Country Wildflowers: January 3rd, 2012

Happy third day of the year! I woke up to a text from my boyfriend, Matt, and it was a picture of his thermometer in his car. 37 degrees?!?!?!?! Florida, whats going on? I had friends who were at the beach on Sunday and now that its Tuesday you want to go all freezing col don us? Rude.

Today was all about school for me. I spent the day reviewing what I needed for my classes, searching for the best deal on text books and even trying to plan out my next 1-2 semesters of classes that I need to graduate. Pretty surreal to think about graduating, being 'thrown' out into the 'real' world.

After spending the day slaving away over school, before it even begins mind you, I decided to make dinner with my sisters for the fam & Matt. Learning more about cooking was one of my New Year Goals so I am very proud of myself for getting off on a good start! Don't worry, I will continue to post about the food I find myself creating, good or bad.

Rigatoni Pasta Pie

First time making Garlic Knots and they were so yummy!

Jessica made the appetizers, which didn't end up being ready until the rest of the food, but her fried raviolis were delish and worth the wait! I made the main course, Rigatoni Pasta Pie & Parmesan Garlic Knots, nommm noommm noomm!

After dinner Rachael made us Mini Hersey Kiss Pies, which were so yummy I didn't take time to get a picture! But I will post the link to everything below!

The family & Matt decided to watch the new Planet of the Apes, which turned out to be pretty good surprisingly! We enjoyed the delish dessert with some hot coffee getting all toasty by the fire while watching a movie, pretty perfect if I do say so myself!

Cozy fireplace <3

Kurtis enjoying the movie from his bean bag.

January 2012 Instagram Photo Challenge: Day Three - Something You Adore

I have been doing this photo challenge on Instagram that has you post a photo of something specific everyday and it is really interesting what everyone posts and everyone's different take on it. Today was, 'Something You Adore' & I most definitely ADORE this promise ring my boyfriend gave me. <3 Follow me on Instagram --> countrywildflowers