& Chocolate pretzels..

Claudio & I have been really busy lately :) Our 5 minutes of free time between both of our jobs, school work and studying have been filled with hour trips to various places for dates :) Hey, a united couple is a bit more important that your economics homework, right? We thought so! We'd like to share a few photos of our great, recent adventures. All of these adventures began with the search for Chocolate covered pretzels. Did you hear that?

Claudio y yo hemos estado supppeeerrr ocupados ultimamente. Nuestro "5 minutos" de descanso entre nuestros trabajos y tareas han estado lleno de viajes y citas a lugares bonitos :) Es la verdad que una pareja unido es mas importante que tu tarea de economia.. no? Creemos que si :) Nos gustariamos compartir algunos fotos de las aventuras que hemos tenido. TODAS las aventuras han empezado con una busquedad de...

Chocolate Covered Pretzels. 

Pretzels banados en chocolate.

Yes.

These.

Estos. 

(Size added to emphasize the importance of this food for Claudio...)

Time has passed so quickly :)

Claudio and I have been together here in Hawaii officially 8 months tomorrow the 14th. It's kind of ridiculous to think about everything that has happened here since July when we entered the Brigham Young University  - Hawaii. All the little fights we've had that have transformed into an undeniable love for each other.. All the places we've gone and places we still plan to visit.. all of the quizzes, tests, and papers that have plagued our fun times.. Just everything. I love you Claudio :) 

Claudio y yo hemos estado aquí en Hawaii por 8 meses ya mañana. Es un poco ridículo pensar de todo que ya ha pasado! Todos los peleas que se han transformado en un amor real. Todos los lugares donde hemos ido y todavía pensamos en ir... todas las pruebas, los exámenes y papeles que nos han molestado... todo. Te quiero Claudio :) 

JULY 15TH

Queque

Claudio's wonderful sister-in-law gave me the recipe to make queque chileno! So, while procrastinating homework I decided to bake some. The queque is more like what Americans would consider poundcake, but ohhh it turned out delicious! Claudio is still in classes currently so he hasn't had a chance to try it. Nonetheless, the queque is like sweet bread almost and in my opinion is pretty delicious :) If we added some pie filling like cherries on top it would be indescribable! 

Mi cuñada maravillosa me dio la receta hoy para cocinar queque chileno! Entonces, para procrastinar mis tareas decidí cocinarlo! El queque es lo que gringos dirían "poundcake", pero salió súper rico! Claudio esta en clases por dos horas mas, pero después el verificara si salió chileno autentico. Sin embargo, el queque es como pan endulzado y en mi opinión es muy sabroso. Si añadiéramos cerezas sería increíble!

Here is the recipe:

Queque Chileno

1 cup of sugar 

2 tbs. of butter (room temperature) 

2 large eggs

2 tsp. baking powder

1 cup of milk (I used almond milk)

2 cups of flour (I used whole wheat)

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract 

Directions

Mix sugar and butter in a bowl. It has to be uniform and look creamy

Add eggs and mix until everything is mixed together

Add flour (sift the flour), milk, baking powder and vanilla. Mix everything until is all incorporated 

Butter a pan (like the one i used to make breads) and add it to a pre-heated oven at 350ºF for about 30-40min

When the top is all nicely brown is generally ready. Do not open the oven before the 30min to make sure it stays nice and tall. 

Engagements

Claudio & I had our engagement photos taken last month by Chris Simons Photography and they turned out AMAZING. I included the link to his blog post but here are some other pictures that we love just to share. When we look at these, we both get so incredibly happy remembering how much fun we had and just how in love we are with eachother. I'm sure Claudio can attest to this, but although we fight sometimes and don't always get along, we're crazy in love with each other and couldn't ask for more.

La lluvia y gripes

Raining like crazy (lloviendo locura)

It's officially monsoon season here in Hawaii. It's been raining non-stop on this wonderful Sunday and it's pretty difficult traveling on a bike through the rain. Both Claudio & I are completely soaked and just spending our day webcamming and relaxing. 

Last week I caught a cold and Claudio caught the flu so we both had an incredibly enjoyable time enduring midterms. We're both a bit behind now on homework, but we'll catch up quickly. 

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Oficialmente es el tiempo temporal aquí en Hawái. Ha llovido sin parar desde la mañana y nos hemos dado cuenta que es muy difícil andar en bicicleta bajo la lluvia. Claudio y yo estamos súper mojados y pasamos el día haciendo webcam y relajándonos. 

La semana pasada me resfrié y Claudio le dio gripe (vomitando) entonces es claro que Claudio y yo nos divertimos harto durante los midterms. Ya estamos un poco atrasados con las tareas, pero alcanzaremos pronto.