flowers and my girls!

Today is "show us your life" Friday over at Kelly's Korner. The theme is bridesmaids and flowers from your wedding!! How fun!

I will begin with some of my favorite girls- my bridesmaids!!

From left to right- my cousin, Kelly.... my sister in law, Tiffani.... my longtime friend & "sister", Missy.... my cousin, Shauna... me!... my bfff & matron of honor, Annie... my good friend since high school, Emily.... and my other sister in law, Sarah.


These girls were my lifesavers the day of the wedding! Here were my flower girls. Hallie (my little cousin) and Mattie (Josh's little cousin). They were SO cute & funny!

Here is my good friend, April. She passed out our programs, which were cute fans that I made. Actually, I KILLED MYSELF over these fans. Definitely one of those things that if I could go back and do again.. I would SO order them or something. Anything but not make them myself. But they did turn out cute :)

Caprice over at Enchanted Florist did our flowers and did a GREAT job!! I loved them all. The bridesmaids carried a bouquet of white hydrangeas and pale pink roses. Here is one up close.

I really wish I had an UP CLOSE picture of my bouquet so you can see all the details but I really don't :( I do have the picture I got my inspiration from and here it is.

And here is mine! I LOOOVVVVED it! It consists of cream and pale pink roses, stephanotis flowers with pearls in the center, and gardenias.

future home owners!

After weeks of making offers back and forth, they finally accepted our offer!! WOWWW! Josh and I are sooo excited that we cannot even describe it. BIG changes are coming our way!!! I cannot stop thanking the Lord because I know he has given this house to us. He is so good!!! AHHHHH :-) More details coming soon!

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart! Psalm 37:4

Destin, Florida

Our trip to Florida was SO much fun! It started off a little rocky because Josh and I had a blowout on the way there....well, not US but our TIRE. Luckily, we had just gotten off the interstate. Also, luckily for me, my hubby can change a tire really fast so after about 10 minues we were on our way again. Anyway, our vacation was just perfect. The weather...the food..the company..the ice cream!..everything was just perfect!

Here is one more that for some reason would post right on the slideshow!

I said YES!

July 26, 2007.. Two years ago today.. My family and Josh and I were in Destin, Florida for our family vacation. That night Josh and I went out on a date :) We ate at Fudpucker's and then headed to the beach to watch the sun set. We ended up staying there for HOURS!! It was the most perfect night. We just laid on our beach towels..listening to some music..watching the stars..talking about anything & everything. Then Josh asked if I wanted to take a walk down the beach so we did. That is when he asked me to be his wife!!! And guess what? I said YES! It was perfect!

take me away....

...to a place where the sand is soft & the sun always shines! Take me away to Destin, Florida! One of my favorite places to go. It is like my 2nd home. We know all the little back roads & have been there every summer as far back as I can remember. I can't wait to be at the beach & can't wait to eat some fresh seafood! We are leaving today and will return on Sunday. Hope u all have a fabulous week!

Cheeseburger Potato Soup!

Today's blog hop is all about our favorite recipe! At first I thought this was going to be really hard to choose just ONE favorite but then I remembered the famous cheeseburger potato soup. I found out about this soup when our old youth pastor's wife, Sarah, made it for me. It was her dad's recipe. I wish I had pictures but you will just have to trust me when I say it is pretty much the best thing ever. Josh has been known to ask for it even during the summer but it is perfect in the fall or winter paired with a grilled cheese or saltine crackers...MMMMMMMMM! I promise you will not be disappointed!

ingredients:

(I used to know this recipe by exact measurements but I have made it so much that some of these things I just throw in....so use your best judgement!)

*3 cans of chicken broth
*1 tablespoon oregno
*1 tablespoon parsley
*salt
*pepper
*1 onion- chopped
*about 2-3 cups of chopped carrots
*about 2-3 cups of chopped celery
*1 lb. browned hamburger meat (I have used ground turkey before & it was really good- unfortunately the hubby does not like ground turkey or else I would use it all the time!)
*potatoes- use your judgement on how many. I normally use 6-8 good sized ones. (peeled and cubed)
*velveeta cheese- depending on how cheesy you want it!!! I like mine cheesy so I put close to half a box in there :) I cube mine so it melts faster.
*about 4 cups of milk
*1/2 cup of sour cream
*1/4 cup of flour

Boil chicken broth, oregano, parsley, salt, pepper, onions, carrots, and celery until onions are kinda see through.

Add browned hamburger meat and potatoes. At this point I may either more chicken broth or a little water. Just enough to cover the potatoes a little so they can cook. Let boil until potatoes are soft.

TURN HEAT ON LOW!!! And let sit for a few minutes so it cools down a little. Add milk, velveeta cheese, and sour cream. Stir and let sit so the cheese melts.

Mix the flour with some water & get all the clumps out. Pour it in the soup so it will thicken. If you want it thicker- add some more!! Let sit for a few more minutes & keep stirring. The longer it sits, the thicker it gets.

And that's it!! It is really good the next day also for leftovers. I hope you enjoy!!!

not me!!

This past weekend was a good one! Friday was pretty uneventful. I made country fried chicken, mac & cheese, mashed potatoes, and home grown green beans :) It was all really good but after eating all of that PLUS cheesecake for dessert, we were pretty much useless. We went to bed early since Josh was waking up at 4 AM (!!!!) to go to Kentucky with all the guys in the family. They were busy all day getting the farm ready for the Fall so they can go hunting out there. I was waking up early also on Saturday so that Shelby and I could go yardsaleing and it was so much fun! My favorite purchase was this- some old hard back books that I stacked inside this antique piece my mom gave me, which is my most favorite piece of furniture in my whole house!!


We also made an offer on the house that we really want to buy on Saturday. They came back yesterday with an offer that was not much lower than their asking price .... SO we are going to make another offer today. I really hope that it works out but I do know that if it doesn't then it just wasn't what He has for us. But I would really like it if it was! Would it be bad to beg God?! Ha.

My parents & Michael left yesterday for Destin, Florida & I am jealous that I am not there with them. BUT Josh and I are leaving Wednesday and staying til Sunday. I need the beach so bad right now. Two more days.

Josh stayed overnight in Kentucky on Saturday night so they could work on the farm on Sunday also. This was my 3rd time ever staying home alone. The 1st time I did pretty good. The 2nd time was horrible. I kept on waking up throughout the night hearing things. I know I was not imagining it because Kobe was hearing them also.

But since I am not a chicken at all, I was not scared to stay home alone this past weekend. I did not sleep with all the lights on in our whole house. I did not put a chair in front of every locked door, just in case. You know- like this.

I did not take half of an ambien to help me sleep and I did not sleep right beside my cell phone & a big, sharp knife. Because that would all just be silly.
But I did sleep right beside this sweet thing that kept me company all night :)


ps. please excuse the wonderful cell phone pics. My camera was in the kitchen and since I was not trapped inside the bedroom because of the chair, I couldn't get it :)