinks he's cute and I couldn't shake him...haha.
For brunch we had a veggie scramble, consisting of onions, red and green peppers, mushrooms, red and yellow cherry tomatoes. I also made cranberry orange scones with and orange glaze, and what is brunch without fresh coffee and BACON. Hello. Yummy. My scones were from Barefoot Contessa they were much easier than i thought they'd be.
Whole living is a great place to find some healthy fun and easy recipes. If you would like to try any of the above, please leave a comment with your email address and I'll send them on over.
Next things up on the cooking list, skinny macaroni and cheese from here and we got a ham for christmas that i may tackle this weekend. I've pinned the recipe I think I'll try.
Ok I got my pictures from the wedding from the amazingly talented Molly Jones. Check out her website she does such an incredible job.
We had such an amazing day. The sun came out at the last minute and we were able to have the ceremony outside (being outside was the whole reason we planned a wedding in only 5 weeks).
Chris's sister did the flowers. They turned out really pretty.
Smooch. Chris hates how he looks in kissing pictures but I loved this one.
This is about as serious as the two of us get. It didn't last long...
...as you can see. I loved this because that is what we do the most of, laugh at each other.
This pic of Chris and his mom Sandra is so cute.
Oh my sweet daddy. Yes, I call him Daddy. I always will.
Funny story, my dad is a little hard of hearing so as he was walking me down the isle he started singing the "here comes the bride"song (that is not what i walked down the isle to). So the music started really quite and here me and my dad come down while he is BELTING "bum bum bum bum" to the tune of here comes the bride....Hilarious and so typical!
Noelle, me and Kleis. The 3 girls! We were all laughing pretty hard but trying to keep it together in this picture. Noelle was so ready pictures. She kept asking if it was her turn yet, weird, we usually can't get her in front of a camera.
The full dress.
This was actually a really comfy dress. I wish someone would have talked me into spanx though. I have a little tummy going on in most of these. Chris's grandma Jeanne passed away a few months ago and these were her pearls. Chris gave them to me a few days before the wedding and asked me to wear them. They are so beautiful and they go great with the strand my parents gave me when I turned 21. They had had them before I was even born. Noelle has a pair too.
Well this is the crew. We all went to elementary, junior high and high school together... We've been friends forever. Love these girls.
Our wedding day happened to be Chris's grandma Fern's birthday. So we all sang her a little happy birthday. I think she was pretty excited/embarrassed.
That was such a good cake. Nothing bundt cake!!!
There are lots more pictures but these are a few of the ones I loves. We had a great day and shared it with great people. Chris and I are so happy and so grateful for all of the support of our amazing family and friends.
The week after we got back from our honeymoon in Jackson Hole we started our remodel which is still going and consuming our lives and $$$. I have some good before pics and I'll get some after too. Also we are headed to the lovely island of Maui to spend Christmas with Chris's family on the beach.
Well today is Monday, October 24th and we are getting married Saturday, October 29th. So people, the count down is on. Planning this wedding has been fun and relatively mellow. We have decided that we want to enjoy this day instead of having flashbacks of how fast it went by. So we are doing a small dinner with 53 of our closest family and friends. Something that I am excited about is spending this day with Chris. With a huge reception I swear the bride and groom don't see each until it's over. That is if they don't want a line, which I am violently apposed to. Yes, Violently Opposed to. Hopefully having this sit down dinner we will be able to enjoy each other and really take in the importance of this big day. We thought it best to not have any kids to the wedding so that everyone could really relax and enjoy themselves. I have to admit no kids is kind of bitter sweet. The 15 nieces and nephews that Chris and I have are some of the sweetest kids we know but together they are a rambunctious group. So Chris's parents are having a dinner the night before so all the kids and family that aren't coming to the wedding can celebrate. We are really excited to share this day with those closest to us. Our friend Molly is doing our photography and she does a great job so we'll have pictures to share soon.
Wish us luck that the weather cooperates. Its supposed to get cold.
Oh and just as a side note, check out this adorable shoes I have on order for the party the night before.
I am not a gambler! I don't see the point or the appeal. I think it is a quick way to loose money fast. Since my few pennies are precious to me {say that in the Gollum voice if you like} I can't watch some fat-fingered-angry dealer take them from me, Yes they all have fat fingers. So why did I got to Vegas last weekend you ask? Well I got a phone call from my friend Allison last wednesday, it went like this.
"Um Lawrence ( that's me) what are you doing this weekend?'
"Um Hi Alice (that's her) nothing, why?"
" Want to go to Vegas and see Ke$ha...for free?"
"Whaaaa, really?'
"Ya, Alex bailed on me (her brother) and I have everything all paid for."
"Um, hell yes! let me see if Kleis ( my mom) can work for me."
a few phone calls to my mom and chris in between.
"Alice, I'm in!!!"
"Seriously?! Let me see if I can get the ticket in your name." Click
"Alice? Alice?"
A few minutes later.
"Lawrence I'm so excited I'm sweating!"
"Me too!!"
"Ok sweet!"
"Alice? Alice" Click again. We were both pretty excited, I'm not sure who hung up on who this time.
So we packed all the glitter we could and headed out with Allison's friends Chris and Lindsey Hatch. They are hilarious. Chris Hatch flies all the time and is so funny about it.. I quickly named him Clooney, from Up In The Air. Clooney stuck and by the end he was responding to it.
We had so much fun. We got all freaked out for Ke$ha and people were just staring at us. Seriously we freaked people out. We weren't even wearing weird clothes just weird makeup. I refuse to believe that we were the biggest freaks in Vegas but people seemed to think we were.
Lindsey looked cute. this was her idea of getting Ke$ha'd out. Lame Lindsey.
The BEST part was LMFAO. They put on such a good show. They are hilarious and they and their dancers were amazing. They had some guys from America's Best Dance Crew up there.
Alice bought some glasses that did some pretty cool stuff.
She tried to sneak a snickers while i wasn't looking. I called it "sneakin a snick"
We laughed so hard at that one.
This was a limo my friends not a semi.
This is Holly Madison's porsche. Yep it's pink people.
I tried to buy Ralph a good lookin tux but they didn't have his size. Bummer.
Cupcake beenies I seriously wanted this one so bad.
The maids at our hotel were awesome. This is what we found after breakfast one morning. Loved them!!
Vegas was a good time. We laughed so hard and did tons of shopping. I would much rather my money go to clothes than gambling. Don't worry though Alice managed to get in plenty of gambling. That is how she paid for the trip...gambling points. Gotta love it.
Just for your enjoyment, we watched this video about a hundred times trying to learn the shuffle. These guys are hilarious!!
Wednesday, September 7
As you read in my last post...if you read my last post, we went to CANCUN!!! It was so dang fun. Chris and I met up with his friends (now my friends) Lauren and Aaron. They are so much fun. We have made an annual trip with these two every september. Well starting last year but we plan to continue for a long time. We have such a good time with them. it is so funny that Lauren and I have the same name but she pronounces it Loren so I honestly don't even feel like we have the same name at all. It is so weird. Random thought there HA. We stayed at the LIVE AQUA and it did not disappoint. If you are going to Cancun, this is where you want to stay. Rooms great, food amazing, staff so nice, pool perfect.
Chris invested in an underwater camera. It was so fun.
Although its a little tricky to get everyone in the picture.
When you stand back it looks like the pool melts into the ocean. It was so cool.
Those seagulls were on the edge of the pool.
This is another angle so you can see.
Aw so cute
Aaron and Lauren
Smallest McDonalds ever.
My favorite waiter worked her. He was so cute and tiny. Alfredo, I wanted to put him in my pocket and bring him home.
Again from my last post, this is the Sea Bass I talked about. AMAZING.
I think this was a Beef Tenderloin that Chris got, it made me rethink my feelings about red meat.
Aaron's twin Jeff and his girlfriend Mollie had a wedding down there so they came to our hotel one day to hang out. Chris went to school with Jeff and that is how he met Aaron, just in case you were wondering.
L: Aaron R: Jeff
My new bestie. Love her. She is so sweet.
These boys are so dang funny together.
I can't believe that he went under with those glasses, those things are his pride and joy.
Shockingly enough Chris got fried. Poor guy.
Cancun was so much fun and such a good send off to the summer. It was so nice to come home and have to wear a little sweatshirt at night. I love this time of year. I also LOVE Cancun!
