The Last and 31st Day of the Challenge

Hello my devoted readers! Today is the last day of the 31 day challenge to bring you a bible verse about marriage everyday. I hope you enjoyed this challenge as much as I did!!

Day 31 -

"The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. But it was because the Lord loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors..."

--Deuteronomy 7:7-8

Before marriage you receive a lot of wanted and unwanted advice from people about marriage and how to have a good one and what not to do. Well really the best advice you can follow is that, that the bible shows us. How God treats his children is how we should treat our spouse, with everlasting love and grace. We are human and we can't always do this because we are not perfect but we should strive to treat our husband or wife how God treats his children, He loves them and give them so much grace. Love one another as God has loved you. 

I hope you enjoyed this 31 day challenge as much as I have! Loves.

Happy Halloween!!!!

Hello my spooky readers! Hope you enjoy your Halloween and have a safe one! We are going to help at the church for their Halloween event. :-) I thought I would share our pumpkins with you, we carved and painted last night.

 Aaron and I had fun just spending time together.

 Above is my pumpkin, I painted mine this year cause I didn't want to get all messy. Below is Aaron's, one of his favorite things his whole life has been Batman so that's why he did that. I think he did a great job! He carved and painted.

I painted this little one the other day for Charlie, our dog and our baby :-). It says Happy Fall. I hope you enjoyed our pumpkins and have a fun and safe Halloween!

Loves.

Day 30 of the Challenge

Hello my fabulous readers! Today is the next to the last day of the 31 day challenge to bring you a bible verse everyday about marriage. Here is day thirty.

Day 30-

"But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live. And then I will do to you what I plan to do to them."

--Numbers 33:55-56

Today's verse was a warning to the Israelites to do what God said to do or they would suffer the consequences. In your marriage you will have stumbling blocks, like past addictions and past relationships, you need to meet these head on with your spouse and work through them and leave them in the past. I personally have a hard time and am still working with the fact that my husband lived with another woman before me. This is something that I pray about often and we have had numerous talks about and it is something I continue to work on all the time to get past it, and sometime I hope soon I will. You just need to cling to God in prayer and to your spouse and communicate always your feelings about things. Loves.

Wednesday Recipe - Oatmeal

Hello my delicious readers! Today I decided on an easy and pretty fast recipe that my nana showed me when I was a little girl and I have made it ever since. It is brown sugar and butter oatmeal.

Ingrediants: Brown sugar, butter, Oatmeal

You will need: a saucepan with lid and a spatula

Directions:

1. fix the oatmeal like the directions tell you, I use regular oatmeal not instant

2. in a bowl put as much butter as desired

3. top that butter with brown sugar, also as much as desired

4. top with the oatmeal when it is finished cooking, mine takes about 5-8 minutes

5. stir until all the brown sugar and butter are dissolved

6. Enjoy! I serve mine a lot of the time with toast

Hope you enjoyed this very quick, simple and tasty recipes that I love so much! Loves.

Day 29 of the Challenge

Hello my amazing readers. I can't believe there are only two more days after this post of the 31 day challenge to bring you a bible verse about marriage each day. I hope you enjoy day twenty-nine.

Day 29-

"Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank."

--Numbers 20:11

Today's verse is about Moses disobeying God and losing his chance to go into the land of milk and honey because he got angry. Anger is a big deal when it comes to marriage. It isn't healthy for a marriage if you never get angry or if you get extremely angry all the time. When you get angry with each other no matter what it might be about, you need to still show respect because if you call names or are disrespectful and say things you don't mean, they will hurt you later and eventually end your marriage. It is healthy to be angry every once in awhile and not hold it in but just let respect lead anger in your marriage. Loves.

Day 28 of the Challenge

Hello my fabulous readers. We are almost to the end, day twenty-eight, of the 31 day challenge to bring you everyday a bible verse on marriage.

Day 28 -

"But the men who had gone up with him said, "We can't attack those people; they are stronger than we are." And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored."

--Numbers 13:31-32

Today's verse is about the Israelites doubting themselves and pushing aside their faith instead of just believing God would provide for them. Sometimes in our marriage this happens. You fight and you can't get past what your fighting about and you start to think your whole marriage is a mistake. If you give your negativity over to God and let him handle it for you and just work through your fight and then let it go after you and your spouse solve it, everything will be fine. Your marriage will be so much better if you give all your negativity to God and not dwell on something like a little fight because it could ruin your marriage slowly but surely. Loves.

P.S. I thought this was scheduled to post yesterday and it didn't go so sorry for the delay of yesterday's verse :-)

Mini Haul for the Fall:-)

Hello my wonderful readers! It is starting to look a lot like fall time! So I went a bought a couple things to use for the fall that I have seen and really liked. 

First thing I was looking for was a lipstick that was more fall looking, like darker reds, purples, browns because I all had was one plum the rest were bright spring and summer colors. I came across this cranberry color from Wet N Wild and loved it, especially since it was only $.99.

 Next thing I was looking for was a brow brush, I didn't want to spend a lot for this so this was the cheapest one I could find for about $5. There will be a review of this product and lipstick above coming soon!

 These next two items I got from Charming Charlie's because they were having a really big sale and I needed a smaller wallet so I went for this cranberry colored one for fall time for $6. The bad that's black with gold detailing was $20 and I thought it would be perfect for a classic black bag that everyone should have for fall time.

I also went to Ross and got a few things for the fall season! I got these two beanies, one pink and one grey with a little sparkle on them for $5.99 each 

Also at Ross I got these infinity scarves for $7.99 each, they are thinner because I tend to get really warm when I have the thick scarves on at work and such. One is light brown with butterflies and sparrows on it, the other is grey with red stars. 

Last two things I got were form Bath and Body Works. Candles!! One of my favorite things about fall. I have the one above, Farmstand Apple, lit right now and it smells so good and reminds me of when my family used to go to Apple Hill each year. The one below I can't wait to burn because I love cinnamon and clove. It is really fall and holidays when the cinnamon comes out!

Hope you enjoyed my mini haul for the fall! Loves.

Day 27 of the Challenge

Hello my wonderful readers! We are on day twenty-seven of the 31 day challenge to bring you a bible verse everyday on marriage.

Day 27 -

"Jezebel his wife said, "Is this how you act as king over Israel? Get up and eat! Cheer up. I'll get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.""

--1 Kings 21:7

Today's verse is kind of continuing yesterday's verse about making decisions based on facts and feelings. Jezebel chose to misrepresent herself to the leaders of the town Jezreelite and have Naboth put to death because her husband wanted something and she was going to do anything to give it to him. Instead of her just saying "well we could just find another vineyard" she took it to extreme. I think we should do what we can to make our spouse happy and they should do the same for us but I don't believe in going to an extreme where you are going against your morals or better judgement in something. I personally make half my decisions based on feelings and half on facts, my husband is a facts man I think. I get so frustrated at times when he says all the facts and goes "see!" He insists I make the decision based on his facts not on my emotions, I always try to see it his way and my own and try to make a decision based on everything. I believe compromise is the best for marriage, that way usually everyone is happy. Loves!

p.s. only four more days left of the challenge :-)

Day 26 of the Challenge

Hello my fabulous readers! Today is day twenty-six in the 31 day challenge to bring you a bible verse everyday on marriage!!

Day 26 -

"Then she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when you won't confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me and haven't told me the secret or your great strength."" 

--Judges 16:15

Today's verse is on Samson and Delilah. One made decisions by facts and one by feelings. Samson had the feeling Delilah was going to betray him and he loved her so he would tell her things that were not true to spend more time with her before his death. Delilah was a woman of facts, she would get silver if she told Samson's enemies his weakness. Eventually he told her and he did die. In your marriage one of you might make decisions based on feelings and the other may make decisions based on facts. This could be really frustrating to both of you and what you need to realize is everyone is different. Try to see the situation in both ways and come to a compromise on the decision. After all marriage is a bunch of compromises because we have to strive to make each other happy, that is the objective because if you are both making the other happy all will be happy. Loves.

Day 25 of the Challenge

Hello my wonderful readers. Today is the twenty-fifth day in the 31 day challenge to bring you a bible verse everyday about marriage.

Day 25 -

"Whenever the cloud lifted from above the tent, the Israelites set out; wherever the cloud settled, the Israelites encamped."

--Numbers 9:17

Today's verse is about how the Israelites got a sign from God about what they were supposed to be doing at all times, when the cloud moved they moved, when it stayed they stayed. We all wish, I know I do, that it was this simple, to ask God for a sign and get it and He just leads you in the right path all the time. First thing you should know is that He is ALWAYS with you no matter what! Second thing is you will not always get an answer from Him on what you should be doing. We need to just pray about decisions we make and then make them whether you feel God pulling you in the right direction or if you need to use your morals and common sense to make the decision. I struggle with this concept a lot, I just want God to tell me if He wants me to do this thing now or wait until later or never do it, I just want an answer but I do know that doesn't always happen. So your spouse and you need to come together and make your decisions as a married couple, pray together about them and make them. If one of you makes a decision without the other though you need to back them up and support them on that decision, even if you don't agree with it always. Just remember God is always with you. Loves.

Outfit of the Day - October 25, 2013

Hello my wonderful fall loving readers! So today's outfit I wore to go to the DMV and get my picture taken and change my name on my drivers license and also to run some errands and go to bible study with my hubby! :-) It is still a little warm during the day here in the east bay area of California, so that's why I chose this 3/4 sleeve shirt, its cranberry color for the fall touch (I got this from Kohl's a long time ago and found it in my closet this morning :-) I think it was around $15.00 then) with my new grey scarf with cranberry stars on it, it will be featured in a haul post soon (keep your eyes peeled it will be a good one)!

I have neutral makeup with a little bit of sparkle, my hair down and my pearls on that my hubby got me. 

I also am wearing my $2.90 jeans from Old Navy that have been in a lot of OOTD's because they are so comfortable and cute. I have my black UGG boots on because my feet get so cold sometimes, they were a Christmas gift from my nana about 5 years ago. 

Also I have on some silver rings I got as gifts awhile ago. 

Later this week I wore the same shirt and scarf but with different pants I got from Gap last fall season for about $30  they are navy blue plaid with a cranberry stripe in them and some black flats I got from Payless Shoesource for about $15. 

Also I wore a different bracelet.

 Hope you enjoy my outfits of the day today. Loves.

Day 24 of the Challenge

Hello readers, welcome to day twenty-four of the 31 day challenge to bring you a bible verse on marriage each day.

Day 24 -

"Then he is to take his wife to the priest. He must also take an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour on her behalf. He must not pour olive oil on it or put incense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, a reminder-offering to draw attention to wrongdoing."

--Numbers 5:15

This verse today is about fidelity. No one is perfect and people mess up and do cheat but when that happens to you, you forgive but the trust is broken. We need to set up checkpoints in our marriage to help prevent this or build back the trust when it does happen. Checkpoints could be like a shared bank account, shared email address, shared Facebook account, pretty much anything that allows the other to check out what the other is doing, in other words being transparent is the key. Does your husband know you had lunch with a male coworker today? Would he be ok with it if he did know? This is just an example of one thing that could happen that your spouse could not be ok with or get jealous about and jealousy will tear apart a marriage. Be transparent and just be accountable to each other with everything you do and you should both be happy together. Loves.

Day 23 of the Challenge

Hello wonderful readers! Today is day twenty-three of the 31 day challenge to bring you a bible verse on marriage each day.

Day 23 -

"The fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; do not sow and do not reap what grows of itself or harvest and untended vines."

--Leviticus 25:11

Today's verse is on the Jubilee year God gave the Israelites, where debts were forgiving, servants were released, and no one had to work and trust God to provide, it was a year to just build their community and families. In marriage we don't have to wait for 50 years to have a Jubilee year in our marriage, we can have it right now. To have this we need to start over and clear the scorecard. Your spouse doesn't owe you so many hours of doing the dishes because you did them for that long, clear the scorecard permanently. Also a good thing to do is forget all arguments and don't bring up past hurts, this is really easy said but hard to do but pray for it to happen. Also take some time for each other, make sure you do this! It's important that you make time to spend time together. Loves.  

Wednesday Recipe - Creme Brulee

Hello my starving readers! Today is Wednesday so you know I got something yummy for you! One of my all time favorite desserts is creme brulee so when I told myself I was going to do a dessert this week, why not try my favorite, and it was simpler than I thought it was going to be. 

Ingredients: 

2 cups heavy whipping cream, 1/2 cup of sugar plus a little extra for the end, 8 large egg yolks or 4 large eggs, 3/4 teaspoon of vanilla, 

You will also need: 

two small sauce pans, wooden spoon, medium mixing bowl, (4) 6oz or (6) 4oz ramekins or custard cups, a cookie sheet that has edges all the way around, kitchen torch (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 325.

2. In one of the small sauce pans heat the 2 cups of heavy cream almost to a simmer

3. Stir with a wooden spoon the eggs and sugar.

                                                           

4. Stir in a little bit of the cream when it is warm and stir together, slowly stir in a little bit at a time and mix in (if you don't do this a little at a time the eggs will actually start to cook and you don't want that).

                                                            

5. Stir in the vanilla

                                                          

(like my red socks, its been chilly haha)

6. boil enough water to cover the bottom of the cookie sheet

7. place the ramekins on the cookie sheet and fill them with the yummy liquid you stirred up 

8. BE CAREFUL! when the oven is preheated, pull the rack out as far as you can and place the cookie sheet with ramekins on it on the rack then pour the boiling water in the bottom of the cookie sheet, don't get it in the ramekins

                                                            

9. bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until the custard is set and the center is bit quivery when it moved

                                                            

10. take out and place on the counter or somewhere where they can come to room temperature, then cover and place in fridge and allow to cool for 8 hours or up to 2 days

                                                     

11. when your ready to serve them, take a little bit of sugar and coat the top of each one lightly and use the kitchen torch CAREFULLY!! and caramelize the sugar on top so it gets hard or if you don't have a kitchen torch you can put the ramekins under the broiler in the oven for a couple minutes (watch them!) until they get golden brown on top

                                                          

12. ENJOY!! 

I made whip cream with the left over heavy whipping cream I had to go top of mine. I just put the cream, vanilla and little bit of sugar in the mixer with the whisk attachment and just turned it on and let it run until it made stiff peaks. Hope you enjoy this yummyness! Loves!

Day 22 of the Challenge

Hello my wonderful readers. We aren't far from the end of the 31 day challenge to bring you a marriage bible verse each day. We are at day twenty-two, only nine more days left. Hope your enjoying.
Day 22 -
"Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God."
--Leviticus 20:7
Today's verse is about being a tool for God. If you have been married for more than a day, you know that all the visions you had of being all cuddled on the couch and sharing the newspapers on the weekends are not real, you get into a routine of a quick kiss before work, quick bite before going to bible study. But if you and your husband or wife get out there and let God use your marriage to spread his word, it won't seem so routine all the time, your marriage will be making an impact on someone who could really use the good news of the Lord. Loves.

Day 21 of the Challenge

Hello my wonderful readers!! Hope you are liking my 31 day challenge to bring you a bible verse about marriage each day, here is day twenty-one.
Day 21 -
"Along with their fellowship offering of thanksgiving they are to present an offering with thick loaves of bread made with yeast. They are to bring one of each kind as an offering, a contribution to the Lord."
--Leviticus 7:13-14
Today's verse is about sacrifices. When you get married you sacrifice things and hobbies for your spouse or your marriage in general. Sometimes we give up hobbies that take a lot of our individual time away from our marriage. We do this because we want to not because we are forced too, that is what makes it a sacrifice. If we give our bodies to God and to each other as husband and wife when we take our vows and live accordingly all will be good. God just asks that you give him all the glory and love to each other you can. Loves.

Wedding Blog #24 - My Wedding Afterthoughts :-)

Hello my wonderful readers. So I thought I would share my afterthoughts on the wedding since we have now been married almost two months. The wedding itself was amazingly beautiful! Aaron told me, when we were on our honeymoon, that when he got to the venue and it was all decorated he said it looked like it was a picture out of a magazine. I don't mean to sound like I did everything, but I did a really good job and was really proud of myself for dreaming up all the decorations and putting it all together and at a decent price. My bridesmaids (well four out of the five) were, for the most part, a really big help leading up to the wedding, at the wedding and after the wedding. Everyone we talked to said that the place was beautiful and they could not stop talking about the wonderful time they had. I was so happy to hear that from everyone. I had stuff so very organized that, when we got there it was so easy to just set up fast and clean up was pretty quick too for everyone that stayed to help. The only problems we had are: one picture caught on fire on one of the tables but was not a big deal, our parents cleaning up were not getting along because everyone was emotional and tired, my caterer was a little late and her staff was a little rude and that our pictures are taking so long to get back from our photographer. All that stuff though was solved and worked through, besides us not having our pictures yet. We returned everything to rental places the next day and it was all accounted for and everything was wonderful. The only thing we have left to do is me changing my name (blog post to come on that), get and pay for our pictures and for me to get my wedding dress cleaned and preserved. I just think it is so awesome that all of you kind of came along with us on this journey of about a year in the making of planning this wedding, thank you. I can't wait to share some of our future adventures with you as husband and wife. :-) Loves!

Day 20 of the Challenge

Hello my wonderful readers! Today is day twenty of the 31 day challenge to bring you a bible verse each day about marriage.
Day 20 -
"In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself."
Today's verse is about women submitting to their husbands and husbands treating their wives the same way. In a marriage I believe the woman should seek her husbands advice whenever they are making a decision. Also this pertains to sex, when you husband wants to have sex you should submit to please him, but in the same way he should do the same for you. Some couples find this to be a hard concept to take on, and personally I am still struggling with it. A lot of woman have a problem with the word submit, they think it means do whatever you husband wants you to do, it doesn't! You should want to please your husband and he should want to please you, if you both strive to please one another then you are submitting to each other, see how easy that is. Loves.

Day 19 of the Challenge

Hello wonderful readers! I went to post today's post and realized that the scheduled post for yesterday didn't post and I have no idea why. Today (yesterday) post is nineteen in a 31 day challenge to give you a bible verse about marriage everyday.
Day 19 -
"A loving doe, a graceful deer-- may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love."
--Proverbs 5:19
Today's (yesterday's) verse is about sex in your marriage. As everyone knows you should never have sex with anyone other than your wife or husband. Faithfulness is the one true thing in marriage, it actually makes sex better!! I believe if you are faithful and open with your spouse at all times your sex life is better all the way around and always. Make it a habit to talk about sex and it will be better. Loves.

Day 18 of the Challenge

Hello amazing readers!! Hope you day is going great! Today I'm bringing you day eighteen of the 31 day challenge to bring you a marriage bible verse each day.

Day 18 -

"If any member of the community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord's commands, when they realize their guilt and the sin they have committed becomes known, they must bring as their offering for the sin they committed a female goat without defect."

--Leviticus 4:27-28

The verse today talks about sin. In Old Testament times if you sinned you had to go and sacrifice a female goat, today however we are lucky enough, if we slip up we are forgiven by Jesus Christ, only if you believe he is the one true God. Jesus Christ is our goat that was sacrificed. If we are involved in things at church or just browsing the internet or many other things, we just need to be aware of what is going on, don't go into anything blindly because that is when sin will spring up and take advantage. Pornography is a big one when you are mindlessly surfing the internet, when you see something like that or feel it coming on just pray and walk away from the situation because that is not a good place to be in. I know this is easier said than done but if you just try each time, it will get easier and easier. Loves.

Outfit of the Day -- October 18, 2013

Hello my fabulous readers. So today's outfit of the day is from this week when I was just out running around trying to not be in the house all day. 

First off I got my high boots out of the closet because it is starting to feel like fall :-), so these are fake leather boots I usually wear when we ride the motorcycle, they have goldish buckles on the back, I got them on ebay for pretty cheap. I have on my $2.90 really soft distressed blue jeans from Old Navy, my white tank undershirt is a perfect white tank from Old Navy, I am just wearing a plain black tee from Gap. I have on a fake lace scarf that was a gift from my husband's godmother that I love. 

 I just got this bag for $20 from Charming Charlie's It's black with gold detail and I love it! I am wearing brownish natural makeup with a black knit hair thing and dark cranberry lipstick that is Wet N Wild for $.99!

Hope you enjoyed this outfit of the day. Welcome fall!!! Loves.

Day 17 of the Challenge

Hello my wonderful readers. Today is day seventeen of the 31 day challenge of bringing you a bible verse each day on marriage.

Day 17  -

"You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the Lord, who makes you holy."

--Exdodus 31:13

Today's verse is about honoring the Lord's Sabbath day. Most of us believe the Sabbath to be Sunday, which we all drag our butts out of bed and go worship the Lord with the other believers at our church. But what do you do with the rest of your Sunday. Do you continue your to-do list from Saturday or do you actually rest like the Lord intended the day to be?? Neither my husband or I work on Sundays so we get up and go to the first service at church and then we try to spend time together doing restful things. He loves football so we sit and relax and watch football, or we drive about 15 minutes and take a picnic out to the same place we took our engagement pictures and enjoy all God has made beautiful for us. I would recommend setting aside a Sabbath day and praising the Lord that day and just resting with your spouse, it will make the rest of your week or your week to come much more enjoyable. Loves.

Post #100!!!!!!

This is my 100th post on my blog!!!! I can't believe you guys have been so awesome and we have made it this far!!! This blog started about two years ago as a place to vent about and just share what is going on in life, now I feel like it has evolved and is still evolving and I am so very excited to share everything with you. I love that I have taken on some series' like: the 31 day challenge for the month of October, I try to do a lifestyle post of some sort on Monday's, Wednesday recipes have become so much fun to share, and Friday's outfit of the day. I am finishing up my Wedding Blog series with just a couple more posts and I hope you all enjoyed that as much as I did sharing the journey with you. When it comes to baby time I will most likely share that journey with you as well. :-) I am just so excited to see where we will go from here on the blog and in life. :-) Loves.

Day 16 of the Challenge

Hello my totally awesome readers. I am so very sorry this is a day late, yesterday was a crazy day at work and I ended up staying about 5 hours longer than I was suppose to haha. We are half way through the 31 day challenge to bring you a marriage bible verse each day. Here is day sixteen.
Day 16 -
"You shall not commit adultery."
--Exodus 20:14
When you get married you make a covenant with your husband or wife in front of God. This covenant is just like the one Jesus made with his bride, the church. The main factor in keeping this covenant with your husband or wife is faithfulness to one another. That is where this verse comes in, one of the main things not to do in a marriage is cheat on your husband or wife. If you think you are heading in that direction, remove yourself immediately from the situation and be faithful to your spouse. There are way too many divorces that happen nowadays because people say the vows in front of God but don't mean them. Stay faithful to God and then to your spouse always. Loves.

Wednesday Recipe - Tomato, Pesto and Mozzarella Pizza

Hello my hungry readers. Today's Wednesday recipe is tomato, pesto and mozzarella pizza. It was so good and I was so very proud of myself for making it. This recipe is from the Pioneer Woman's cookbook, I love her recipes!

Pizza Crust

Ingredients: 1 teaspoon or 1/2 packet of active dry yeast, 4 cups of all purpose flour, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1/3cup extra virgin olive oil plus more for drizzling

Directions:

1. pour 1 1/2 cups of warm water into a bowl and sprinkle the yeast over it. Let it set.

2. combine the flour and salt in the mixer on low and slowly drizzle in the olive oil 

3. stir the yeast and water mixture and slowly drizzle it into the mixer as well until you have a dough ball

4. drizzle a little olive oil in a new bowl and then put the dough ball in it 

5. cover it with a damp cloth and let sit in a warm place for 1 to 2 hours or store in the fridge for up to 2 days

Pizza

Ingredients: One large tomato, mozzarella cheese whole, pesto, parmesan

6. Preheat the oven to 500 degrees

7. drizzle the pan with olive oil (pizza pan or rimmed baking sheet)

8. using your hands, stretch and press out the the dough to desired shape and size, thinner is good and finger marks in the dough make the toppings stay good

9. spread pesto on the dough

10. layer of sliced mozzarella on the pizza

11. layer tomatoes sliced on the pizza 

12. top with more mozzarella and generously sprinkle with parmesan cheese

13. bake for 8 to 11 minutes until cheese is melted and golden brown.

Hope you enjoy this pizza as much as my husband and I did. Loves. 

Day 15 of the Challenge

Hello my amazing readers. Today is day fifteen of the 31 day bible verses about marriage challenge. We are about half way to the end!! :-)

Day 15 -

"Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said."

--Exodus 18:24

Today's verse is about listening and learning from your in-laws just like Moses did. I honestly struggle with this one a lot. I have one in-law myself and it can be difficult at times to tell the difference between advice and just being nosy. My husband says that he doesn't have any difficulty dealing with my parents at all so I'm not sure what the difference is. I believe we need to pray and ask God on an individual basis to help us with our listening skills when it comes to our in-laws and also to help them on how to say things to us. This one is a tough one and more of an individual thing you deal with. Just remember to ask the Lord for help. Loves.

Day 14 of the Challenge

Hello my wonderful readers. Today is day fourteen of the 31 day challenge of a bible verse each day about marriage. 

Day 14 -

"Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer for each person you have in your tent."

-- Exodus 16:16

This verse today is about the Israelites being told my God to only take enough manna to provide for everyone but no extra because they must rely on him to provide each day for them. I believe it is to train you to trust God to provide all for you. We don't really do this a lot of the time with financial situations. We should ask God to provide for us at all times no matter what it is. We should give to his church and other places He tells us to give and only save when He tells us too. Let him set you up with your financial plan, don't rely on yourself to do it because something will go wrong if it isn't God's way. Trust the Lord to provide for you! Loves.

A Weekend at Sunset Beach

Hello my beautiful readers. I recently spent a weekend on our annual camping trip for my mother's 50th birthday. This past year our family has almost doubled so the camping trailer is getting a little full. It was my parents, me and Aaron, my brother Ian and his girlfriend Cindy and my adorable niece, Sophia. :-) Also my mom's dog, Lily was there too. It was almost too much with having that many people and the dog. We kind of relaxed but it was just a lot going on all at once. We did have a good time overall visiting with family!

 Aaron loves the beach so he was happy we got to go spend some time on it.

Sophia playing and uncle Aaron feeding her when it was snack time :-) 

It was Sophia's first time at the beach. 

 Husband and wife :-)

 It was Cindy's second time ever being to the ocean :-)

Just like grandpa, camping = sleeping haha.

Aaron just relaxing.

My mom and her baby, Lily.

 We went and saw the sunset one evening.

Just so beautiful! God is so good! Loves.