Barongs R US

My ninang (aka godmother) was able to score Sal a custom made barong, which is a traditional outfit the groom wears during the wedding ceremony, straight from the Philippines...I was happy to see Sal trying it on a few nights ago...hehe and my mom and my tita had to help him..still needs a little bit of altering, but either it came out awesome..:P

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Kitchen Concoctions- Mushroom risotto

I love risotto...just takes sooo darn long to cook I wanna eat it all before the rice is even fully cooked..took about 40-45mins until rice is fully cooked..

Note to self : do NOT make risotto on a completely empty stomach..

Ingredients: arborio rice, organic chicken broth, onion, garlic, mushroom, s&p, dried parsley, grated parmesan cheese

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Kitchen Concoctions: SPAM musubi

Ingredients- leftover Spam, sushi rice, sushi vinegar, furikake, unagi sweet sauce, nori

Spam musubi is considered a Hawaiian on the go snack...it was actually pretty good since I've never had it before and it was homemade...
The last pic is Sal's rolls....they are a lil lopsided and loose but hey they still taste the same..hehe

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Cheat Day

Yumm but bad....SPAM and cinnamon brown sugar pancakes..:)

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2 words - Estate SALE

Sal and I just got back from Staten Island and before we got to his grandfather's for his birthday ..Sal wakes me and says there is an Estate sale going on...we swung by and picked out these 3 items for $10.. has a vintage feel...we will clean it up and possibly paint it in the spring..

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Baby BOOM

Here are some cuteness from your viewing pleasure:

Mister Lorenzo Chan - Sal's sister's baby
(reindeer hoodie onesie - xmas gift from us)

Mister Kai McCoy - my cousin's baby in Hawaii

Mister Eli Donavon McCoy - my Cousin's baby in Virginia

Set the stage

So Sal's mom was looking through the Star Ledger and found an article that James Franco (the actor from Spiderman and Date night) filmed a part of his new movie called "the Broken Tower" at our wedding venue..pretty cool..They decided to film there because of its historical decor and atmostphere...here are some pictures:

HOLiDAYS 2010 - part2

Here are more pictures from the Campo Christmas gift exchange.... It was Enzo's first Christmas and it was Sal's first time to hold his nephew...Sal and I got some awesome gifts ..a new Kreurig with a million K-cups from his mom and Anna got me the Zumba workout with the 1lb dumbells...and now i finally made it to the famous wall of stockings..






wow i'm laughing like a crazy person.. lol..so not attractive
and Sal's Dad still couldn't resist and got Enzo his first Jets memorabilia...even tho Kelvin is a Giants fan and Anna is a Dolphins fan..lol


Anna with the Italian singing teddy bear....soo cute..

Helen Joy Baby bonanza

Just came from Helen's baby shower in Mahwah in a beautiful house ....I love all the decor and pink things ...Chloe made the cutet tags for the favors that we prepped along with the diaper cake at our place...so glad Chloe was able to see our place before she had to go back to California....and we all got to watch the season premiere of Jersey Shore...also Josh swung by...kinda upset I don't have a pic of him there...

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HOLiDAYS 2010

Our first Christmas in our new house was pretty awesome...we decorated our first tree..and topped it with a glittery gold star...we also had our first snow storm and stuck in our condo for 2 days straight...












Christmas Eve was spent at the Campo Grandparents house in Staten Island...all the new babies were there...pretty nuts...and the funniest part is that Sal's Dad (Fred) decided he would take on the part of Santa Claus ..all i remember was "OK kids, Santa's gotta go soon.. He has to go to Brooklyn"..lol





Then Christmas Day at the Bayan's for brunch and secret Santa exchange....I had Ate for my secret santa...first off the Bayan's don't know how to keep a secret and everyone pretty much knew who they had anyways... i ran out of wrapping paper and tried to be creative with Ate's gift wrapping..
my Mom was my secret santa and she got me and Sal an awesome 12 piece Martha Stewart pots and pans...





Sal got my Tita and got her these cute Gray boots







k i'm getting sleepy...I'll continue the holidays with the Campo side in another entry...