I grew up in a small town where I met my husband in high school. After I graduated from college with a Computer Science degree, we got married and moved to San Diego, CA. We resided in San Diego for five years and moved to Germany in 2008. We live in Germany as missionaries. I love to bake - anything sweet and often with chocolate :-) I love seafood, but often have friends over who don't. My husband is a big fan of pasta. My mother didn't cook much so it's kind of strange that I've picked it up. Anytime anyone says how much they enjoyed the meal I just spent hours on - I don't mind spending hours in the kitchen and often just fiddle around! When I added way too much spice and garlic - it was horrible, but my family was very polite and ate it anyway....