Weekend

Last weekend was one of the most relaxing weekends I've had in a long time! It all started with Friday night.


Friday night I came home from work to an empty house. It was so peaceful! I talked to my mom for a little over an hour. After that I just sat in our living room listening to Christmas music, reading a book, and enjoying the peaceful atmosphere. We put up our Christmas decorations on Thursday night so I was able to turn on all the Christmas lights and read with only those on.


On Saturday, I got up early and headed to Teen Mania. My core was having a Pumpkin Bread bake-off. We had so much fun with this. I had cream cheese goodness to add to it. Yum!! Needless to say we didn't win but we really enjoyed the bread. 

Afterwards, the girls headed to my house and we had lunch and chilled. We watched Hitch and had a great time enjoying one another's company. After the girls left (around 5), I studied for my Analyzing and Interpreting Lit Course. I don't care for this subject at all so it took some discipline to try to read and comprehend. :) 


After studying, we just chilled in the living room and watched Bones/TV. It felt almost too good to be true to have such a chill Saturday.


Sunday, Crystal and I went to church. After church, we went out to eat with Abby Conaway, Haley Schubert, Hope Simpson, and Katie Socia. After a great lunch at Genghi's Grill, we headed to Starbucks to enjoy some goodness in a cup. :) After hanging out and talking for a while, we headed to Target. After shopping and having fun with the girls, Crystal and I headed home.


On our way home, we noticed that MegaMind and Red were playing at the drive-in. So we decided that was an amazing movie combination and asked our housemates if they'd like to go. Ingrid said she would so we packed up her little SUV and headed to the drive in. We packed out the car with snacks, pillows, and blankets. It ended up being pretty chilly. It was so much fun! :)


All this bundled into one weekend...man what fun!! :)

Babysitting Adventure

Last night Crystal and I babysat the Hasz kids. I love them so much! Crystal had this brilliant idea of making ice cream in a bag. It was so much fun!! Below are some pics.

Beginning of our adventure

Henry shaking his bag

Finished product

Bridget with her Ice Cream in a Bag

Crystal wiping her freezing hands

Boo and Crystal

Me and Jo

Jo proud of his creation

Henry and I

Me and Boo

Boo feeding Crystal. Yum!

Jo trying to feed me

Group Pic

Silly Group Pic

Needless to say, we had a lot of fun. If you ever want to make Ice Cream in a Bag, the recipe is below. It’s super easy, a lot of fun to make with kids, and very tasty. Enjoy

What you'll need:

·                         1 tablespoon sugar

·                         1/2 cup milk or half & half

·                         1/4 teaspoon vanilla

·                         6 tablespoons rock salt

·                         1 pint-size plastic food storage bag (e.g., Ziploc) 

·                         1 gallon-size plastic food storage bag

·                         Ice cubes

How to make it:

1.                       Fill the large bag half full of ice, and add the rock salt. Seal the bag.

2.                       Put milk, vanilla, and sugar into the small bag, and seal it.

3.                       Place the small bag inside the large one, and seal it again carefully.

4.                       Shake until the mixture is ice cream, which takes about 5 minutes.

5.                       Wipe off the top of the small bag, then open it carefully. Enjoy!

Tips:

A 1/2 cup milk will make about 1 scoop of ice cream, so double the recipe if you want more. But don't increase the proportions more that that -- a large amount might be too big for kids to pick-up because the ice itself is heavy.

Lesson from Cinnamon Rolls

Last night was my first time to make cinnamon rolls. They turned out pretty good. It was time consuming but a lot of fun. It's at those times that I realize how much I enjoy baking and cooking. Often in the busyness of life, I forget.


Here's a picture. I apologize about the bad lighting. 
While kneading the dough for the cinnamon rolls, I was reminded of how God will stretch us and pull us into places that we don't want to go because it'll hurt or be painful. But we forget the He has our best interest at heart and makes us into something beautiful in the end. The pain is all worth it in the end.


Hebrews 12:2
Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

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Life of Adventure...oh man. I feel like this captures my hopes and dreams in a nutshell. I desire to do things that surprise people. The Lord has already done so many crazy things in my life that I didn't expect. I've lived in Texas for a little over 4 years. I came down in August of 2006 and never ever thought I'd still be here in November of 2010. The Lord is so good though! He's provided for me to go through 3 years at Teen Mania's Honor Academy. 

So all this to say, I like trying new things. Next October I'm headed to Ireland with my best friend, Crystal Ross. I look forward to fulfilling this dream of mine. I love checking things off my bucket list. :)

Crystal and I in San Antonio

This is my life in a nutshell. :)