Pizza Pasta Bake

If you know me, you know how much I love love and love pizza. It's not exactly the most healthy thing to be so crazy about… but oh well. It's my fave. I found this recipe on Pinterest back in Junior year of college. I thought it was awesome, especially because you can make a big casserole dish full of it. I would make this, share with my roommates and still have left overs to take to work. Since then, I found a version online that I actually liked better. This one isn't quite as large of a recipe and uses rotini noodles instead of egg noodles. I think this one tastes the best, and I usually have all of the ingredients on hand. It only takes about 40 minutes from start to finish and Bryan loves it!

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Girls Night Out

Well! Long story made short, my fun girl friends from my old ward really wanted to get together - so we decided to plan a fun night together. Bryan went up to South Jordan to hang out with Mark and Colton for that night. After I got off of work, I got ready and then drove up to Zupas in Orem. I met up with all these cute girls there, we ordered food and then drove down to the orem baseball fields! Lacey, Kayla and Tierra are on a rec center league, and we decided to watch their last game while we ate!

Our Zupas dinner was way good. I probably should try eating something new there, but ever since I started going there - I've gotten the exact same meal every time. Honey Bacon Club panini and Cauliflower soup mixed with Enchilada soup :) mmmmm yum.

During the game, Katie, Emilee and I sat and talked about life, summer, school, boys, marriage and work! Mrs. Katie is off of work for the summer since she is a teacher, so she is just living the life! Part of me feels like it would be cool to be a teacher and have summers off, while still being paid…. then I remember that I'd have to be a real teacher all year from 7-3 everyday and work with a bunch of crazy high schoolers. That makes me nervous. I guess it is a good thing I will be student teaching in August, so I will get to find out if it is something I enjoy now, or if I just want to keep it as a back up plan for when I'm ready since I do have a great job that I love right now.

After the game, (they lost) we al drove up to Katie's house to have a movie night! We sat and talked until everyone arrived and then began to decide on a movie. Naturally we had decided it would be a chick flick. When everyone found out I had no idea what the movie This Means War was, they decided we HAD to watch it. I have to say, it was freaking hysterical. I laughed so hard throughout that whole entire movie. It's like a guy chick flick…. if that even exists.. But really, I need to get it so Bryan can watch it with me!

During the movie Kelsie Yeoman showed up, so we finished the movie and then we all sat up and talked for awhile. I didn't end up getting home until 1 or 1:30am.. ha It was weird coming home to a husband for some reason. I think because it's weird to have someone wait up for me, but it was cute :) We talked about each others nights and that was great! I feel pretty blessed to have so many wonderful people in my life!

Bees bees bees :)

Cute heather Soffe invited Bryan and I to go to the Bees game with her, David, Amanda and Tanner. Her family has season tickets, so sometimes we get to go on big group dates there for free! It is kind of the best!

Before the game, Bryan and I had a lazy morning watching TV and doing laundry together. On our way up to Salt Lake, we decided to stop at Ikea and buy the bookshelf that I had been wanting. I was so excited!! :) I have to say, shopping for home appliances and furniture is a crazy and exciting feeling. I know it is silly, but it just made me feel like we were really growing up and was just another reminder that we really are married! We also picked up Ikea's yummy cinnamon rolls, which made me a very happy girl. Obviously Bryan was happy because it was food -very sugary food.

SO we drove up to the game after our adventure at Ikea. I was pretty excited to see friends because I felt like I hadn't seen anyone in awhile, especially Heather! The game was good, If I remember right - the Bees won… ha. We all know I don't really like baseball…. I just absolutely love summer nights, food and friends! 

Honeymoon - Fantasmic

Disneyland Day 2!

Could we be any cheesier? :)

So I woke up still pretty sick this day, but I was finally able to get up and get going that morning and I believe we made it to Disneyland by like 10, which I still think was pretty dang good for how I was feeling! So I didn't think that our first pic in front of Mickey was the best, so my cute husband let me get a new one. This one was much better!  Actually, I think all of our pictures were better after our first day haha. We had purchased cute shirts that said "I'll be your Minnie" and "I'll be your Mickey", so we decided to be dorky love birds and wear them on our last day. I have to say, we looked pretty dang cute together. Matchy matchy, tan and in love! Sounds good to me :) So this day was incredibly hot… like the worst of them all. I'm pretty sure it was like 102 degrees all day. Thankfully we fast passed a lot of things, and got to get in lines with air conditioning. Disney really knows how to make you feel more comfortable than any other theme park. We also found out that they couldn't turn you away if you asked for a cup of water! How cool is that? Free, cold water. No more nasty warm water from fountains. We just kept filling our water bottle with the free cold stuff!
So I decided to let my little girl self come out and ask Bryan if we could go on the Carrousel :) We most definitely were the oldest people on there who didn't have a kid with them ha. Naturally I had to have a picture of myself looking like a little kid on this thing. I felt a little silly, but then decided I didn't care because it is just so great to be a kid :) A nice couple next to us took this picture, and I think we are quite darling :) Yay for being 5 years old together.


Naturally because it was so hot outside, we wanted to go on Splash Mountain. As we were in line, I realized I didn't want to be in the very front because I saw how many people were getting completely soaked! Just my luck, we were seated in the very front… ha I was so worried about our stuff getting wet like our phones and cameras. I hugged our bag like you wouldn't believe! As you can see, there was terror on my face when we went down that big drop! The guys that were behind us were killin me ha. They were way funny, but I was just so nervous about the fact that I was in that log with 5 large guys…. ha. We got SO sopping wet. It felt so good…. until my garments and clothing were sticking to me and chaffing ha.  #mormongirlprobs. I felt bad that I complained so much after that…  thank goodness Bryan can put up with me. I did end up drying and getting much more comfortable again. I was just very annoying for a good hour or two… :)

Naturally we had to take some pictures in front of our friend Mickey and the Castle, so we made sure to get some keepers. The great thing about Disenyland is they always have photographers out and about taking photos with their cameras, but they are also willing to take photos with your camera! How nice are they?

I have to say, we do look pretty  dang cute in our twinner outfits and matching buttons. I'm not gonna lie, the dorky shirts was one of my favorite purchases during our trip!

Disneyland was pretty crowded that day because of senior night,  but after I dried I ended up being lot more comfortable that day than the first day in Disneyland. At one point we asked a worker where the closest bathroom was, and he ended up giving us a fast pass to Star Tours, which was way sweet because it made it so we got to hit all of the big rides with a fast pass even during a really busy day. Once again, the "just married" buttons were doing us a great favor. I feel like we should wear those every time we go… that's fine if our state of mind is "just married" right? haha.

We did eat lots of yummy treats that day. I don't know why I didn't take any pictures of our food! I should have. I got to get the tasty raspberry lemonade slushy drink again which is probably the best thing ever! We also tried eating at a hamburger place that was quite filling. I kind of enjoyed being spoiled, however next time we will be packing lunches so we don't waste that much money again!!!

The last ride we went on for the day was Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. We ended up getting lucky because it broke down earlier during our fast pass time, and so we went on other rides during that time. When we got back to that area they had JUST opened the line back up, so we got through the line way quick!! Here is our last snapshot from the riding a  ride at disneyland :( It was very fun though! I like that ride a lot too! Once we got done, Bryan ran to get himself a chicken leg, and  to get me pizza for our dinner. I then ran to go find us a good place to watch Fantasmic. I have to say, I think I did pretty well!!  While I was waiting I met a nice woman and her cute kids. We got talking, and she was just the nicest, funniest latino woman. She told me all these stories, and let me play with her kids. She also that it was just the cutest thing that I was there for my Honeymoon. I realized it was taking Bryan forever, so I gave him a call and he said his phone was about to die and I tried to explain where he could find me. His phone ended up dying and I was super nervous that I wouldn't be able to find him because he definitely did not have my phone number memorized… I ended up standing up and going to look for him. Thank goodness I found him pretty dang quickly! I was happy :)

So we got back down to our seat and that lady just started talking with both of us again. asking all about the wedding, where it was, what my dress looked like etc. I explained the whole Temple thing really simply to her and she goes "oh! That place is super important to you people, congrats! I'm so happy for you to have made it there!" I was like shocked at how sincere she was. It was super cute. She was a feisty and funny little thing, and told us ridiculous stories like how she hinted for years for her husband to get her a newer bigger ring and stuff. I liked her a lot :)

The show started when it got dark and it was really good! I definitely think The World of Color was my favorite, but I still really enjoyed it, especially when they brought the princesses out :) The fireworks were really great as well! I got sad when I realized we were really leaving and the honeymoon was over. But my cute boy made sure to buy me a pineapple spear. I had wanted one the whole time, but I thought he'd make fun of me for wanting it. I finally caved and mentioned it. He tried to get me one before the show started and didn't, so he wanted to make sure I got one before we left the park. Oh my, it was SO yummy! I even got Bryan to take a bite and he thought it was good. Man how I cannot wait for summer! I feel like summer and tasty fruit just go hand in hand.

So we got on the bus back to the parking lot, and and then we were off on the road again to home. Getting home was a real fun experience.. haha. But our trip overall was so great! I loved having all of that time with my very best friend. We didn't have anyone to bother us, we got to make our own decisions, fall asleep together, make dinner together, travel together,  not think or stress about a wedding, not go to work, go on rides together, talk about our future, make plans, best of all we were able to just be happy and in love :)

Honeymoon - Tandem Bike Love

Well, I woke up Thursday morning feeling pretty sickly. My throat hurt really bad, I had a headache, stomach ache that came and went and an ear ache here and there.  I had the hardest time getting going that morning, but thankfully Bryan made me breakfast and we watched Chicago PD for awhile just so I could get more rest. 

Around 1, I decided I had better get it together so that we could still have an enjoyable day. We drove down to Newport beach, but there was honestly no where to park and the beach looked like it was packed to the max. We just decided we would go back to Hunnington because it wasn't to far, and we knew that we really liked that beach. I think it was a great decision to go back because we had a really great afternoon there! I got to layout and I feel like that helped me feel better for a bit. The ocean gave us a nice breeze, so that also helped with how hot it was that day as well. I'm pretty sure it was like 100 degrees. 

Poor Bryan seemed bored after laying out for awhile, so we decided that he should rent a body board and I'm glad he did! He had a lot of fun out there, and he taught me how to body board as well. I don't think I did too bad! I didn't do it for long though. After we were done with the body boarding, Bryan rented us a tandem bike! How cool is that? He tried renting us this other bike that looked more like a golf cart and I was mean and made fun of him and asked for the tandem bike instead. Sometimes I'm a snot ha. But we switched to the tandem bike and rode it down the side of the beach. It was SO beautiful and relaxing. I wish we had time to go even longer, but it was still great!!! I wanted a picture of the two of us together on it, so we rode down the pathway for awhile to find the right person to stop and ask. I'm so glad he puts up with me so that I can get my pictures!! haha. 

We left after that, and decided to go to downtown disney! We picked out all of the gifts that we wanted :) I got a cute Minnie and Mickey shirt, Minnie earrings, and a Minnie necklace. We picked out some gifts for family, and we got a cute picture frame that says "happily ever after" as well as an adorable christmas ornament that has Minnie and Mickey on top and it says "just married". I was really excited about that one!

Bryan also got himself a nice shirt, and some more baseballs. We decided we needed to eat something after that, but for some reason the only thing I was craving was Cafe Rio. We found that there was one only 15 minutes away, so we booked it out of downtown disney to out car and hurried on over to Cafe Rio. We are probably losers for not getting something that is special to California, but it just sounded so good!!!

My stomach ended up not being happy after dinner, so we watched another episode of Chicago PD and cuddled. After that we packed, and I wasn't too happy about that because I just didn't feel well or feel like doing anything at all. Bryan put up with me pretty well, and helped me get packed and ready for bed.

Honeymoon - California Adventure!

California Adventure! 

I have to say that California Adventure was my favorite! It was less crowded, and there were so many big rides that we could go on! There was also a few ways to cheat fast pass and get a bunch of them. First thing, Bryan ran around getting a few fast passes, so I hung out by the carousel and snap chatted friends for awhile until he came back to me. Naturally I ended up with a few selflies. This Australian dude came up to me and said "Just married? Well where is your husband?! You should be alone!" I then explained to him how I wanted Bryan to do all of the running around for me and that's what a husband is for :) ha. 

When Bryan came back, I was surprised at how many fast passes he had, but I was super excited because I knew we wouldn't have to wait nearly as long today, and that we wouldn't have to run around as much either. The first ride we hit was Califronia Screaming! I loved that ride!! Like I said, roller coasters are my favorite and I liked that it went over a little pond/lake too. It was fun listening to Bryan Scream while we were on that ride too. 

When we got off we decided to go over to this big swing ride kind of like this one at Lagoon. As we were walking up the the line, we ran into a couple who recognized us from Disneyland the day before. We noticed that they had like 5 kids with them that were all quite young. The worker said something like "Well since you guys kind of know each other, would you mind helping them out by letting some of their kids ride with you?" We said we wouldn't mind of course! As we got talking with the couple, they saw our "just married" pins, and began to ask where we were from, when we had gotten married, and where we had gotten married. I  told them we were married in SLC, and they proceeded to ask if we were married in the SLC Temple. After we told them yes, they began to tell us how they were LDS, and how the wife went to BYU and everything. We thought it was just too funny how we ended up being the ones to help them out. They gave each of us a little buddy to ride on the swings with. I got a cute little girl, and Bryan got a cute little boy. Apparently their Sister and Brother in law wanted to sleep in but their kids wanted to go to Disneyland, so they decided to take their niece and nephew with them and their kids. It was so much fun to help them out and play with some kids:)

We later when on the Toy Story Mania ride, which ended up being one of my favorites! The line was so long, but it was worth it! I seriously thought the game/ride was the funnest! We got to wear some dorky 3D glasses too! We definitely took this awful pic of us kissing. Gotta be awkward on your honeymoon right?

 I really liked this line too! It was a hot one, but I thought Mr. Potato head was so cute!! Obviously I needed to take a few selfless with him!! He didn't want to cooperate with me, so his eyes are closed. What a bum. At least Bryan and I look pretty cute! I have to say this day was much better as far as heat goes because my new Dress was so comfortable and my hair was up! Thank goodness my new cute husband let me buy a dress so I wouldn't die of heat exhaustion ha. 

So later  that day, we went to see Alladin! Well, the short funny version of it! The problem here is that it was in an amazingly cool, comfy, dark theatre. I felt so bad because I TOTALLY fell asleep. I couldn't stay awake for the life of me. I woke up just in time for A Whole New World. I could never miss that beautiful song! I don't know what it is about that song, but It is just one of my absolute favorite songs ever!!!! For the parts I saw, the Genie was SO incredibly hilarious. He made all of these pop culture reference jokes and had everyone dying. Bryan loved how some of the jokes were so new that some people didn't even get them! Disney really knows how to put on a good show and stay up to date! The next ride I remember us going on was the Tower of Terror which you can see right behind us in this picture :) I love how all of the workers really get into their job while they are there and act in character while they are working.




SO, the coolest ride by FAR was Radiator Springs Racers. Oh my hannah. The whole Cars land was unbelievable. I seriously felt like I was standing in the actual movie when I was there! They had everything! It was absolutely beautiful!!!!! I wish I had a picture that showed how amazing it looked. I loved walking through that whole part of the park with Bryan!

While we waited in line the first time for this ride, there were two couples waiting near us, and one of the men started talking to us. He was a bigger man in a wheelchair, and he was the sweetest thing. He just kept talking to us, asking about how we met, when we got married and giving us marriage advice. He said something about there just being no option to ever quite or give up on a marriage. I loved that he felt so strongly about that because most of the world thinks that it just happens. You fall out of love, nothing you can do about it. Just get divorced and find someone new. I hate that mentality. It was inspiring to see someone who isn't a member of the LDS church have such strong feelings on that topic. He was seriously the sweetest/ cutest guy! He also talked about how money is never more important than spending time with your family. He's been a trucker for a long time, and would never except out of state jobs because he knew how important it was that he be apart of his girls lives and to always come home at night to his family. It's funny how you run into people who can make an impact on your life even though you only met with them for such a short time.

Here are the sweet cars!

So because this ride is the newest one in California Adventure, it is obviously the most popular still. The line without a fast pass was a good 80 minutes long at least!! Thankfully Bryan had gotten us a Fast pass for the first time we went on it. We found out that the single rider line was WAY short too, so we thought we would give it a shot later that afternoon. The line was just as long of a wait as the fast pass line, so it was only like 15-20 minutes :) The cool thing was that it wasn't like we were not with each other, the ride has 3 seats in front and back - so I sat in front, and he sat in back!! It was totally worth it to go again that way!! 

After we got done with that, we went on this other ride. IT was this weird tire ride in Radiator Springs. The ride honestly wasn't that fun at all ha, but we had fun together on it! We definitely got this keeper of a picture on it as well! I love being in love with this boy!! He makes me smile more than anyone, laugh more than anyone ever could and he makes me want to be a better person. It was kind of great being in the "Happiest place on earth" with the boy the makes me the happiest on this earth :) Yes, cheesy - I know. Love is great. I already know this is going to be so much work, but if he makes me this happy, then being married to him is going to be so worth it. I still can't believe how blessed I am to have him in my life. I never would have imagined I would be married to a guy like him. Heavenly Father really did and does have a plan for me. I'm so grateful he brought me to him, and put the people in my life that I needed to prepare me for him. 

Well, enough of my cheesy ramblings… We decided for dinner that night that we would go to the ESPN Zone for dinner. I can't remember what we got for the life of me, but we picked out our top two meals again, and split them together. It was so nice to sit in the cool of the restaurant and drink COLD ICE WATER :) My body, especially my feet were so happy. Dinner was great and it was just so fun being there with my cute husband and not worrying about anything to do with life back home.




We hurried back to the park to make it on more rides before the end of the evening. Around 7:30pm We got ready to go find somewhere to sit for The World of Color. The Ferris Wheel was lit and it was beautiful :) My picture doesn't show how pretty it was at all! So the show began and it was incredible! They had water fountains going and lights and music that legitimately showed a images and video on the water in beautiful color! Disney music just makes me so giddy inside. I just think Disney is amazing with how inspiring they are for children. I swear disney had and still has an impact on my life. It's kind of funny to say, but I totally think it is true. I loved being able to have my first real experience of Disneyland with Bryan. I know I've been before, but I was so little I could barely remember anything. There was just something about standing there with the love my life, holding hands, watching and listening to Disney scenes and music. This day was by far my very favorite of our whole honeymoon!

Honeymoon - Disneyland!

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So we woke up early that Tuesday morning because I had promised Bryan we'd be able to play in the morning, get ready and make it to Disneyland by 9am. I don't know what I was thinking. Anyways, we somehow managed to accomplish this and we were in line for disneyland at 8:50am. Who knew I could do this?

We met a really nice LDS family while we were waiting. They struck up a conversation with us because Bryan was wearing his BYU hat, so obviously we are from Utah. They were really funny and entertained us during out wait in line.

Once we made it in we had to get a picture in front of the Micky face of course :) I ended up not being a fan of this picture so we got a better one a couple of days later :) ha. So I went to the bathroom first thing, and when I found Bryan waiting for me, he had cute little Just Married pins! I thought that they were pretty cute so I took a snap and sent it to all our friends. So here is a nice shot of our chests, but I didn't know how else to get a good picture of them :) Aren't they so cute? Cinderella and Prince Charming does seem quite fitting for us. Bryan was so excited about these pins because he knew that all of the workers were like required to congratulate you ALL day. Believe it or not, they actually did and they were really sweet! We seemed to get quite a bit of attention from people. The best was when they would ask how long we had been married and we'd say, "oh, since Friday!" ha. They were all so surprised. Like "wow, you really were JUST married." That made me laugh because I thought everyone went on a trip right after they got married? So why wouldn't we have just gotten married? ha. Anyway, it was great how kind everyone was.

Now, obviously I was stoked to be on my honeymoon and in Disneyland, but DANG it was SO HOT, and let's add the fact that I have a new article of clothing to make it even harder. Apparently I bought the wrong kind of garments for 100 degree weather :) Everything was so much fun though! We went on Buzz lightyear and I actually kicked Bryan's butt! He was so mad and kept saying that his gun wasn't working properly. He's so full of it :)

We went on all the rides like Bryan wanted. He had done the fast pass and ride max to make sure that we would hit everything. It was great that he did because it was pretty busy. It just wore me out running everywhere!!! We rode on Buzz Lightyear, Matterhorn, Space Mountain, Indiana Jones, The Haunted Mansion, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Splash Mountain, Star Tours, the Tea Cups and I'm sure more than that. I think my favorite ride at Disneyland would have to me Space Mountain. I love that it is in the dark, and that it is a roller coaster. I like thrilling rides a lot. In our picture from space mountain I look constipated haha.

This ride was some kind of car ride. I can't remember what it was called. It was pretty fun! Here we are in our matching striped shirts! Go us :)











One of the last rides we went on was Splash Mountain. We had bad luck getting on it because it broke down a couple times, but we finally made it and it was SO much fun! I wasn't expecting such a big drop!! Thankfully we were in back, so we didn't get sopping wet :) I would have to say that was my second favorite ride in Disneyland. I thought this picture turned out pretty well :)


I have to say that this boy did a really good job of spoiling me all day. We had so many different treats while we were there like frozen raspberry lemonade, pretzels, ice cream and on top of that he had made reservations to the Blue Bayou. He had told me how it was such a nice restaurant, but he wasn't kidding! It was so cute! There were cute tables, and a cute river running by it with pretty lights hanging over the tables. The waiters and waitresses were really really nice, and there was candlelight at our table. When I opened the menu I about died! Their meals were SO expensive. We picked our top two meals and split them when we got them. We both had gotten some kind of steak, and they were both way good. The potatoes were amazing as well. I should have taken a picture of how pretty our food was! Our drinks were apparently not refillable, but because our waitress had noticed our "Just Married" pins, she refilled them for us :) I thought that was super sweet of her! Dinner was really great and I just remember thinking how crazy it was that we were actually married. We had made it past the wedding. We are sealed. Crazy stuff ha. I'm pretty lucky and I still can't believe how sweet he was.