Outfit of the Day - February 28, 2014

Hello my fabulous readers. Today's outfit of the day is for going out with my husband just spending time together and a little wine tasting. I have on a light purple eye shadow on my eyelids and just very natural makeup. with straight hair and a white flower holding back my bangs. 

 I have on a teal Old Navy undershirt, a sheer floral teal and purple tank from Old Navy and my $2.90 Old Navy jeans. I have on a teal and purple three tier necklace from Dress Barn. 

 I wore my limited edition art white and teal Vans. 

Hope you enjoyed this simple outfit of the day! Loves. 

Wednesday Recipe - Pesto Ranch Chicken

Hello my hungry readers! I have told you before that I love love love pesto so I have another recipe for you that uses pesto that is so simple and delicious. Pesto Ranch Chicken was so good and I served it with herb and butter Rice-A-Roni. 

Ingredients: 2 cups of chicken stock, 4.5 oz of pesto, 1 package of ranch dip mix, 2 average size boneless skinless chicken breasts

Directions:

1. Put the chicken stock in the crockpot

2. Put the chicken breasts in the crockpot

3. Spread all the pesto over the top of the chicken

4. Sprinkle the ranch packet over the top of the chicken

5. Cook on Low for 3 hours 

6. Enjoy!

Hope you enjoy this super simple recipe as much as me and Aaron did. Loves. 

Valentine's Day in the Thorsen House 2014

Hello my amazing readers. I thought I would share with you all how we celebrated our first married Valentine's Day. We both worked a full shift at our works then came home and had a relaxing dinner and watched a movie and cuddled on the couch. It was so relaxing and romantic and couldn't have asked for a more wonderful first married Valentine's Day with my husband. 

 I made a homemade card for Aaron and he got me a small box of chocolate and red roses. We got to use our wedding china for the first time and drank the last bottle of wine from our wedding as well. 

 He is so cute!! Love him!! Below is our wonderful steak dinner we made together with my beautiful red roses in the background that Aaron got me. We had a wonderful steak that my husband marinated overnight with garlic green beans and a baked potato. 

 Later we had champagne with some homemade hand-dipped (by me :-)) strawberries. 

Can't forget Charlie, he got a little steak and olive oil on his food as a treat for Valentine's Day because we love him so much. Hope your Valentine's Day was wonderful. Loves. 

Verse of the Week

Hello my faithful readers. I hope you are enjoying the verse of the week series I started this year. This weeks verse is Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline." I believe if you don't fear the Lord you will have a problem down the road. The Lord is not scary, he is actually very comforting but if you do go against him then there will be consequences. I fear the Lord but in a good way. I know he will always be there and provide for me and my family if I just believe in him and follow him. Loves. 

Outfit of the Day - February 21, 2014

Hello my fabulous readers! Today's outfit of the day is something that I wore to work and then to bible study later that night. I love this new shirt that I bought recently for $7 at Old Navy, it is navy blue with sequins all over the front with a white anchor. The nautical theme is in right now. I am also wearing navy blue Old Navy leggings with a short sleeve black cardigan. 

 I have my black knee high boots on with the buckles on the back. I have blue eyeshadow and natural for the rest of the my makeup. Hair is up and just wearing my pearls. 

Hope you love my outfit of the day today. Loves. 

Wednesday Recipe - Crescent Roll Tacos

Hello my hungry readers. Today's recipe is crescent roll tacos. They are so delicious and my husband just ate them up. 

Ingredients: 1 tube of crescent rolls, 1/2 lb ground beef, cream cheese, grated cheddar cheese, chili powder, cumin, onion powder, garlic powder, oregano, cayenne powder, cooking spray

Directions: 

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

2. Start browning the hamburger in a skillet

3. Roll out the crescent rolls on a cookie sheet 

4. Mix cream cheese, and all the spices in a bowl with a little bit of grated cheese (I just eye balled the cream cheese and spices it depends what you like)

5. Place the cream cheese mixture on each crescent roll  

6. When the ground beef is done you can place a little bit of it on each crescent roll 

7. Place a little bit of grated cheese on each roll

8. Flip all the edges over the filling until it is all covered up 

9. Spray a little bit of cooking spray on them so they brown in the oven

10. Bake for 30 minutes 

11. Enjoy! I served mine with a little bit of Rice A Roni 

I hope you loved this simple recipe as much as me and my husband did this is for sure a repeat recipe. Loves.

DIY - Vinyl Letters

Hello my wonderful readers. I thought I would share my experience of putting some vinyl letters on a mirror with you. These vinyl letters are from lacybella.com, we got them for a wedding present. I absolutely love them, they were one of my favorite wedding gifts. We decided to put this decal on a mirror instead of the wall so whenever we move we can always take it with us. The mirror is special as well because it was in Aaron's grandfather's barber shop a long time ago. 

It was so very easy to put it on. You just peeled off the backing, place it where you want and then rub where ever there is letters with a drivers license or card. 

 Then you just peel off the from part and get this beautiful creation.

 I love how beautiful it turned out. :-) Hope you enjoy me sharing my experience doing this with you. Loves. 

Verse of the Week

Hello my wonderful readers. I hope all of you are having a blessed Sunday. Today's verse is another one about change. Changes are happening in our lives that we are so thankful to God for and the Bible verses on change are how I know that all of these changes are a good thing. The verse today on change is Ephesians 2:10, "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." Everything we do God knows about already because he has already planned it out for us. I am not worried about the changes happening in our lives because I already know God has our lives in his hands and it all work out for his glory. Hope this verse helps you as much as it has helped me with changes in life. Loves. 

Outfit of the Day - February 14, 2014

Hello my fabulous readers. Today's outfit of the day was to go have lunch with my husband. I wore my hair down, neutral makeup, gold and black earrings, and my Origami Owl necklace. I wore a white undershirt from Old Navy, a black short sleeve knit back shirt and my Old Navy $2.90 jeans. 

 I decided I wanted a little red since it is just about Valentine's Day. I have my red flats, clutch and bracelet on. 

Hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day. Loves. 

Wednesday Recipe - Pesto Cream Sauce and Pasta

Hello my hungry readers! Today's recipe was amazing! And I love it so much! I absolutely love pesto it is one the best things, I think, to cook with. 

Ingredients: 1/4 cup of heavy cream, 2 tablespoons of butter, 1/4 cup of pesto, 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese, as much cooked pasta as you want :-)

Directions: 

1. Heat up the heavy cream and butter in a saucepan

2. Put the pesto into the saucepan

3. Put in the parmesan cheese 

4. Mix up all the delicious goodness until it warm and yummy

5. Cook the pasta and drain it

6. Mix it all together 

7. Enjoy the amazingness! 

Hope you enjoy this creamy, pesto deliciousness as much as I do. Loves. 

P.S. Charlie says hi :-)

DIY - Valentine's Cards

Hello my wonderful readers. It's almost Valentine's Day! This year I decided to give Aaron a little card for each day of February saying something that I love about him. On Valentine's Day he gets a really Valentine's card, also handmade. I was so proud of this! I love how each one of these turned out and especially the big one. 

Hope you think they are cute and let me know how you tell your someone you love them. Loves. 

Review It - Pasta Sauce

Hello my wonderful readers! I thought I would try something new for the Review It series, instead of makeup and all that. I am going to start reviewing everything and anything for you. Below as you can see the empty jar, we loved this pasta sauce. I originally only got it at the store because it was on sale. I usually have to add spices and garlic to store bought sauces when I make them to give them flavor but I honestly had to add nothing to this. It was so good and had small chunks of onion in for a little more than just a runny sauce. I would highly recommend this delicious Robusto! Ragu pasta sauce, I can't wait to try the other flavors in this Robusto! line of sauces. 

I hope you will go try this sauce because it is delicious. We loved it. Loves. 

Verse of the Week

Hello my wonderful readers. So today's verse of the week is on love. It is one of my favorite verses: 1 Corinthians 13:13, "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." I feel like these three things are the most important things to have in life, otherwise you will not get very far. You have to have faith, whether it be in Jesus Christ the one and only savior, or in something or someone else, you just have to have faith in something. You of course need to have hope in life, hope in better things to always come. And like the verse says you need to have the most important thing, Love. You need to love everyone, whether you agree with their lifestyle or choices or attitudes or not, God calls you to love everyone. If everyone in the world just followed this verse, even if they don't believe in the Bible, it's still a good quote for anyone and everyone. I hope you love this quote and live by it as much as I try to. Loves. 

Outfit of the Day - February 7, 2014

Hello my fabulous readers! Today's outfit of the day I wore to go to dinner at friend from church's house. I have on my black shirt that is crochet in the back that I don't remember where I got it, I have a cotton blue skirt on from Old Navy, and my black plaid lace up Vans. I have on my Origami Owl necklace and plain gold earrings, my black and gold purse from Charming Charlie's, and neutral makeup. I just have my hair up in a braid with my bangs pulled back. 

This outfit was for comfort but I wanted to look decent too for dinner. Loves. 

Wednesday Recipe - Bacon and Cheese Quiche

Hello my hungry readers! Today I am going to make Bacon and Cheese Quiche. This is one of my favorite things to eat, it tastes so good.

Ingredients:

1 pre-made or homemade pie crust, 12 slices of bacon (cooked), 1/4 cup finely chopped onion, 4 eggs, 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese, 1 1/2 cups heavy cream, 1/2 cup milk, salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees

2. Cook bacon

3. Place pie crust in pie pan, trim or crimp edge if desired

4. Sprinkle cooked bacon in the bottom of the pie crust

5. Add the onion and cheese to the pie crust

6. In a mixing bowl, combine the eggs, cream, milk and salt and pepper

7. Pour into the pie crust

8. Bake for 15 minutes

9. Reduce heat to 350 degrees

10. Bake for 30 minutes or until the filling is set

11. Let cool for about 10 minutes before serving

12. Enjoy

I hope you love this just as much as I do, you can make it for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner. Loves.

The Wedding Photos are Here!!!

Hello my wonderful readers! I don't know if you all have been waiting in excitement like me for these wedding photos but they are HERE!!!! We actually received 400 photos so I am not going to show you all of them because that is just craziness! All of our photos were taken by Angela Spiller Photography out of Brentwood, California. 

So we became Mr. and Mrs. Thorsen on September 7, 2013 at Pageo Lavender Farm in Turlock, CA as you all have read for the past year or so. 

Here we are lookin good for the camera :-)

We were of course in our own separate areas since he couldn't see me before walking down the aisle.

We prayed together before the ceremony so of course Aaron had to be blindfolded so he didn't see me.

 I just love this picture of Aaron checking his hair because it is truly him, he checks his hair more than anyone I know.

The picture on the left is me holding a picture of my mom on her wedding day. The picture on the right is of my bouquet and the charm especially since it has a picture of Aaron's grandparents that have past away and were very important to him.

Up top here my mom is buttoning my dress up, it had a lot of buttons. Below is my brother helping Aaron with his tie. 

Me and my ladies in front of our dresses. 

 This is my dad with my dress in the background, his cufflinks say "I Loved Her First" which was the name of the song we danced to and "Father of the Bride" 

 These were how all my little details turned out the day of, the burlap bows on the chairs for the ceremony were wonderful, the centerpieces were simple and beautiful also, and the seating chart turned out after all the changes I did to it. 

This is a wonderful picture because it shows everything I wore besides my dress and veil (which was made by hand by my grandma just like she made my mom's for her wedding day) on my wedding day. You have my garter that is Harley Davidson black and orange of course with a little motorcycle charm on it, you also see my engagement ring, my something New was my pearls (which Aaron gave to me as a wedding gift), my something Old was the handkerchief that was Aaron's great grandmother's I believe, my something Borrowed was my grandma's earrings and my something Blue was my mom's sapphire ring (which was fitting also because we got married in September), I also had a penny in my shoe (not pictured). 

This is Hayden our ring bearer holding the bible that Aaron's grandparents gave to him when he was little that our rings are tied to with lace.

 My daddy walking me down the aisle and then below he saying "Take her! Please!" lol 

 I love that our photographer got other people besides us during the ceremony also. To the left we have our maid of honor which is my cousin Ashlee and my bridesmaid Tricia both crying. To the right you have my brother's girlfriend, Cindy with our niece Sophia fast asleep in her lap. 

 And just like that "Aaron, you can kiss your bride" 

 "OMGoodness we are Married!!!"

 Top is a picture of the tables before the guests came and below is my name hanger my dress was on that says "Mrs. Thorsen"

 Above is my husband and daddy and below is the photo table I showed you earlier in my wedding blogs.

 To the left here is me and Ashlee (MOH) and to the right is me and my little (not so little) brother, Ian, he was also one of our groomsmen.

 Our cake and cupcakes were delicious. Below is me and Sophia, she loved to touch my pearls. 

This is my whole immediate family plus now Aaron. :-)

 This is the best one of me and my parents. 

Above is us and our moms. Below is Aaron's mom kissing him before the ceremony. 

  

Above is our bridal party, Mallory, Ian, Marcia, Jose, Arielle, David, Tricia, Alex, Ashlee and Johnathon. Below is Aaron's groomsmen. 

 Above is me and my ladies. Below I shot the groomsmen down.

 The only one of Aaron smiling with the bridesmaids haha. 

 So this has to be my favorite of our bridal party because it is truly them. Mallory (my bestie), Ian (my brother), Marcia (former coworker/friend), Jose (Aaron's college friend), Arielle (Aaron's cousin), David (Aaron's best friend), Tricia (my high school best friend), Alex (Aaron's best friend since 6yrs old), Ashlee (my cousin & Maid of Honor), and Johnathon (Aaron's cousin & Best Man).

The venue was beautiful at night.

My favorite of me dancing with my daddy trying not to cry.

To the left is Aaron dancing with his mom. To the right is part of Aaron's dance he did for me when it was time to take my garter off haha, almost the best moment of the night. 

And last but certainly not least, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron and Kristina Thorsen. Hope you enjoyed these as much as I do. Loves.