Lily Haircut!

Yup, that's Lily! I know I know, it doesn't look like her Steve says. That's b/c her hair is tucked behind her ears which it normally is NEVER! I mean to be honest, Phil might get on me for making her look like a 5 year old. Precious, she is still little and Daddy's girl that's for sure. Now Laura, be SURE to flat iron that kink out of her bangs or at least blow dry that hair with some product =)

Lily 3 and Eva is 1. My wonderful nieces from the Boyd family. Look at her long lashes. Oh, my...I need one.

10 weeks

Ok, so it does kinda look like an alien and it will for a little while. It's a baby miracle alien in my book. This is what our baby is looking like inside this gut of mine. We are so excited in January to see the babe again and hear the heart beat.

So many people keep asking, what do you want it to be? All I can respond to this is by saying: I want a healthy boy or girl. I could care less what gender it is. I am just so happy we are having one and it didn't take long to get one =)

Can't wait to see our families at Christmas. Such an extra special time of year this is for Steve and I. God willing all goes well. This time next year we will have a 5 month old BABY!!!!

Lil' Bean Bono

I believe you might need to ask us to see this picture in person. I don't know if you can click on it to make it bigger, but I hope you can. It shows in the picture the butt, leg buds, arm buds and head. We are 8 weeks and 3 days into the growth of the baby bono.
What a wonderful Christmas this is. To celebrate the joy of bringing a little one into the world next year. July 13th is the date they have suggested. Makes me wonder.....will this interrupt our trip to the beach? Hummmm. Ok, Im hungry and tired, must go lay down for another nap.

We love all of you. Prayers are accepted and we thank you for them.

It's been awhile since I have had time to post, or toss some pictures up on here.
Do forgive me. My life has been spinning around and round. Get's a little crazy too
around the holidays. Work has been steady, Thank God. I will post some pictures
once we are done decorating the house inside and out. So check back early next week
for some updates =)

Giving Thanks!!!!

I am a HAM girl. I know I know, turkey is better for your body but having left over ham sandwiches for a week is super yummy.
Oh, how I hope we have a ham this Thanksgiving. If not, I must wait another month for Christmas. cough cough...Mom!











Thanks for macaroni and cheese. Usually mawmaw takes care of this dish, due to her illness I don't believe we will be having her dish. Will I take over and give us mawmaw yearout's version of mac and cheese? Ohhhhh velveta cheese how I love thee.















Oh, Lord how I give you thanks for the yummy sweet potatoes you created for us to enjoy. Connie is the one who prepares the sweet potato casserole. THIS to me is dessert. No pumpkin pie needed.

I'm feeling a little like Christmas right now. I started to find pictures of how I would love to decorate my dining room table with these candle center pieces.

I then continued to find this AWESOME picture of a blue and white dining room. I would like to have an accent wall one day like this.








I keep looking at ideas on how to change up my Christmas decoration's but I can't bring myself to spend the money on new color scheme's nor buy a white tree. Which I would LOVE to have one. So here is a picture of my 'want to have' theme this 2010. White, Grey, Gold, Blue.

kitties and more kitties

I just have to post this picture. Kitties, baby kittens make me so happy. I just wanna tickle his tummy and squeeze his kitty pads. This brought happiness to my heart and lots of smiles on my face. Im sure it will do the same for you!!

Tis the season for....APPLEBUTTER

I took it upon myself to get in the spirit of what's to come (since Im so eager already ;) to take time and start playing around with food. The house is warm ((only when Steve is not in the house)), decorations are in full spirit of sunflowers, pumpkins and harvest. Now, it smells of nothing but cinnamon and apples....mmmmm yum yum.

Here what I have been doing the last 16 hours. Well, sleeping of course but I just finished up my 2nd batch this morning. By letting them sit over night ((thanks Mom for the idea)) instead of just 9 hours, I do believe this batch is PERFECT!!!!

I started out with 12 apples. 4 Fiji, 4 Gala, 4 red delicious. Keeps the flavor well rounded when you have a variety.









You will need 2/3 cup of raw honey
3 tbs of Cinnamon
1/2 tsp of Nutmeg
8 1/2 pint size jars








Peel all the apples and core them. Toss them into a glass dish for the ingredients ((cinnamon, nutmeg and raw honey))you will be adding on top of them. Toss the apple slices around in the bowl with your hands to make sure the apples are all covered in the ingredients.











You will now then place the apples in your crock pot and cover and cook on HIGH for one hour. Then bring the apples down to a low temperature and allow them to cook for as long as you have time.

**I cook my at least for 12 hours. The softer the apples the more they soak up the cinnamon and nutmeg.




Once your cooking time is up. Turn off your crockpot and use a hand held mixer like the one in the picture. This will help to soften and blend in any apples still remaining whole. Once blended to liquid consistency your now ready to place the sauce in your 1/2 pint jars.




Let them cool for a little bit. I then place the lids on the jar and decorate with some pretty fabric in between both lids. Especially if using this as a gift. Spice it up a bit =)



Enjoy, I sure will.

More....Barbells For Boobs @ Brickhouse

Thanks Connie for being there to take pictures. Be sure to click on them if you need to see them bigger and more close up. Such an awesome time. Next year I want to perform with the weight that was prescribed for Woman which is: 95lbs. For men it was 135pds.

Barbells For Boobs @ Brickhouse

What an event we had this afternoon at Brickhouse. The support we had going on is for woman who can't afford to have mammograms or they get breast caner and slammed with bills and can't pay. We raised money for them. This is something that started out in Cali and had 3 people join a few years ago. Now we are up to 300 gyms who all participated together over the WORLD @ 2pm today and did the WOD called 'Grace'. This involved doing 30 clean and jerks. This is an Olympic lift. My weight was 65pds and done in 5mins and 5 seconds.

Connie got some video footage. I just have to figure out HOW to upload that to here???? Hummm, Steve help me.

Jesus Culture

Copy and paste this URL into your computer. This is one of my favorite bands. Jesus Culture is their name. Great praise and worship. I got their cd 'Consumed' for my birthday. Thanks Sara, these guys and girl rock my world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NDDO95_5oo

I turn 27, Monday!!!!

I thought I better share these with you guys before my sister hit's up facebook and shares with the world. Dad posted these on his blog so I stole them. I believe the grades are 11th, 9th, 6th, 2nd, 1st. Wow!!!! I can't believe I am sharing these pictures but I love the people who care to read our blog. So I know you will go easy on the comments. Be gentle =) Happy Birthday Ween!

VT Hokies littlest fan's

Eva totally reminds me of my sister Laura in the high chair. Although, I was NOT born yet I have seen pictures of Laura making this SAME FACE!!!! Oh, it's just wonderful.

Lily, being the big sister pushing Eva Reese at the park! These girls already play together so well. Eva just tries to catch up with Lily which has her walking and crawling so quickly=)

Click on the pictures to see a closer view of that face

Viva VEGAS!!!!!!!!!

Below are pictures of Pastor Craig and his wife, Brittany. We all met up in Vegas and had dinner together at Mesa in Caesar's Palace. Below was my meal, Blackened Grouper. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.


























Here are a few shots of what went down this weekend with the Dever's and Bono's. Alan went free falling atop of the Stratosphere, we also ate dinner up in the air as well. Got to go inside Gold and Silver pawn shop which air's on TV called, Pawn Stars. We didn't get to see anyone famous they were out of town filming. Wonderful dinner's, wonderful friends. Great times were had by all of us. Enjoy the pictures =)