Mission Accomplished

I have such a happy place when I'm cooking in the kitchen, singing and dancing to music. It seems like the food always turns out better when you're listening to a good song. My usual song of choice is this (best ever, try it out), but now that it's Christmas time Trevor and I busted out Anne Murray and all of the other Christmas goods. So I have been WAY in the cooking mood lately with all of this fun music playing. 

Ever since I first started dating Trevor, I have love loved his mom's chicken noodle soup, and was determined to try making it someday. When we got married I was lucky enough to get the golden Satterthwaite family cook book.. (this may or may not be among some of the reasons I married Trevor).. so now I had my chance. It definitely doesn't compare with Kris and Julie's, but I totally did it!

Trevor was so cute and helped me out the whole time.

Then of course we had to finish it off with a game of rummy. Such a fun night!

sprechen sie deutsche?

 Tonight was German Night at the White's! It is Oktoberfest in Germany and so Trevor talked me into trying out some of the food he ate from his mission.. scary? Yes.

He surprised me and came out in his classic lederhosen, had to get the full German affect.

 So here's what we ate... Rot Kohl (red cabbage), Spaetzle (egg noodles), Bratwursts, and the only normal thing.. Mashed Potatoes. Which didn't actually turn out to be very normal, because apparently German's add whole cubes of butter to their mashed potatoes and loads of salt. I think I gained ten pounds from the potatoes alone.

Best part of the night: chocolate mousse. Thank heavens German's have good taste in desserts.

Ich liebe ihn.