Thursday, April 7, 2011

One year, countless memories...

A year ago today, I married this man....which looked a little like this:


Which led us here on our honeymoon....


which ended in a volcano erupting and us being stranded in Nice, France...with my parents....


Upon return to real life, we then started solidifying our family unit with this edition...



A few other precious moments included...
Men's Health Magazin, Edinburgh Sep 2010

Cher's visit and high tea at Adare Manor

..and good friends dropping in from the US to see us in... Ireland...


I could go on but there's just no way to fully express the adventure of our first year of marriage.

Husband, I love you.


Sunday, April 3, 2011

Sundays in the Sun

Today we took to the great outdoors with our picnic, pup and sense of adventure.  We searched for a new walk to try in the Dublin area and came across this:

The Hellfire Club

Suffice to say, I raised my eyebrows when my husband suggested we head up to this particular spot.  The history is pretty interesting but I'll leave that for you to read up on at the link above.  The main info is that there is an old hunting lodge building (1725) at the top of Montpelier hill that overlooks the city of Dublin with panoramic views.  It is a stunning walk with the city below and other hills all around.  Here are a few snaps of our day:






 Our picnic spot - a few handy tree stumps, some PB&J  sandwiches, grapes and a treat or two for Jozy...







The Perfect Pizza

How many times in our lives have we reverted to the weekend pizza?  hmmm? Well, we adore pizza.  Until recently though, the option of ordering in and having the wonderful delivery guy bring us one was non-existent... and to add insult to injury, the nearest pizza place was 25 mins away.  So, we delighted in the joys of pizza making nights!

There are so many great reasons to go for pizza the homemade way... you typically spend the same or less but get exactly what you want for toppings (and as many as you want!), you can make it healthier being conscious of your cheese choice, tomato sauce base and, again, toppings.... and you have great fun making it.

The recipe we used was BBC's Good Food "Perfect Pizza Base" :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/perfectpizzadough_72456

We have created regular pizza bases and pizza from this but last night we were in the mood for Calzone!

I'll let you follow the perfect directions there and I'll simply let you enjoy the photos as it turned out...