wedding wednesday # 27: worth far more than rubies.

these sweet cards are another fabulous find on etsy.  the company is red letter words: faith inspired art.  all of the wonderful women in our wedding received one.  because they were each worth far more than rubies...

& you are too.

love love,
kjp.

my kind of valentine.

 

these adorable letterpress cards are my kind of valentine.  a friend at work is the super creative & super talented person who made them.  her company is four hats press, which you should absolutely check out {here}.  & to boot, she is just as sweet as the cards.

for my valentine,  i made little cookies.  we'll call them pink lemonade.  i hope he & the residents enjoyed them!

hope your february fourteenth was as sweet as you are :)

love love,

kjp.

an ode to my prior cooking.

blakey & i were in the mood for some good ole' comfort food this weekend.  the kind of food that makes you smile, doesn't make you think or work too hard, takes few ingredients, few steps, & few dirty dishes.

& this was a fabulous meal.

first up, greek pork tenderloin.  marinate the pork for a few hours in lime juice, garlic, oil, salt, & dried oregano.  then bake to perfection.

next up: potato boats.  these will be my favorite thing to cook for the rest of my life, thanks very much to my baking & bible girls.  recipe {here}.

we also tried a new dish that the savory class next to my pastry class made the other night.  it was quite delicious.  cherry tomatoes, orange bell peppers, red onion, green onions, goat cheese, garlic, salt, pepper, evoo.  yummm.

& my mom's garlic bread to finish the meal: french bread slices with melted butter & garlic salt on both sides, broiled on both sides.  love it.

so happy the mcgowans joined us for the day!

 {lola & tanky had so much fun at the park!}

 {if ya like it then you shoulda put a ring on it...}

{& of course, the evening ended with a little shuffleboard}

who ever said dishes had to be complicated to be fantastic?  absolutely not.

love love,

kjp.

oprah!

my mother.in.law was on OPRAH!!

how freakin cool is that?

check it out {here}.  she's the super cute lady at 1:25 & 1:27.  always ready with her camera :)

have a FABULOUS weekend!

love love,
kjp.

thankful thursday # 6.

{our chef instructor's weather update}

i am thankful for the snow!

remember being a kid & always hoping for snow?  this year must be every child's dream.  

& in my opinion, if it is going to be cold, it should snow.

getting out of class a little early last night & opening late at work {thus getting to sleep in} helped my thankfulness too :)

enjoy it while it lasts!

love love,

kjp.

wedding wednesday # 26: our honeymoon! {part 3}

in addition to basking in the sun on our honeymoon, we actually did leave the hotel to see puerta vallarta.

a few times.  & most of the times revolved around food.

ok, all of the times revolved around food.

the hotel was on the marina, which was an adorable little area to walk around & find restaurants.

{the marina view from our hotel}

{on our walk to the marina}

{on the marina.

the lighthouse in the background is actually a bar up top.}

{our first night out @ the lighthouse bar.

beautiful sunset!}

after a few days of sun, sun, sun, we decided to spend the morning on the marina.  we ate at a fantastic mexican version of waffle house called mr cream.  it was delicious!

{HAD to take a picture of this for dr kleinman.

get it...

porto bello...

porter beller...}

{we had a lot of fun this day}

{yeah, right...

like there are really cocodrilos in the marina...

THERE ACTUALLY WERE!!!

we saw one swimming around at the lighthouse bar later in the trip.

craziness.}

{another dinner out...

aren't we a cute newly wed couple :) }

one of our favorite restaurants {that we may have gone to three times} was Victor's.  Victor himself walks around, brings you a welcome beverage, & chats with every table.  a little mariachi band plays some tunes & gets people to sing & dance.  the food was pretty good too!

on our last night in PV, we went to our two favorites - the lighthouse bar for the beautiful sunset & a delicious appetizer + dessert dinner at tikul with the marina view table.  lovely lovely.

an amazing trip with my new husband that we will never forget.

love love,

kjp.