Double Layer Mocha Cheesecake!

On Valentine's Day, I wanted to make fiance Matt something special. Since he loves cheesecake, I whipped out my new cookbook (thanks to the Wegescheide family) and picked out a homemade cheesecake recipe. Matt loves coffee, and he loves cheesecake, so what better than a double layer mocha cheesecake!!!

Using my baking skills to piece together the cheesecake...the cookbook told me it should take 30 minutes to prepare and 45 minutes to cook...

It took me THREE hours to complete the cheesecake!!!!!!!!
When it was finally ready, we sliced it up to see how it tasted
Since I didn't realize that it needed to be refrigerated over night, it was kinda mushy at first. We still tasted it, then left it to chill till the next day :) Needless to say, it was pretty tasty and well worth the 3 hours!
On Valentine's Day, Matt surprised me up at work with some flowers! Isn't he sweet?!
I love you Matt!!! Happy Valentine's Day!

As of February 23, there is only 111 days until our wedding :)

Superbowl and Surprises

I am a little delayed in my blog posting, but better late than never! As you all know, last week was the Superbowl :) Sadly enough, the team I was rooting for lost, but I still had a great time with friends while watching the game.

This is the ice cream cake I made to take to the party. It was a big hit!

Watching the game (and the commercials)

We had our 3D glasses ready for the commercials that were in 3D! Since we only had 8 pairs and about 15 people, we cut the glasses in half and shared. See how Matt and I actually only have half the glasses on? It worked great!

Enjoying some of the yummy ice cream cake at half time

The whole group after the game...most very happy that Pittsburgh won...

But some of us were sad about the outcome of the game :( At least it was close in the end!

On a whole other note, I got a surprise visit this week!!! On Wednesday, there was a knock on the door and I saw my friends Chris and Danielle standing outside. I opened the door and was wondering what they were doing here, cause they live in Mt. Pleasant. Then they moved to the side and Mike was there!!!! He was home on leave this week from Afghanistan and surprised me with a visit! All four of us then went to Buffalo Wild Wings where Matt now works and we got some food and hung out. Matt served us :) It was a great night and I was super stoked to see Mike after him being gone since July. He is always full of surprises!