The one with the Pirate Ship

We made a pirate ship!!!

The one with the food tasting

Last Sunday we went food tasting at Wiens for our wedding. They have a new caterer so once a month they have a food tasting of appetizers, then a multi-course meal. We were in the Barrel Room, where our rehearsal dinner will be. It was beautiful and gave us some good ideas for what we want and how the set up will be. The food was amazing! We were so stuffed we almost didn't make it through. We started with appetizers which included Casmere chicken (amazing), shrimp taquitos, duck dumplings with a hibiscus sauce, mini cheese burgers with bacon, and some other food I can't remember at the moment. Then we sat down for the meal and sat next to on of the owners, Dave and Leslie Wiens. We enjoyed three salads, a citrus one with a mint cilantro dressing, mixed greens with figs and spinch with a basil/champagne dressing. For the courses we had a mini 12 cheese mac and cheese (beats Kraft!), dirty rice/risotto with sausage and baked cod (cod was amazing), nutty chicken, mashed potatoes, and tri-tip (cooked perfectly...but WAY to rare for Lisa:-)). Then for desert we had a very odd concoction that we are still not sure we liked...or did not like...it had a texture simlar to a thick pudding or soft cheese. It was flavored with prickly pear, a hint of coconut and cardamom. It wasn't bad, it wasn't great...just puzzling. Oh...we also had LOTS of wine of course...we also started with a bottle while we waited outside for the dinner to start. It was a perfect night for sipping wine on the patio.  Here are some pictures!

The one with the race and the registry

Last weekend we went to the NASCAR race at Fontana. Of course we were cheering for #48 Jimmie Johnson! He, of course, won!!! It was an awesome race to see; especially with our driver doing awesome! We stayed Saturday night at Scott's parents house. We went out to look at wedding things. We were able to find some ideas for invitations, but we are not sure what we are going with yet. We went out to dinner then tried out the new deluxe margarita maker! Wow...what an amazing machine! Overall it was a great weekend!

This weekend we started our registry at Bed Bath and Beyond. We spent about 2 hours in the store figuring out what we liked and needed. We still have some decisions to make, but we were quite tired and decided to do more later. Tomorrow we are meeting with a possible DJ.