A Merry Christmas Indeed

Here is a quick look into Christmas Vonhof Style:

God Bless!

Christmas Egg Rolls

Merry Christmas!

My family has been wanting me to make egg rolls for months.
I learned from making them with my Hong Kong team members for a fundraiser.
So, Ryan and I picked up all the ingredients yesterday and this morning I started cooking!So I mixed shredded carrots, cabbage, celery and some green peppers together in a bowl.
I soaked rice noodles in water until soft then drained, cut them and added it to the bowl.
I added salt, pepper and oyster sauce then started wrapping!
In order to seal the rolls I used egg yokes and brushed it on.
After I finished a good amount of rolls, I fried them up in oil.
And wallah...Yummy, huh?

Our New Apartment

So Ryan moved into our new apartment about a month ago and has settled in.
One day after I was done teaching I decided to be Santa's elf and decorate his apartment with a little Christmas cheer. I have a jingle bell wreath for the door, stocking holders, but no stockings, a few Christmas fabric scraps and some ornaments. Just the little touch made Ryan so happy!
As soon as he saw the wreath on the door he knew I had decorated and cleaned his apartment. :)

Its been hard these past few months teaching and going to classes and rarely seeing Ryan even though we live in the same town 10 minutes from each other and the school I worked at is down the street from the apartment.
Now that student teaching is over I can actually have date nights with him and just be with each other, shopping, making meals together and watching movies!
Yesterday was the best day ever! I packed up my mom's car with all the bridal shower goodies and drove to Ryan's place around 2:00 p.m.. Ryan and I spent about 2 hours unpacking and organizing the kitchen with all the wonderful things from the shower! So I wanted to show you pictures of how it looks with all the goodies in their proper place.

Oreo's New Toy

So my sister got my dog an early Christmas present.
This is what my dog thought of it!

Bridal Shower

Last week my mom hosted a church bridal shower for me.
I have to say it was a lot of fun!
We played games and just had fun socializing!
I got some amazing gifts that Ryan and I will put to great use:
Kitchen utensils
Crock-Pot
Cookbooks
Spice Rack
Towels
Blanket
Tea Kettle
Recipe Cards
Bake ware set
and lots of other goodies!

Here is the start of my rehearsal bouquet.
I will add more to it at my girly bridal shower in a few weeks. :)

Each week that goes by I get more and more excited that I am getting married
to the most wonderful man!

I hope you all enjoy the few snapshots from my first bridal shower!