What Are You Doing For Valentine's Day?

What are your plans for Valentine's Day? Dan and I usually spend the evening at home. We tried going out for a few years, but it seems that all the resturants have fixed menus and jack up their prices. So this year Dan said he wanted to make dinner for me! Ooh so romantico. We'll have a nice dinner at home, drink some wine and snuggle up on the couch with a good movie. Sounds amazing to me.

 

Here is a sweet card that my Aunt Jill sent us for our first married Valentine's Day.

 

 

A sexy outfit to insire your evening.

 

AllSaints / Jimmy Choo high heels / Kimberly McDonald , $41,795 / Mimco lip makeup, $26 / Estée Lauder

T.P. Surprise

 

Hmmm...someone got us good while we were on our surf trip. Thank you to the mysterious T.P.-ers who hid Bud Light Limes all over our yard! You are too nice. Feel free to toilet paper us again and bring Michelob Ciders.

Camping Peach Cobbler

Ingredients:
1 Box of Yellow Cake Mix
2 (30oz) Cans of Peaches (drained)
1 (12oz) Can of Sprite

Directions:
Line your cast iron dutch oven with foil
Spray the foil with Pam
Mix all ingredients together
Place over coals in your fire pit
Bake for 30 minutes or until the cake is golden brown

Bacon Pancakes

I made some bacon pancakes for our camping trip... making them beforehand is much easier than cooking them at the campsite with endless bowls and pans to wash. We reheated them on the fire pit coals for breakfast. Mmmmm. Just add syrup.

 

Things you'll need:

Pancake mix

Cooked bacon

 

Instructions:

Prepare pancakes according to package instructions

Pour your pancake batter on a hot frying pan

Place cooked bacon strips on top

Flip that baby

and Voilà

 

Surfing Weekend Trip {Carlsbad, CA}

 

We had a fabulous time camping in Carlsbad this weekend. It was so nice to get away and enjoy the beach, surfing and hanging with friends. One of my favorite things to do is huddle around a campfire, chat with friends and cook smores. I was also excited to tryout some new pins from pinterest -a cheaters peach cobbler, banana boats, indian espresso and bacon pancakes!

 

 

Tracy Anderson {15 Minute Toning Workout}

Hey guys, here is a repost from the fabulous Goop by Gwyneth Paltrow. I thought this was a really fun 15 minute workout. It's great for toning arm, legs and abs without the bulkiness! And we can all spare 15 min a day right? Easy peasy.

My Bachelorette Party

Here are some pictures from my bachelorhette party in August.  My lovely bridesmaids and a few friends took me on a weekend getway to Palm Springs! We had an awesome time laying out by the pool, having dinner at PF Chang's and spending some quality girl time together. It's just what I needed before the the wedding week rush!

 



 ^^ Brittany, Melissa, Shannon, Kelsey ^^

Too funny.

 

 The Palm Springs JW Marriot.

Ooh so fancy.

Thanks girls!
 

 Bahaha. Christina ^

 

 Lounging and loving life.

We got the great idea to see how many of us we could squeeze into our bath-tub.

 Answer=5
 

It looks like I have a bubble goatee.^

Some good, clean fun.

Getting our dance on with about 50 other Brides.^ 

 

And on the way home we got to visit an old friend. My parents would always stop off at the T-Rex on our way through Cabazon when we were kids. We'd get to go into the belly of the Long Neck Dino shop and walk across the street for a date milkshake before setting off on the road again.

 

Fun times. Thank you to all my girls for an unforgettable weekend. You guys are the best.