We are Jewels!

I am very blessed to have a mother in law that is a minister. When I think back to when I was first married I feel soo bad for her because of the way I was. haha I was not a horrible person but being newly married my husband and I didn't always get along. I got married when I was 18 to my High School Sweetheart and to be real honest it was because we were expecting our first baby. We really did want to get married, I mean who doesn't when your young and in love? Our parents 100% wanted us to get married and within a week of them finding out about the baby we were married! I use to think that being married would be soo amazing I NEVER imagined how hard it would be! We were soo young and I do think that was a part of how hard it was, we surely need to be more mature. I use to always see my mother in law get ready for church on Sundays but we never went. (Pretty pathetic, I know! I mean she was the pastor, geez!) I just had no interest and she Never was pushy about it!!! I am soo grateful for that! I knew that I needed help! I knew that I was not happy and I wanted to be happy! I didn't like the way I felt and I had this beautiful baby and I wanted to be the best person I could for him. So one day I told my husband lets go to church and it changed my life! Now I am not trying to be all religious and stuff! I promise! lol I am not going to say I changed over night and I was magically perfect, because I am not perfect and I am STILL working on myself today! The reason I feel it changed my life was because someone was able to tell me "you don't have to feel this way!" I was sold! I was a broken person and I needed healing! I remember she told me that the reason why marriage was soo hard sometimes was because two broken people come together and with that all their pain, insecurities, addictions so much comes onto the marriage. She really has helped us and I know that without the truth she had given us we would be miserable! Everyday we are challenged! Some days are harder than others but we are still fighting to get free form the things that interfere with allowing us to live the way that we are suppose to, happy!

I love my husband and I want a happy healthy marriage for our children and so we can work together as a team. He is my best friend and I love him dearly. I have learned though that he cant heal me! He cant fix my brokenness and he will NEVER be able to fully love me the way I need him to. He loves me and I love him but we both need to be healed individually and love ourselves first in order to love each other! He and I are only human and we cant expect one another to be our saviors. That would not be fair.

So Friday she hosted a woman's meeting and talked about how each one of us are a JEWEL! Beautiful and Precious!!! Obviously I already have heard this message before but I could heard it a million more times! What was amazing to me though that there were woman there that had never heard that message before! Nobody ever told them they were beautiful, special, they meant something. Some only head negative things there whole life. So it a message I think every woman should hear! YOU ARE A JEWEL!!! It does not matter what you have done, where you have come from, we are all JEWELS. We all have our own special gifts and its not to cater to our husbands like they are some god! So just know that if your hurting there is a way for healing! If you know someone is hurting let them know there is a way out! You don't even have to say anything just let them know you love them and they are special. You wont believe how many people think nobody cares! Sometimes with certain people I don't feel like I am the best person to help them but I will let them know that there is help and when there ready they let me know! Then I take them to my mother in law. :)


I hope this encouraging to someone! Always Remember YOU ARE A JEWEL!!!!!


Hope Everyone has a BLESSED day!!!

My Favorite Thrifted Fashion! & a frugal find at Ann Taylor!!!

So this is a pic from my FAVORITE shorts!!!! These babies were $2.50 at a local thrift store and were originally jeans. I cut them to make shorts and just rolled them up like you see in the picture. They are High Waist and I LOVE that!!! I also love that I had control over the length!! I cut some scissors and cut some slips to give a distressed look. When I showed my 12 year old niece she was inspired and decided to make her own but that little fashionista got creative and crafty and she bleached and dyed hers!!! They came out soo good I could not believe she made them!!! So really the possibilities are endless and they are so fun and easy to make!

They are Levis!!!

My momma and I were at the mall yesterday and I Love to browse the clearance section at all the stores haha and this is why!!!!!
I found this awesome pair of baby blue pants for $10 @ Ann Taylor The Loft!!!!!
I love the way they fit and they are great quality!!!!!

 

 

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Homemade Fondant

This weekend is my nephews birthday party and he is having a Lego themed party. I am making some Cupcakes and Cake Pops and I am really excited! The Cupcakes are going to be the Ninja Legos and the Cake Pops are going to be the original Lego heads. I will post pictures of them both but I wanted to share with you a Homemade Fondant Recipe that I found a few years back. When I originally started baking I was very into cakes. I experimented quite a bit with fondant but it was very difficult to cover a cake with. I did a couple of cakes but I didn't love how they came out. I stayed away from fondant and started making my own frosting and fell in love with Cupcakes and then later Cake Pops. The reason I decided to use Fondant again was because I am only making the Ninja's masks out of them. This will be sooo much easier than having to roll out enough Fondant to cover a cake!


So here it is..........





You just need a bag of marshmallows and a 2lb bag of powdered sugar

You will need to melt the marshmallows in a microwave safe bowl until smooth

                (melted marshmallows are shown on the right blue bowl)

I also am going to color my fondant so I am using this AmeriColor gel from Hobby Lobby to color my fondant

Add your melted marshmallows to the powdered sugar and mix well. It will get very tough and just like bread you will want to knead it until it is no longer sticky. I should also add that I added the melted marshmallows to about 3/4 the bag of powdered sugar. I use the rest of the bag for my flat working surface that I am using to knead the "dough like" mixture

I cut my mixture into three parts because I am going to be making three colors. This is optional and you don't have to color the fondant at all. If you choose to color your fondant then what you will do is add the colors to the sections and knead it in. The  earlier you do this the better because the more you knead the tighter the Fondant gets.

Here it is.......My Fondant! You can wrap it in some clear wrap then add it to a freezer safe bag and store it in the freezer.

                                          Have any Questions??? Feel free to ask!!!
                                             Hope You Enjoyed this Post!!!!

 

4th of July Tutu

Here are the pictures of sissy with her birthday outfit......Check out our Facebook page for a link to my YouTube video on how I made this.....

Fast pizza

 

 

So Mommas can always use a fast, easy and healthy meal to whip up......Here is one....

 

 

My family LOVES French/Italian bread and I am going to start making my own but until then I stop at the bakery section of our grocery store and buy a few loaves. We use this bread for all our carb loving needs! Last night the hubby wanted a snack and he sliced us a few pieces with Cracker Barrel Cheese, oh my sooo good! If you have not tried that cheese I would highly recommend it!!! It is a little pricey but I only buy it when there is a buy one get one free special. I freeze it and then take it out when I am going to need it. All I was missing last night was a glass of wine. :)

Back to the recipe lol.........

I used a French Bread instead of dough to make this yummy pizza.

I used the organic diced tomato can I bought from Trader Joes and heated it up on the stove with a lil salt

I then cut the bread into two pieces and covered it with the headed sauce

I washed and cut the broccoli and placed it over the sauce

Then I added the yummy yummy cheese (just add whatever is in your fridge)

After a few min under the broiler and its done!

Let it cool, cut it into sections and Enjoy!

 

 

 

Sunday Mornings

  Sundays for us means church. The hubby has to work today and went in early for overtime. I try to make Sunday mornings as smooth as possible. I have to get prepared to leave the house for several hours. Every Sunday we have dinner at my in laws so I know that after church we go straight over to her house and I don't get home till late. Yesterday evening I put a tri-tip in the crock pot and when it was done I shredded it. This morning I made the hubby a nice big  sandwich on a French bread. I had plenty of left overs to use to my little guys lunch later and some more work lunches! I love my crock pot!!!!!

 

 

Morning breakfast for little man..... Eggs, Corn Tortilla, and organic fruit from our CSA Box

 

Sissy is all smiles this morning watching Yo Gabba Gabba...

Yummy Tri-Tip! Well at least that's what the hubby said I don't eat meat lol

 

 

Happy Sunday!!!!

Citrus Lane....

We recently saw an advertisement on Facebook for 50% off your first Citrus Lane box! I wanted to try it especially for 50% off and we received an awesome box!!!! Below is a picture of sisters sun hat from iplay! She looks soo darn cute!!! The coupon code I used was TAKEHALF. If interested check out our Facebook page to see a full video review from me on this product :) 

 

Happy Saturday!