Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Friday, September 3, 2010
September already?!?!
I can hardly believe that we are already in the month of September!!! Next thing you know, it will be Christmas!
Honestly, I like getting towards the end of the year. Why?!? Because of the great holidays, which means family time!!! Christopher and I are so very blessed to have such loving families. Even when we are 8 hours away, they still check up on us, make sure we're ok, etc. I'm also very thankful that these days, they have Skype, and other ways of being able to be with famliy...even if it's over the web cam. :) We also have xbox live, and my mom and I love to play boggle, connect four, and other games over xbox live! :) Even though we aren't in the same room, we are able to talk over a headset, and enjoy the games! :) It makes me feel like I'm home!
This semester, Christopher has been taking his very first Hebrew class. It's quite a struggle for him, but by the grace of God, he recently got an A on his first test!!!!!!!! We were so overjoyed!!!! I am so very proud of how hard he has been working this semester!!! And we are both grateful to God!
I've been taking a Seminary wives class this semester! "SBC" which is basically the history of Southern Baptist Convention. It's actually more interesting than I thought it would be! And I'm even more excited about Biblical Counseling!! That class will be next! Christopher took the same professor, and said it's the best class he's taken at the seminary so far!
What else is new?!
Lord willing, Little Boyd will be entering the world soon! Hopefully we will be able to go back home and meet the little guy when he arrives!!!
Christopher is still exercising just about every day and continues to get in better shape! I don't know if I mentioned he lost 25 pounds this year so far!!! He is in great health!!! He's been on a bike riding kick. Eventually, he wants a road bike! He'd like to get one now if we could, but unfortunately those things are expensive!!!! He loves riding to the seminary and back. 20 miles there and back! Yikes! Good for him, though! He loves it!!! Right now, he's using his $87 mountain bike on the roads! But he has made a few changes to it, so it rides better on the roads.
And in case you were wondering about our dog, he's still doing well. Haha.
And that's all folks. :)
Feel free to leave comments. :)
Friday, August 20, 2010
Banana Pudding squares-Our new favorite dessert!
This is the way it will work
-I will give you the recipe, and at the very bottom, I will give you my thoughts, and let you know if I did anything different.
Thank you Kraft recipes for this delicious dessert!
what you need
35 Reduced Fat NILLA Wafers, finely crushed (about 1-1/4 cups)
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) margarine, melted
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, softened
1/2 cup Powdered sugar
1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Sugar Free Whipped Topping, thawed, divided
3 Bananas, sliced
2 pkg. (1 oz. each) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Fat Free Sugar Free Instant Pudding
3 cups cold fat-free milk
1/2 square BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, grated
1. Mix crumbs and margarine; press onto bottom of 13x9-inch dish. Refrigerate until ready to use.
2 Beat Neufchatel and sugar in medium bowl with whisk until blended. Stir in 1-1/2 cups COOL WHIP; spread over crust. Top with bananas.
3 Beat pudding mixes and milk with whisk 2 min.; spread over bananas. Top with remaining COOL WHIP and chocolate. Refrigerate 3 hours.
My thoughts
Wow!!! Christopher and I both LOVED this recipe! It would be a great dessert to have if you are having company! There is plenty to go around, that's for sure!!!
There are only a few changes I made.
1. I used "light" butter. The less fat, the better!
2. I used mini chocolate morsels, simply because I didn't have a grater to do the chocolate. Other wise I definitely would have grated the chocolate. (P.S. if you do end up using mini morsels, I would recommend not using as much as I did ;) They definitely added flavor, but i think I added a little too much!)
All in all, this was a really good dessert! I like the way Kraft thinks! They give you alternatives to the fatty foods! I really do encourage that! When ever you are cooking or making a dessert, try to find alternatives to the fattening stuff. It always makes me feel less guilty when I eat it! ha! :)
If you try this dessert out, please let me know what you thought of it! I would love to get feedback! Just comment below! :)
-I will give you the recipe, and at the very bottom, I will give you my thoughts, and let you know if I did anything different.
Thank you Kraft recipes for this delicious dessert!
what you need
35 Reduced Fat NILLA Wafers, finely crushed (about 1-1/4 cups)
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) margarine, melted
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, softened
1/2 cup Powdered sugar
1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Sugar Free Whipped Topping, thawed, divided
3 Bananas, sliced
2 pkg. (1 oz. each) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Fat Free Sugar Free Instant Pudding
3 cups cold fat-free milk
1/2 square BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, grated
1. Mix crumbs and margarine; press onto bottom of 13x9-inch dish. Refrigerate until ready to use.
2 Beat Neufchatel and sugar in medium bowl with whisk until blended. Stir in 1-1/2 cups COOL WHIP; spread over crust. Top with bananas.
3 Beat pudding mixes and milk with whisk 2 min.; spread over bananas. Top with remaining COOL WHIP and chocolate. Refrigerate 3 hours.
My thoughts
Wow!!! Christopher and I both LOVED this recipe! It would be a great dessert to have if you are having company! There is plenty to go around, that's for sure!!!
There are only a few changes I made.
1. I used "light" butter. The less fat, the better!
2. I used mini chocolate morsels, simply because I didn't have a grater to do the chocolate. Other wise I definitely would have grated the chocolate. (P.S. if you do end up using mini morsels, I would recommend not using as much as I did ;) They definitely added flavor, but i think I added a little too much!)
All in all, this was a really good dessert! I like the way Kraft thinks! They give you alternatives to the fatty foods! I really do encourage that! When ever you are cooking or making a dessert, try to find alternatives to the fattening stuff. It always makes me feel less guilty when I eat it! ha! :)
If you try this dessert out, please let me know what you thought of it! I would love to get feedback! Just comment below! :)
Starting to feel like home...
Wow!
I am ashamed of myself for not being better about updating this blog! I don't have any excuses!
Where to begin...
We've officially been in good 'ol "Kentuckiana" for a year now! Time has really flown by! God has continued to provide for our needs!
So, back in July, guess what we got to do?!?!
We got to go home and visit everyone!!! We hadn't seen our friends/family since December (Christmas) so it was SO much fun to see everyone!!! And can I just say that my niece has grown soooo much! She's talking sooo much and walking everywhere! Back in December, she was barely walking. Oh! And my sister-in-law, Jennifer is having a baby!!!! I'm overjoyed to be an aunt again!!!! She's having a little "Boyd" hehe!! So now we'll have a niece AND a nephew!!! :)
Seminary classes are starting up again this fall. Actually, Christopher started back this past Tuesday! Although, he's been taking summer classes, so really he's constantly in school! :) But can we complain? He is already half way through with school! Whew! We are excited about the start to our second year here! :) We've been a part of a great church (We are members now, did I mention that in my last blog?) and we are getting to serve, and also to hear God speak through some great men at the church. We really love our small group too! I highly recommend it for churches. We do it every other Saturday, and we come together to pray, fellowship, and get into God's word.
I am continuing to love my job. I am ever so grateful to God for such an incredible, yet undeserved blessing.
Needless to say, we still love it here! :) It's starting to feel like "home."
I think that every once in a while I will be doing a "food" blog. :) Ever since I got married, I have thoroughly enjoyed cooking, trying new things, etc. :) Someone mentioned to me that I should start a blog! But since I already have a blog, I thought it would be cool to put up some of the recipes that I've made and share with you how they were, what i did different, etc. So, keep a look out for those! A lot of times I use Kraft recipes! It's a great site and I highly recommend it if you need some new dinner recipes! :)
I am ashamed of myself for not being better about updating this blog! I don't have any excuses!
Where to begin...
We've officially been in good 'ol "Kentuckiana" for a year now! Time has really flown by! God has continued to provide for our needs!
So, back in July, guess what we got to do?!?!
We got to go home and visit everyone!!! We hadn't seen our friends/family since December (Christmas) so it was SO much fun to see everyone!!! And can I just say that my niece has grown soooo much! She's talking sooo much and walking everywhere! Back in December, she was barely walking. Oh! And my sister-in-law, Jennifer is having a baby!!!! I'm overjoyed to be an aunt again!!!! She's having a little "Boyd" hehe!! So now we'll have a niece AND a nephew!!! :)
Seminary classes are starting up again this fall. Actually, Christopher started back this past Tuesday! Although, he's been taking summer classes, so really he's constantly in school! :) But can we complain? He is already half way through with school! Whew! We are excited about the start to our second year here! :) We've been a part of a great church (We are members now, did I mention that in my last blog?) and we are getting to serve, and also to hear God speak through some great men at the church. We really love our small group too! I highly recommend it for churches. We do it every other Saturday, and we come together to pray, fellowship, and get into God's word.
I am continuing to love my job. I am ever so grateful to God for such an incredible, yet undeserved blessing.
Needless to say, we still love it here! :) It's starting to feel like "home."
I think that every once in a while I will be doing a "food" blog. :) Ever since I got married, I have thoroughly enjoyed cooking, trying new things, etc. :) Someone mentioned to me that I should start a blog! But since I already have a blog, I thought it would be cool to put up some of the recipes that I've made and share with you how they were, what i did different, etc. So, keep a look out for those! A lot of times I use Kraft recipes! It's a great site and I highly recommend it if you need some new dinner recipes! :)
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Keeping it up to date!
So,
After visiting family in VA for Christmas, we came back home and got ready for the New Year! Our friends Mitch and Melissa came to visit us!!! We had an absolute blast!!!
We ate at an italian restaurant called "Rocky's." It's riverfront dining and it was absolutely beautiful to sit by the window and look at the city!
Here we are outside the restaurant!!!
Here we are bringing in the new year!!!! :)
All in all, it was a wonderful time and we were soooo thankful that they were able to come and visit us!! They are such awesome friends and we love them very much!!!
In January, I had Martin Luther King day off, and so did Jennifer and Boyd (Christopher's sister and brother-in-law) So they were able to come and visit!!!!
A few things we did:
Walked along the river
Checked out some ducks :)
Explored a watergate
And saw some interesting signs.
Apparently Jesus isn't allowed in Louisville...
We had an such an awesome time, and got to really explore where we live! They encouraged us to do more exploring, so we'll have more to show them next time they come visit! :)
So, that is all the excitement that's been going on since November! Whew! Now that I'm up to date on this thing, it seems like I should do ANOTHER update on what is going on right now! :) So, I will probably be blogging again very soon...keep a look out, friends! :)
Until next time,
The very proud wife of a seminarian!
After visiting family in VA for Christmas, we came back home and got ready for the New Year! Our friends Mitch and Melissa came to visit us!!! We had an absolute blast!!!
We ate at an italian restaurant called "Rocky's." It's riverfront dining and it was absolutely beautiful to sit by the window and look at the city!
Here we are outside the restaurant!!!
Here we are bringing in the new year!!!! :)
All in all, it was a wonderful time and we were soooo thankful that they were able to come and visit us!! They are such awesome friends and we love them very much!!!
In January, I had Martin Luther King day off, and so did Jennifer and Boyd (Christopher's sister and brother-in-law) So they were able to come and visit!!!!
A few things we did:
Walked along the river
Checked out some ducks :)
Explored a watergate
And saw some interesting signs.
Apparently Jesus isn't allowed in Louisville...
We had an such an awesome time, and got to really explore where we live! They encouraged us to do more exploring, so we'll have more to show them next time they come visit! :)
So, that is all the excitement that's been going on since November! Whew! Now that I'm up to date on this thing, it seems like I should do ANOTHER update on what is going on right now! :) So, I will probably be blogging again very soon...keep a look out, friends! :)
Until next time,
The very proud wife of a seminarian!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Let's see, where did I leave off
The last thing that was said was that we celebrated our 1 year anniversary! But there was soooo much more excitement after that!!!!!
So, because of some different things going on, one being that Christopher had a LOT of homework during Thanksgiving break, we ended up having to stay in Kentuckiana for Thanksgiving! I was pretty bummed at first, but the day actually ended up going well!!! Even though we've already celebrated one Thanksgiving holiday together, this was the first Thanksgiving holiday in which I cooked the whole meal! :) It went well!!!! Here are some pictures to prove that I actually did cook! ;)
This is our pitiful little turkey! It was good none the less, but it's definitely a "2 person" turkey! :) Thank you "Jennie-O" for this not so complicated, ready to eat turkey breast!
This is the brocolli cheese casserole I made! :) It was yummy!
My first time making sweet potato casserole!!! It was AWESOME! Although my hubby doesn't like sweet potato casserole, so really I only made it for myself! lol!
Also notice the stuffing. This was our whole meal! It was really good!!! And fun, too!!!!
Later on that day, we drove out to the movie theater to see "A Christmas carol" in 3D!!! It was an awesome movie!!!! :)
Then we went back home to enjoy the quiet evening! It was a great day!
A few weeks before Christmas, we started to decorate for the holiday! :)
Our tree :)
Since we were able to go home to VA for Christmas, we had our own little "Christmas Eve/Christmas day" at our apartment!! So for our "Christmas Eve" we just hung out and by the evening, we watched a movie and sipped hot cocoa! :) We even got some snow flurries!!!
"Christmas Morning" at our apartment!
Christopher reading in Luke
Our stockings..and yes, one of them was for Flash! :)
And yes, Flash opened his gifts ALL by himself!!!!! He's such a cool dog! :)
We had such a great "Christmas Morning" just the 3 of us! :)
Then, we traveled home to VA for another Christmas!!! We had a blast!! It was sooo very wonderful to be able to see our family and friends while we were in!!!
Do you have any idea how relieved I was to be able to see THIS LITTLE GIRL!?!?! My niece has grown soo much! It was hard getting used to the fact that I wouldn't see her as much as I used to living in VA! I mean, I lived right next to my brother and sister-in-law, and they would get me to babysit, and I very much enjoyed it!!! I got to see her quite a few times a week. Then of course, after almost 6 months of not seeing her, I got to see her during Christmas!!! She's getting sooo big!!!! And wow is she precious!!!!!
Look at this beautiful family! :) I was so grateful to see my brother and sister-in-law!!!
I was so glad to be home and see my brothers!!! They are such goof balls, but we are the best of friends!
And ohhh how I had missed this lady! My awesome sister-in-law and a wonderful friend!
I have so many more pictures, but it would make this blog post sooo long! :) These pictures are just a few of the memories I captured, being back home!!!!
Want to know what's been happening since Christmas?!?! :) I will do another blog update today!!! And as always, we are so grateful for the prayer warriors that have been praying for us since we've moved here. God is doing miraculous things, as always...and His faithfulness is so very evident even in the smallest of things!!!!! We miss everyone back home!!!
So, because of some different things going on, one being that Christopher had a LOT of homework during Thanksgiving break, we ended up having to stay in Kentuckiana for Thanksgiving! I was pretty bummed at first, but the day actually ended up going well!!! Even though we've already celebrated one Thanksgiving holiday together, this was the first Thanksgiving holiday in which I cooked the whole meal! :) It went well!!!! Here are some pictures to prove that I actually did cook! ;)
This is our pitiful little turkey! It was good none the less, but it's definitely a "2 person" turkey! :) Thank you "Jennie-O" for this not so complicated, ready to eat turkey breast!
This is the brocolli cheese casserole I made! :) It was yummy!
My first time making sweet potato casserole!!! It was AWESOME! Although my hubby doesn't like sweet potato casserole, so really I only made it for myself! lol!
Also notice the stuffing. This was our whole meal! It was really good!!! And fun, too!!!!
Later on that day, we drove out to the movie theater to see "A Christmas carol" in 3D!!! It was an awesome movie!!!! :)
Then we went back home to enjoy the quiet evening! It was a great day!
A few weeks before Christmas, we started to decorate for the holiday! :)
Our tree :)
Since we were able to go home to VA for Christmas, we had our own little "Christmas Eve/Christmas day" at our apartment!! So for our "Christmas Eve" we just hung out and by the evening, we watched a movie and sipped hot cocoa! :) We even got some snow flurries!!!
"Christmas Morning" at our apartment!
Christopher reading in Luke
Our stockings..and yes, one of them was for Flash! :)
And yes, Flash opened his gifts ALL by himself!!!!! He's such a cool dog! :)
We had such a great "Christmas Morning" just the 3 of us! :)
Then, we traveled home to VA for another Christmas!!! We had a blast!! It was sooo very wonderful to be able to see our family and friends while we were in!!!
Do you have any idea how relieved I was to be able to see THIS LITTLE GIRL!?!?! My niece has grown soo much! It was hard getting used to the fact that I wouldn't see her as much as I used to living in VA! I mean, I lived right next to my brother and sister-in-law, and they would get me to babysit, and I very much enjoyed it!!! I got to see her quite a few times a week. Then of course, after almost 6 months of not seeing her, I got to see her during Christmas!!! She's getting sooo big!!!! And wow is she precious!!!!!
Look at this beautiful family! :) I was so grateful to see my brother and sister-in-law!!!
I was so glad to be home and see my brothers!!! They are such goof balls, but we are the best of friends!
And ohhh how I had missed this lady! My awesome sister-in-law and a wonderful friend!
I have so many more pictures, but it would make this blog post sooo long! :) These pictures are just a few of the memories I captured, being back home!!!!
Want to know what's been happening since Christmas?!?! :) I will do another blog update today!!! And as always, we are so grateful for the prayer warriors that have been praying for us since we've moved here. God is doing miraculous things, as always...and His faithfulness is so very evident even in the smallest of things!!!!! We miss everyone back home!!!
Friday, January 22, 2010
It's been way, way too long (Part I)
Hello everyone! I'm so very sorry that it's been so long since my last post!!! Since my last post, many things have happened.
Warning: Considering the length of time that has past since my last entry, this blog will be very long, and I will have to create a second entry to go along with this one. :) But here's the start!
-My Parents came to visit, to join in on celebrating my birthday! We had a blast, and we even walked along side the river and it was a beautiful day for pictures! Although it was very windy!!!
-Christopher and I celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary in Pigeon Forge, TN!!!
His parents and grandma also came, and we spent one of the days we were there, in Dollywood with them!
Entering the beautiful cabin
The living room
Our awesome bedroom with a jacuzzi!!!!
While we were here, Christopher's mom was able to cut his hair finally! Check out the before and after pictures!!!
Christopher and his grandma
Me, my mom-in-law, and dad-in-law havin fun! :)
So, my mother-in-law didn't like the ferris wheel too much ;) Neither did Christopher.. :)
The 2 love birds :)
Just the 2 of us :)
Our cabin!
Yes, we ate the top of our cake a year later, and yes it was delicious!!!
Warning: Considering the length of time that has past since my last entry, this blog will be very long, and I will have to create a second entry to go along with this one. :) But here's the start!
-My Parents came to visit, to join in on celebrating my birthday! We had a blast, and we even walked along side the river and it was a beautiful day for pictures! Although it was very windy!!!
-Christopher and I celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary in Pigeon Forge, TN!!!
His parents and grandma also came, and we spent one of the days we were there, in Dollywood with them!
Entering the beautiful cabin
The living room
Our awesome bedroom with a jacuzzi!!!!
While we were here, Christopher's mom was able to cut his hair finally! Check out the before and after pictures!!!
Christopher and his grandma
Me, my mom-in-law, and dad-in-law havin fun! :)
So, my mother-in-law didn't like the ferris wheel too much ;) Neither did Christopher.. :)
The 2 love birds :)
Just the 2 of us :)
Our cabin!
Yes, we ate the top of our cake a year later, and yes it was delicious!!!
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