Disney anyone?

Patrick and I decided to take a nice trip to Disneyland. We took advantage of the 80 degree weather and headed out for the day! It was great. Just us two and getting on pretty much every ride super quick and being able to actually go on every ride we wanted to!

Patrick had never been on the Toy Story ride so we decided to go for a spin. Lo and behold I actually beat him at the game (; at least by a couple of thousand points. I thought HE would be the better shooter but I guess I surprised myself.

Toy Story is ALSO one of my favorite Disney shows and so I HAD to get a picture with Jessie's hat. 

We also got to wear a few 3D glasses on many rides. What is funny is that I didn't even realize he was making a funny face until the day AFTER we took this picture.

Until next time...we love Disneyland and I will for sure miss it. We probably won't be going back for a LONG time, but it was sure worth going the day we did as it was not packed and such beautiful weather. Like Patrick, I love living in California. AND being so close to all of the theme parks around!

 Valentine's Day and the Kabocha Squash

Valentine's Day? Success! My wonderful, handsome husband whom I love brought me some beautiful roses at work PLUS my favorite mint M&M's. Haha believe me...I ate one whole pack at work and couldn't stop eating they were so delicious!!

Yup they were beautiful roses. With some yummy M&M's.

Yeah this was the day he proposed and one of the most memorable ESPECIALLY since it was on a hot air balloon ride (: 

So this past week I have been wanting to experiment with new foods and try new things. I came upon this lady's blog and realized she used a lot of "Kabocha Squash" which I had never heard of! Apparently it is this extremely healthy Japanese Squash that fills you right up in which it did, by the way. However I was a bit skeptical if it would be good. SO after a couple weeks of searching I stumbled upon it at Whole Foods. AND I decided to try it for dinner since I had a lot of time on my hands on a Friday night waiting for my husband for a few hours. So here is what it looks like...

Yeah it looks kinda small and you think you can eat it all but there is NO way. Believe it or not I was able to eat half of the whole thing with some chicken, veggies and lettuce, but I was so full after I couldn't move. NEVER underestimate a Kabocha Squash.

It also contains seeds...pumpkin like seeds which will be yummy when I roast them tomorrow for dinner! Hopefully Patrick likes some of this squash and the seeds because it may or may not be one of our main staples of food...

I decided to roast some with cinnamon, some with indian spices and some with just rosemary with a tad bit of olive oil plus salt and pepper. Low and behold, my favorite had to have been the rosemary since it is my favorite spice BUT all of them tasted delicious regardless.

So now if you are wanting to try something new and branch out, try some Kabocha! It is delicious, filling and definitely different. Here is what my dinner looked like...I also added some hot sauce and a bit of chile powder to add some flavor. I wonder if BBQ sauce would be good on it? I will have to try it next time! And here is a picture of my delicious dinner as it buries my veggies and chicken. Next time if Patrick likes it...I will have to try it on pizza or something crazy haha.

Outta da Apartment for the day!

Yesterday was quite the eventful Saturday. Patrick and I got to spend our first Saturday (in a couple of months) together and outside of the apartment out of the house! He has been studying for his CPA exam, which he took on Monday, but we don't know the results for another few weeks. HOWEVER, it was super great to be able to spend the day with him and to be able to just get out of the apartment. We woke up nice and early and decided to head to Laguna to go on a nice, short run.

Yeah I know...it was quite early for both of us, but we needed to go running earlier rather than later. Haha you like our morning faces?

Then during our super short run we came upon a magnificent find...Farmer's Market! I am one of those nerdy girls who HAS to stop at Farmer'r Markets to check out the goods. The fresh fruit, homemade candles, cute little headbands? Yeah, I love it. Patrick was dragged into exploring it with me (:

                                         

Isn't it cute? These were some DELICIOUS smelling candles. Too bad we didn't have our wallets or we would have spent more than we would have expected. 

Next stop? Fashion Island after the run. I had only been there once many years ago and so when we got there it was crazy how so many of my favorite stores were just waiting at the entrance for me to come in and explore their cute clothes. We stopped at lululemon where I got a couple of SUPER cute, new running shorts. Anthropologie and Kate Spade were next, but unfortunately no good finds. Patrick and I had a wonderful time though going to all the stores and seeing all these people on such a beautiful 75 degree weather day that was overcast.

Hahaha the sad story is...after the running and shopping we were quite tired. So we went home before we had to get ready to chaperone a 3 hour stake dance. Once that was done at 11:30 we felt a lot like this kid as we rolled in to bed...

There is our day in a nutshell!