Good Finds: Pastor Steve's Sermons

Love love love Temple Baptist Church and Pastor Steve Cobb !  What a blessing !  Two great sermons he's preached the last 2 sundays dealing with Marriage and our roles and husband and wife, beautiful reminders of love and grace.  Here's the notes, read them, commit them to memory, and live them daily.  I love my husband, Charles, through the abundance and overflowing love I recieve from the Lord. I'm not saying this is easy and that it's something I've got down pat ... not at all.  I'm showing you this to urge you on brother and sister to cherish the relationships God has blessed us with and help your spouse reach their full potential. You can listen to the sermons here.   Enjoy :)


Message to the Husbands




Message to the wives



From our kitchen to yours : Pioneer Woman's Apple Dumplings

Ohhhh good heavens these are amazing ! AND SO SIMPLE TOO ! Please, please promise me you'll make them soon.  I used this amazing recipe here by Pioneer Woman and they were to die for :) Our life group gobbled them right up :)

oh and a couple of changes, if y'all know me, I don't buy name brand soooooo I used Great Value brand cresent rolls, butter, ice cream (do serve with ice cream, it's a must) and Mountain Lion or some other cheap cousin of Mt. Dew.  Go see the tutorial/ recipe here ... I didn't have time to take pictures while I was making it and well, Pioneer Woman's tutorials are great :) Enjoy !


              Photo Credit to Pioneer Woman too :) I'm a lazy blogger ... sorry !

Funny Failures : Blogging

Yes, I will be the first to admit that I've been a terrible blogger.  And, well, my excuse is ... my life is just kinda boring right now :(  You know, work, exercise, eat, time with the hubby, sleep, repeat.  Throw in some church and great times serving and the occasional weekend trip, and you've got my life.  Sorry I haven't posted, and I probably won't post for another week or so ... because I'll be at the beach. For a week, with the wonderful in law family of mine !!!!! I'm so excited !  Okay, bye :)

Blog Browsing : Waterfall Braid

So I have seen pictures of gorgeous braids lately with tussled looking beach hair and I had to do a little research :) I taught myself to french braid at at early age by locking myself in my room with a my American girl doll Felicity and my Scholastics Braids and Bows book I got at the school book fair.  Ever since then I've been a pro ! No joke, I would not open my door until I learned how to french braid, I then taught myself to braid my own hair. I was always the one who would french braid everyone's hair at cheer camp or on church camp bus rides.

Waterfall Braid

okay okay, here's the video that helped me master this trendy do, yep, short and sweet 2 minutes and 2 seconds, great job Cute Girls Hair Styles video on youtube :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y90s6neUKEY&feature=related

Full waterfall braid

Half waterfall braid, bobby pinned

Good Finds : PINTEREST

Sorry I haven't posted in such a long time ... I've well, uhh, just started a new relationship with this awesome website called Pinterest . Don't be afraid, you can click on the link, it won't bite :)  Sooooo I use to see this website as being a great place to get ideas from peoples pictures and links, but now, I have my own account and I can keep track of everything and share ideas I like as well, awesome !  Okay, welp, that's the blog post for now... maybe I'll do something exciting that I see on Pinterest and then write a blog post about it ... maybe :)

From our kitchen to yours: Strawberry lemonade cupcakes

Oops I forgot to take a final picture ! Rats, anyways, here's a yummy treat I made this weekend, I hope you try them out sometime and enjoy a fresh summery treat :)


Ingredients
1 box of white cake mix
- make according to directions
6 tbs of country time strawberry lemonade powder (add to cake mix)
Split batter into two bowls
- add pink food coloring to one bowl and yellow to the other

Once batter is finished, spoon pink and yellow cake batter into muffin tins (see picture below)

Bake and let cool.  Frost with cream cheese frosting and embellish with colored sugar or candies/fruit snacks and enjoy !

Good Finds : The perfect summer drink

mMm I love a good Arnold Palmer :)  You know, the perfect combination of Iced Tea and Lemonade, especially in the summer time it just makes me happy ! I'm normally just a water drinker but this is a yummy treat I indulge in sometimes (I try to do unsweet tea and low cal lemonade).

Arnold Palmer Stix

Anyways ... I found this little gem that is surprisingly guiltless and tasty ! I got mine at Walmart :) Only 5 calories a serving, two servings in a 16 oz water bottle.  Enjoy this crisp, refreshing summer beverage, I know I am  :)