Domestic Skills

Since part of being a wife is honing your domestic skills particuraly in the area of cooking I pretty much am willing to try out any new recipe (particuarly if I know it tastes good!) and I am happy to endorse my first recipe on our blog. It comes from Seth's grandmother who makes just about every meal from scratch and after spending the whole weekend with her I am freshly inspired to try out new things!

MaMa's Blue Cheese Dressing

2 cups Mayonaise
1 cup crumbled blue cheese
1 clove garlice
1/4 cup vinegar
2 T. sugar
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tsp worchestershire sauce

Blend together and let sit for several hours before serving.

The only sad thing about this recipe for now...Seth doesn't like Blue Cheese but I am determined to grow a love for it in him, since something this good is too good to not like!

The Latest and Greatest

We have been busy newlyweds the last couple of weeks but have loved our times spent together and also time with our new special housemates and friends. We LOVE the Smiths. They have been such a blessing to live with and we feel so grateful when we consider how much God has provided for us in living here. We have made a new friend too. Carson, is almost two and loves CARS and can't get enough of it right now. I don't think I have ever witnessed a two year be so captivated by a movie in my life. Its so cute. And although he is only two we already see some of his future adult habits coming out:
Last week due to some serious ice and snow we got to spend Valentine's Day at home with each other. Being snowed in under any circumstances is a ton of fun, but with your best friend and new husband, its even better! I slept in a little bit and when I woke up Seth and I spent some time together and he told me that he had a surprise for me. Not sure what it could possibly be I went up to breakfast and found a sweet card on my chair. When I came upstairs a little bit later I found a heart at the top of the stairs with some ingredients on it. Heeding Seth's instructions I followed the hearts all over the house and then up the stairs to Carson's play room only to find this there waiting for me:
My plans for Valentine's Day didn't work out so well so instead of blowing my big surprises I left them for Monday where I knew I could pull them all off while Seth was busy at work. I started off by cleaning up our whole apartment and started my craft project for my Love which ended up looking like this:

"50 Things I love about You"

It was one of the funnest craft projects I have ever done and even after I wrote the 50 things I love about Seth I still kept thinking about more! It made me so grateful for him. And to bless him more for our special belated Valentine's celebration I got him some special presents:

And made our room look really pretty to surprise him even more(prior to Monday everything in our apartment was pretty much a mess):
Seth was blown away by all the surprises and really blessed by all the little things. That made me so glad. Blessing him often times is more fun than when he blesses me and surprises me with special things. We got all dressed up and went out for dinner at the Melting Pot:
This past weekend we also went to our first wedding as a married couple to see Anna Foster and Joel Smith join their lives together! We had a great time and it was another fun opportunity to get dressed up for a fun night out:
And that is the catch up from our world in pictures!

Wedding Pictures

For those who weren't able to share in our joy or for those who were and want to relive the day with us, go here:

http://weddingpixel.com/slideshows/setjanet2/

Enjoy!

Then and Now

It has been 11 months since Seth and I have been together. I can't help but marvel at all that God has done in that time. Life has changed so much and all for good. Being with Seth is the best and I have to say that rolling over and waking up to him every morning is one of my favorite things. Our little place is coming together and for the time being in spite of the mess it really is starting to feel like "home."

Two years ago as friends having fun:
I never would have imagined we would be here on our honeymoon:
(Mary, this post is for you!)

Man & Wife

MANY thanks to Lydia for these beautiful pictures. As I am sure it has been figured out by some, we are home! We had the most wonderful honeymoon in Jamaica with perfect weather every day and so much fun on the beach. Blogger is taking forever with this picture uploading so for now here is one picture of us from the honeymoon. Hopefully there will be more wedding and honeymoon pictures coming soon!