Sunday, April 25, 2010

Meet Jaxon


Meet Jaxon:




Isn't he so cute?


Seriously? SOOO precious!


Jaxon's story-
Jaxon was found in Grand Prarie and rescued 2 months ago. He visited a vet and was taken in by a private rescue group, tzuzoo rescue. They kept him and cared for him for two months until we came along to adopt him! Such a cute addition to the family!

Stay tuned for more cute pics!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

feeding my creative spirit

Lately it seems like my weekends (and weeks) are super busy. It was wonderful when this past Saturday I had a pretty open day and had a chance to try out some projects that I have been waiting to get my hands on.

To start my list-Fabric rosettes....it seems like EVERYONE is making these! I was inspired by an Ann Taylor headband I got in January...then it seemed like every store known to man was popping up with these precious little embellishments! I decided to start out with making a necklace...

Supplies- Some cute fabric, craft glue, and scissors


Then cut about a 2 inch piece of fabric (about 2 feet long)



Tie a knot at then end of your fabric to start the center of your rose


After your knot then you gradually twist the fabric (tightly)
around the center until
you have a cute little rosette...


then pick a color of ribbon and use fabric glue
to attach it to the back of your rosettes...

make sure and let it completely dry before wearing

then you have a cute little necklace
(sorry for the bad lighting...my photographer husband was at work!)


Hope this inspires you to do something crafty(or whatever you like to do for "me time").

Coming next.....aprons!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Wednesday!

T-minus 4 days until TAKS (Hallelujah)!

Monday, April 12, 2010

turkey burgers + tori and dean

It is our very common turkey burger night! We love turkey burgers (and love to share great recipes). They are yummy, healthy, and super cheap!!! The best part....is we love to pair it with "Alexia Sweet Potato Fries".

We use the "Actually Delicious Turkey Burgers" recipe from allrecipes.com. You can change the amount of servings to fit the needs of who you are cooking for. We make the recipe for 4 servings and take one for lunch the next day!

As for the yummy sweet potato fries, they are 100% natural and have 0 trans fats! I am sure they are not totally wonderful (since they are fries) but at least a little bit better!



The other great thing about tonight is Tori and Dean! I know the show is probably way cheesy and ridiculous....but I really enjoy it!

Hope everyone has a wonderful dinner. If you have any recipes you love I would love to hear them!

Happy Monday! Don't forget glee starts TOMORROW!!! YAYYY!!!!

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

easter.

I think I forgot how wonderful it is to celebrate Easter. For the last 4 years Easter consisted of rushing to get in a meal with family before we hit the road to head back to College Station. This year our Easter might have been just as crazy, but oh, so blessed!

We started out with a wonderful service at Watermark! Then it was off for lunch and an Easter egg hunt with my family!


my beautiful family(james is behind the camera)

Little stinkers!

They were overwhelmed with easter presents!

sassy....that is all.



...then we headed to hang out with James' family for a bit. I made some yummy cupcakes from Cooking Light (my favorite place to find recipes)! The recipe and picture show a cake (but I made cupcakes). You can find the recipe here. I would recommend 2 cups of strawberries...it could have used a little more strawberry!

Strawberry Layer Cake
photo courtesy of Cooking Light

After lots of food, an easter egg hunt, and family time...it was off to community group! It is always so wonderful to hang out with everyone in our group!

It was a wonderful and blessed Easter! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!