Have I told you that I'm in love?  Well... I am!

And it's because I'm in love that last night, when I could have been watching the new LOST, I was bent over a mixing bowl making a delicious apple berry cobbler. 

And it's because I'm in love that when I could have gotten to bed somewhat early last night, I was driving across the San Mateo bridge to surprise my handsome guy with said apple berry cobbler. 

And it's because I'm in love that when he opened the door, his smile made it all worth it (times a million).

The cobbler was the perfect way to say, "I love you."  Maybe someone you love would like a little "I love you" apple berry cobbler too?









I LOVE YOU apple berry cobbler.
Prep time: 20 minutes  Cook time: 30 minutes

Filling recipe by Food Network chef Aaron McCargo

Ingredients

butter for dish
6 cups Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and diced (my boyfriend later told me that if you slice the apple super thin...as thin as possible... it makes the dish a lot more soft and creamy once it's baked)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar (I did a whole 1/2 cup)
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch salt
pinch ground nutmeg
1/2 lemon, juiced (I also used the zest of that half lemon)
*I added 1/2 cup of thawed frozen berries
*1 tablespoons cornstarch (mine came out a little watery, adding cornstarch would probably help with that)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Lightly butter a pie baking dish.

In a large bowl, mix together the apples, sugars, flour, cinnamon, vanilla, salt, nutmeg, cornstarch, lemon, and lemon zest. Add the mixture to the prepared baking dish. 

Perfect crumbly cobbler crust recipe by The Pioneer Woman (best. website. ever.)

Ingredients

2 cups flour

1/4 cup teaspoons salt

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/4 cups Crisco (vegetable shortening)

4 tablespoons butter

1 whole egg

1/2 cup milk

In a separate bowl pour flour, salt, baking powder, and 1 tablespoon sugar. Add shortening and butter and work mixture together with a pastry blender (or your fingers) until the mixture is coarse. Measure ½ cup milk, add an egg, and mix together. Pour into flour mixture, stirring as you go. Mixture should be smooth and not dry, but not overly sticky.

Take clumps of dough and place them on top of the apple berry mixture. Lightly flatten dough with your fingertips. Sprinkle with 2 to 3 tablespoons of sugar and bake until golden for 30 minutes.

Serve hot with vanilla ice cream.

Today my Pablo Neruda Love Poem photographs are being featured on San Francisco's Style Unveiled Blog (!).  I'm really honored -- and I totally enjoyed looking through all of their wedding inspiration.  Check it out.

Style Unveiled is doing a Love Poems give away for Valentine's Day!  Again I say, check it out.

I LOVE this family.

They're just fun. 











Mariana and Jack are such good big sibs!


The kids are good looking for a reason...

Eliana is the latest addition to the family.  She's so special... and so beautiful!  What a gift from our gracious God.





There is so much laughter & love in this family... it's a beautiful thing.

Every girl needs to wear flowers in her hair. 

Roses, peonies, violets, jasmine... Wedding day, Friday, birthday, everyday.

My pretty friend Jess is helping the cause by creating lovely little floral headbands.  I saw, I loved, I bought.

Jess designed this dreamy cream & yellow number just for me -- and she named it the k.v.! 




I'm trying to figure out how many of these I need to order for Christmas gifts... I love giving pretty things.

Email Jess if you'd like her to make you one!  She has a fall collection (including the k.v.) and she also does custom orders.   ---------- jessdulcet@gmail.com

PS girls: put flowers in your hair!

This morning I got to eat breakfast with dear friends... and I got to meet a beautiful new baby girl named Finley Grace.

 
Finley's cousin Sarah just happens to be my oldest friend in the world.  We met when we were both Finley's size!  Sarah and her family moved to Maryland when I was little, but we've stayed close throughout our lives.  This coming April, I'll be watching Sarah walk down the aisle as she marries the man of her dreams!  I love growing up.



Finley can look forward to a glorious life of being spoiled rotten by her beautiful Auntie Trina.  I'm pretty sure it's Trina's goal in life to make people feel special and loved... at least that's how she's made me feel my whole life!

Finley's pretty mom, Mandy, is such a bright, warm, and loving person... what an amazing family this baby girl has!





Thanks for the lovely breakfast, girls!  So fun to celebrate a new life while catching up on all of the exciting things going on in our own.