Passport to Dinner

My sister in-law and I were talking and I was telling her how I'm just burnt out of ideas for dinner.   She told me that it helped her to have themed nights so when planning for certain nights it has to fall under the theme.  Ex: Mexican theme would be like tacos, Italian would be spaghetti.  I loved the idea and wanted to add a twist this week.   I found this Passport idea on pinterest that comes with a link to make your own passport and airline tickets.  So I pasted a picture of Daniel on his passport and came up with some destinations.  I included the things that would take place with that night.   The meal that would be served and the activity for that night.   The other night we had our Caribbean Cruise night.  Here's the fun that took place.

Daniel's Passport

not sure why this is upside down, but here's an airline ticket

inside of passport, look at my stud of a husband

thought I'd be fun and add a flower to the hair ( you know have to be authentic)

prep work 

the cute drink glasses

I took an orange ran it across the top of glass then dip in sugar

we drank apple juice of course

finished table set

Malibu chicken

take chicken breasts spread with bbq sauce let cook for 30 min at 350, take out and turn, add more bbq sauce if needed.   Add a pineapple slice to the top of each chicken breast.   When your chicken is cooked add a slice of provolone cheese until melted.

in true cruise nature a towel animal on the bed

don't know how they make these but I had to use a few elastics to make my elephant

I think it was a huge surprise when Daniel came home, I don't think he knew he was getting so many surprises when he married me but I love them. 

I had forgoten to post this but I saw this idea on pinterest and created the outline of where Daniel served his mission Brazil. 

I'm happy with how it turned out.  

Finger Painting Fun

I'm a Pinterest addict
I really love finding new ideas, and even more I love when I have the stuff to copy an idea.
I found this really cute fall tree idea as a thanksgiving decoration.   I really wanted to get Daniel's help to so it could be a craft we could do together.  I had fun and I'm pretty sure he did too.  How can ya not have fun when you get to paint with your fingers.

The original piece seen on Pinterest

Starting out, I drew a large tree and a small tree 

blending the colors on our fingers

Daniel was good with mixing

then you dab your paint on the tree to form leaves

Finished Large tree

Finished small tree

I sure love that husband of mine, and I love that he'll go for my crazy (fun) ideas.   He even did this activity with me after I hid in his closet and scared him.  He's a good sport :)

Confession of a Homemaker

This has been on my mind and I'm curious if anyone else does this.

I'll confess I hardly ever test my dinner before serving it to Daniel.   Is that terrible.   I guess I just like the fact that when I try what I just made we're trying it together.   The other reason is I would hate to try it like 5 min before serving to find out that its completely terrible.   I've come to find that usually when he doesn't like it I usually have already voiced my dislike so then we can figure out what to eat together haha.    pphheewww glad I got that out .   As I tell you this I'm hoping the broccoli cheddar soup I just made is okay (fingers crossed right)

All Dressed Up... And we had somewhere to go

Sometimes it's really fun to get all dressed up nice, especially when you're going on a date with your cute husband.   This last week Daniel had a dinner he was invited to by one of his works vendors Volcom.   It was held at the Energy solutions arena in Salt lake.  We got all dressed up in our business casual and headed out for dinner and entertainment.  It was pretty snazzy, we were on the court and everything.   You know it's nice when you have all 3 forks. (salad,main course, dessert)   We were served a delicious meal, the rolls being my favorite part.   They gave everyone a gift, for the men a speaker for there phones and the women got chocolates and a bath fizz ball.    After dinner they had a very talented comedian/performer.   He was more of a singer then anything but he was pretty funny too.   He sang many genres and performers and even put on costumes.  Daniel and I had a really fun night together.  After quite a few nights doing homework I think it was a great little break for him to get to go have fun.  

Us before we left  (bathroom selfies)

A view from above

the performer as Elton John  

He actually gets paid to play Elton John in Las Vegas 

Daniel must have taken this shot

A cute shot of us on the court