valentines: greek god style

so every valentine's, we have made it our tradition to do themed dinners.

 

this years theme: GREEK!

 

before the theme really got started, i woke up to a yummy breakfast by trav. my favorite egg sandwich, with compliments of blood orange juice, turkey bacon + berries (all things red!)!

 

 

then, @ work: these beauties were delievered! such a little romantic. i wasn't expecting them at all either. love my tulips babe!

 

 

after work, our place was decked out. my sweet husband came home to greece!

 

 

a little menu action for ya'll:

 

 

some table scape going on. (did blues + whites for to match the greece flag). candles were a must. i didn't have any statues laying around or else they would have been around this area.

 

 

meal: i didn't take a pix of our food but it sure was yummy. if you read the menu pictured above, you can see we started off with pita chips + hummus. had a fresh greek salad (extra feta :) ). lamb with tatiziki + greens in a pita. rife pilaf to compliment that. red wine all night. baklava unfortunately never made an appearance (we're probably better off without it anyway!). such a great dinner!

 

 

dree code: oh and then this happened! my handsome hubby in a toga! what a HOT greek god!

 

 

me in my greek get up!

 

 

movie: and don't forget the best part.... my big fat greek wedding! this movie cracks me up!

 

 

 

it was a fun, loved filled day. i hope ya'll felt as loved + special as any person should.

 

 

happy {belated} valentine's day. xoxo

scavenger {love} hunt

i told trav i wanted to take him on a date saturday morning. so i did.

i planned a scavenger hunt {6} months ago. i had to put my plan to action finally. here's how it went down.

he received his first clue with his coffee... {at home}

it told him to go to the place where it all started... {hint: i go there everyday}

it all started in a certain building called wilden. it's where we had 2 classes our Senior year. the clues talked of having the classes together and thinking he was a total babe!

 the {secret hint} then led him to an APU favorite: donut man. 

 

us getting down on our tiger tailz. yum! next clue: i gave him the address and told him this is how our love traveled the world... {totally tricked him on this one!}

he landed at delong's. delong's is THE place where we designed our senior shirts {the ones where he, noel and i designed and no one bought. lol}. it ended up being the way we communicated after we graduated. anywhere we would travel, the three of us would take a picture in our senior shirts and email them to each other. 

the next clue hinted that it's a place where we fed our sweet tooth. 

 

of course we hit up 21 choices {best fro yo in the world!}. unfortunately, they didn't get the memo so it was closed. we didn't want it anyway. 

the clue trav got at 21 basically said, this is where God has brought us from. i never want to forget the journey He had us on and continues to lead us on daily. just wanted to create a little fun scavenger hunt to keep it fresh + fun! 

some of the little notes that were planted everywhere by one of my favorite cupids... melissa, i love you. thanks for being apart of this. i owe you. xo

this scavenger hunt is a huge part of our love story. it's fun to be reminded of God's faithfulness. never lose sight of Him. 

hope ya'll have a great weekend! xoxo

keep it simple

i remember before we got married, a dear friend of ours gave us advice: keep it simple your first year - play board games, go on bike rides, etc. it's been some of the best advice ever! well we kept it real simple the other night (and crossed something off my summer must do list) and made a fort!

it's not our finest fort, but we have a game plan for our next one! 

go out + make some memories with your husband, friend, families. keep it simple! build forts, go on a walk, play cards, make dinner, do something! 

xoxo

fancy friday: themed meals.

how was everyone's valentine's?! hopefully perfect!

we stayed in this valentine's and had a blast! we planned a themed dinner! fancy that!

theme: western!

dress code: western wear. as you can imagine- i had my cowgirls boots on, plaid to the max. best part- i had a smokin' hot cowboy more decked out then me! (bummed i didn't get a pix of this goodness!)

meal: fried steak (courtesy pioneer woman), mashed potatoes, and good ol' corn on the cob!

kitchen chaos!

dessert: yummy peanut butter rice krispy treats (not western but too good to pass up!)

movie: tombstone (good flick- filmed in AZ!)

hope y'all fancied that! have you ever been to/had a themed meal party? i want to have a themed saturday breakfast soon. you in? let me know. details to follow.

have a great weekend!

xo