Sneak Peek: Rebecca and Paden

I had the privilege to shoot some engagement photos of my lovely friend Rebecca and her fiance Paden :)
They met in Hawaii through a mutual friend, and have been in love since!

Here's a little sneak peek :)

so. in. love.

stay tuned! 

:)

The Shem Burger.

Amidst all of the final papers and test craziness...we had a birthday celebration!

Lindsey Neff's 21st birthday :)
We were all supposed to meet up at Castles...but David and I were working, AND it was pouring rain!
It wasn't really the prettiest day, but we definitely had a good time getting to know the Neff's better and the other couples at the partay.

We went to Kahuku Grill for dinner, and oh my gosh...it took FOREVERRR to get our food, but it was probs the best burger I've had in a whole year

The Shem Burger.
guacamole. bacon. cheese. beef patty. grilled onions. lettuce. tomatoes.
mmmmmm...I can eat that every day.
I'd gain like 500 pounds though.

Unfortunately I didn't get the chance to photo it since I chomped it down too fast.
I definitely got photos of the birthday girl and her hub though :)

Ben and the Birthday Girl!

Sarah and Zach

Chase and Lisa

Kaycee and Cade

Me and my hub.

"I mustache you a question!"--Ben

Zach...?

The super delicious coconut banana cake + icecream

The Romeril's were so nice to get this for her :)

Kahuku Grill date nights/birthdays are the best.

 

Happy Birthday Lindsey! 

friday fiestas.

The other day we went to Foodland and bought avocados! 

We never buy avocados because they're usually a killer rip-off over in the land of food, but we decided it was alright since we felt festive that day.

We made steak fajitas with homemade tortillas, salsa, guac, and mexican rice. 

ALL homemade (good job us)!

Oh my gosh. 

It was DELICIOUS. 

And we have leftovers and have been enjoying them for two days now :)

 I want some more of this right now!!!

 I'm going to have to ask my sister-in-law, Kari, how to make some real kine mexi rice, because I heard she's the master chef of Mexican food :)

While we wait.

ok, I admit it...I love blogging.
It's so addicting! Don't worry though mom, I finished my homework first (ehehe)! :)

Today, I decided to make some banana chocolate chip muffins. I didn't think it would be that great because last time I tried, my chocolate muffins/cupcakes turned into brownies...

This time they came out super fluffy and delish!

heart-shaped muffins <3
I will post ingredients and instructions at the end of this post!!

 I made spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. Best meatballs I have EVER made.

I can probably eat this every night. 

David making our hot choclate--he's an expert.

And yes, we drink hot chocolate in Hawaii too. 

The pair-cup David and I got for Christmas from my brother.

Thank you Ken, these are my favorite cups!

We had a super lazy weekend because of the crazy wind and rain. 

It was literally raining tunas and turtles out there! We didn't want to leave our apartment. 

So instead, we did homework, watched movies, made good food. All is well :)

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Ingredients

 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

2/3 cup sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 large)

1 large egg

1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted

1/4 cup milk

3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line twelve 1/3-cup muffin cups with foil muffin liners. Mix mashed bananas, egg, melted butter and milk in medium bowl. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in large bowl. 

Stir banana mixture into dry ingredients just until blended (if using a kitchen aid, just add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients--it doesn't really make a difference). Stir in chocolate chips.

Divide and fill each about 3/4 full. Bake muffins until tops are pale golden and tester inserted into center comes out with some melted chocolate attached but no crumbs, about 20 minutes. Transfer muffins to rack; cool.