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Fake Food Rocks

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Does anyone else besides me think that fake food is just really, really cool? When I was a little kid, I liked playing with fake food – with the kitchen sets and grocery carts and especially the hamburgers, the ones you could piece together with the separate bun, patty, lettuce, pickle, and tomato pieces.

When I was a little bit older but still a kid, we moved a lot and Mom took me and my sisters to look at model homes a lot. My absolute favorite part about looking at model homes was seeing the fake food in the kitchen – the fake fruit (especially the grapes), the baguettes, the rolls.

Josh bought me a set of play food for Christmas a year ago (all my sisters thought we were having a baby – nope, it was just for me). And a little bit ago I was browsing some fake food web sites, and I came across these. Wow. How awesome are they? I decided that if I didn’t already work for the most awesome company in the world, my dream job would be working for one of these companies and making fake food. (My other dream job would be working for the I Spy guy and helping him create awesome dioramas to photograph.)

So anyway, the main purpose of this post is for me to have a list of some pretty sweet fake food sites. But, hey, now you know one of my weird quirky likes.

Fake Food Companies

A New Tradition

Holidays,

So now that we’ve been married over a year, it’s fun because we’re starting to do things together that we’ve already done before. We had our second Christmas together (with Paige’s family this year), we celebrated our second New Year’s (but I don’t think either of us really remember the first because we were both sick and drugged up on Nyquil then), and we had our second Valentines Day.

Last year to celebrate, Josh suggested that we pack a dinner, take out the back seats, and drive somewhere for scenic picnic in the back of the car. This year when we were deciding what to do for Valentines, I said, “I really liked that picnic last year. Why don’t we do it again?” Josh was all for it, so we did. And this time we planned a little more ahead and decided to cook a fancy dinner, French cuisine being the theme. It was fun to cook together and way delicious to eat our meal together (the menu consisted of tomates farcies, an omelette aux asperges, brie cheese, a demi baguette, sparkling cider, and—best part—a delicious French pastry called a millefeuille). So, delicious meal? Absolutely. Were we stuffed afterwards? Better believe it. And new Valentines Day tradition? We think so.

Oh, and after dinner, we headed to our stake’s Valentines Dance, which was a blast. They had an antique photo booth, where we had these fun shots taken. Hope you enjoy!

Sushi Night

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A few months back, before Audrey left on her mission, we had her and her roommate over one night for sushi. It was awesome! Audrey has become quite the sushi connoisseur, and she brought over all the equipment and taught us all how to make sushi rolls. We ate a ton in the end, but it was so good!

Here’s Audrey expertly rolling up some sushi goodness.

We seriously had a sushi feast that night! (Can you believe there were only four of us to eat all that?)

My favorite part was that we all got to create a name for our sushi rolls, adding a nice personalized touch.

Here’s the before shot…

…and here’s after. Notice several things: first we all look so full we could burst (that’s because we are). And notice why? See the sushi platter in the middle of the table? Remember from that “before” shot how full it was? …yeah, and there were only four of us.

And as for an update on Audrey and her mission, she’s doing great! This has been her first week in D.C., and we’re waiting to hear from her, but she had a lot of great preparation at the MTC and we’re proud of her and excited for her!