Valentines day!

Since today was valentines Day I made a special dinner for Asa last night. We had calzones and watched a movie! It was so cozy and a lot of fun!

This was our table and dinner:

Healthy Dinner

Tonight was our somewhat healthy and delicious dinner! I ended up having Mom and Dad over for round two. Asa and I had eaten and then mom and dad came over! They loved it! It felt so good to make something everyone could enjoy! I was able to make everything from scratch! Here are some pictures!

Making the Falafels:

The Pita:

The finished Product:

Asa and I have been working on making our bathroom beautiful! I'm so happy it's almost totally finished... after many coats of paint... and he made a platform for our washer to go up on... so I can put the laundry baskets underneath! It's wonderful! Even though he hasn't had work I have kept him BUSY! :)

Here's some pictures!

We took designs from our shower curtain and put together a border!

looking down the LONG wall!

Thanks to everyone who has left me comments! It always brightens my day to see what you all have to think about the daily happenings in my life! Even though Asa needs work it's been really nice to just have him around... working on the house! Our phone line problem is finally fixed!!! The mice had chewed the cord up in the basement! !!!! Crazy mice!

Hope everyone is doing well!

---Erin <3

Well... It's been a while since I've updated! I guess I've been kept busy with Emily being home. Sadly, however, Emily has gone back to school. So the past few days I've been lamenting the fact that she's gone. Tonight I'm making rice pudding to send with Asa in his lunches. I think it will be a nice treat!

Since I've written last Emily and I have attempted some new creations! We tried making sesame chicken, sweet and sour chicken, as well as veggie lo mein. We had chinese for my dad's bday and from the way he heaped seconds on his plate I think we could all assume he loved our creations! We had a blast and were thrilled to find new recipes that taste sooo delicious!

I received a cake decorating set for Christmas from mom and dad. I had a blast making Emily's birthday cake! She likes funky modern things so I thought a black and white cake was perfect for her. It was a fun confetti cake with a little layer of raspberry filling.

The weekend before Emily's birthday we took a trip to NYC with our friends, the Yoder boys, from NC. They had never been to the city before so we were able to see lots of the typical NYC sights. We also went ice skating in Bryant Park on friday night. That was something new for us, we had a blast!

Since then I haven't been up to much... working at the PO... making bread... and trying out other recipes. I have finally mastered the frappachino!!!! SOOOO amazing! Emily and I enjoy treating ourselves to them once in a while!

Here's a drawing I just started working on... it's a close up of some of my flowers from the wedding... I was bored :)

NEW yummy rolls

These are some new Cream Cheese, Raspberry, cinnamon rolls that I made! I made three pans to take up to Lake Placid with us this weekend and then I made a little pan for us to test tonight! YUMMY!

This is one of my favorite pictures from Christmas morning!

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

My Family went to Florida for Christmas so here are some pictures to show them the beautiful winter wonderland they're missing!

Finished Product!

WELL after having our tree for about a week we finally finished all the decorations!

Tis the season....

Our first Christmas is a very exciting time! I have been wanting a Christmas tree for a few weeks now and last night Asa came home from work we ate dinner and we decided to head out on our great adventure! WE drove down to my grandparents house and up on their hill, in the dark, we found out tree! It was perfect out... the stars were shining and it wasn't cold at all! Thanks, Grandma and Grandpa for the tree! Here are the pictures of our amazing night! We







WE kind of forgot a saw... somehow! So Asa had an old dull hatchet and a blade that you put IN a saw that he ended up using! It was pretty amazing how fast he chopped it down!


Putting the tree on top of the car This is the amazing tree skirt that my Grandma made for me!


The interesting thing about this tree is that it was actually two trees grown into one! I thought it was quite fitting for our first year together <3



This pic is for you grandma!!! Thanks again Grandma and Grandpa for EVERYTHING!!!