3 years

Last week, John and I celebrated 3 years of being married.  Our 2nd anniversary feels like it was just last month! But at the same time, I can't believe it has only been 3 years. It seriously feels like 30. It has been a rough year of marriage, but hallelujah we have not strangled each other (yet).

We celebrated with a great weekend and dinner on Wednesday at Pizzeria Mozza.

 
I swear, I think John was going to cry as he ate the bone marrow. I thought it was tasty too, but not THAT tasty!  I think this place is kind of pricey for pizza but it was nice to leave our South Bay bubble and head out to celebrate 3 years of not killing each other.

Cheers!

pieology

Pieology's "kustom" pizza. So derrrricious. I couldn't wait 'til I got home. Please don't judge me.

johnny's birthweek

The birthday celebration began last Sunday and ended yesterday. A whole week of celebrating my dear husband's birth.

On Sunday, after service, I took John to watch the movie Jiro Dreams of Sushi at a small theatre in Pasadena. Then we were off to his favorite sushi restaurant! The movie was great. The sushi restaurant, not so much. John was so disappointed with the food, he's now on a hunt for good sushi places! Any recommendations?

On Tuesday, his actual birthday, we went out for burgers at The Standing Room! This place is appropriately named The Standing Room, because it's a BYOC kind of place - bring your own chair! There isn't a seating area, just a counter to order gourmet burgers in the back of a liquor store! Grab and go! So awesome!

What a ham! A handsome ham!

What a creeper! A handsome creeper!

We had some truffle parmesan fries and John got the "dressed" burger with blue cheese, carmelized onions and a whole bunch of other stuff I can't remember. I, on the other hand, got the "naked" burger (pictured above). A good, plain ol' burger. YUM!

This past weekend, my sis and bro-in-law were nice enough to take us both out to celebrate AGAIN! We met up at Urbano Pizza Bar, in downtown LA.

The potato pizza with fingerling potatoes, brussels sprouts, roasted garlic, bacon (my fav), and a parmesan cream sauce.

The Easter pizza with rabbit and egg!

Then finished off the night at Seven Grand.

I think we're done celebrating his birth for this year... but now moving on to celebrating 2 years of marriage! YAY! April is jam packed with awesomeness!

pizza party

I don't like to host parties because 1) I'm not a very good planner (My friends and sisters pretty much planned my entire wedding) and 2) Our home is less than 500 sq feet. No Joke.

BUT, John and I wanted to have the high school ministry teachers over not only to hang out but also to thank them for all the love and support they showed the ministry and us personally.

We had a build your own pizza party! This was kind of tricky because the day was sooooo hot and we don't have an AC. Plus, if you're having the oven on at 500 degrees, it's like having a heater on. Also, only 2 pizzas could go in the oven at a time. People had to eat in shifts! Ha! In the end, it worked out. I made sure to have plenty of appetizers out so that people could munch while they waited for their turn.

Some simple caprese minis for the guests to munch on.

All the toppings out. We gave the option of barbeque sauce, pizza sauce or garlic oil (recipe from the Bratchers). Toppings: pineapples, basil, ham, prosciutto, mozzarella (slices and shredded), tomatoes, jalapenos, olives, onions, mushroom, chicken, pepperoni, and arugula. The salad got no lovin'. It was untouched at the end of the night.


John was amazing enough to stand in the hot kitchen and roll out the dough into perfectly flat pizza pies - my very own Papa John! It made for some super crispy and delicious crusts. We now have a life-time supply in our freezer.

I used this recipe here. No joke, it is called the Best Pizza Dough Ever. I don't know if it was the BEST EVER, but it makes for a great crispy crust. I've never made pizza before so I had no clue that the dough would quadruple in size because of the yeast!


This is how you cram 12 people in an itty bitty house. :)

I made creme brulee for dinner. But, it wasn't enough so we headed straight out for some Hawaiian Shave Ice at Teri Hawaii in Gardena. I didn't get too many pictures of the night... it's hard being a host and a photographer!

At the end of the night, Abe the Babe surprised us with another video. Like any other Abe video, I laughed and I cried. Here it is below.