From the Inside out....

I wanted to share this song with you all. I absolutely love it and think that the words are so amazing! We sing on sunday mornings at church. It really touched me from the first time we sang it....and still does. I pray that these would be my words and desires daily! Hope you enjoy. Let me know what you think. The group is Hillsong united.

Treat....

I'm not usually one for sweet things....chocolate, candy, cookies, cakes, any dessert for that matter. But I occasionally will feel like something. I actually just get in the mood to cook or bake something new.....and it is a safe bet that Josh will more likely eat something sweet that I bake rather than trying actual food. Tonight I decided to make homemade peanut butter cookies from scratch. They turned out AMAZING! I decided that I would take pictures...and post the recipe for any peanut butter cookie lovers out there! They taste WAY better than they look...just so you know!

Enjoy!

Ingredients:
1cup peanut butter
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
3 tbls milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

Directions:
1. preheat oven to 375 degrees
2. in a large bowl, cream together peanut butter, butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until well blended. Beat in the egg, milk, and vanilla one at a time. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into creamed mixture. Roll tablespoonfuls of dough into balls. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Press each ball once with gork tines.
3.Bake for 8-10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are lightly browned.

Baylor Reunion '08

This past Friday-Sunday I was able to Fly to Houston, Texas for a college roommate/friends reunion! It was so much fun to see everyone....hang out.....laugh....catch up....and get NO sleep! We all got into to Houston sometime Friday and we all were able to stay at Ashley and Austin's new mansion! They have the most beautiful house and since it was so big there was plenty of room for all 9 people! I really enjoyed our little reunion! Most of us had not seen each other since mine and Josh's wedding almost 2 years ago!

Friday night we stayed up til 2:30-3 just talking...laughing and catching up. We all sat in a circle in the living room so we could go around in a circle and tell each other what has and is going on in our lives. We got off track ALOT. In fact we didn't even get to 2 people and had to do them the next day!

Saturday morning got up at 6:30am....thats right 3.5 hours of sleep later.....for the Race for the Cure walk/run. It was so fun to all get to participate in this event. If you don't know Race for the Cure supports Breast Cancer.......Austin's mom is a survivor of breast cancer and her best friend from college and a great family friend just past away this past January from breast cancer....so we walked in honor and memory of the two of them.....most of us that is....Felicia and Deanna decided to run it. After the race we all went and at lunch at Whataburger! If you are not from Texas you don't understand and are missing out! After lunch we went back to Austin and Ashley's and swam and laid by the pool the rest of the afternoon....some people took naps....some laid out longer than they should....and the rest of us were outside just long enough and then went in to watch a movie! Once everyone was done napping, burning, and watching movies...we played scene it and rock band....which both soon took over the rest of the trip. For dinner that night Austin and Ashley ordered Fajitas from this AMAZING mexican restraunt....then all got in the hot tub. Of course after the hot tub we had to go back in and play more rock band!

Sunday we all got up and I made breakfast for everyone.....then we all got showers and slowly started to say some goodbyes....those driving for 5-6 hours back to Dallas had to get on the road....while us flyers stayed and went to eat lunch at Hooters so we...or better yet Maribeth could watch the Miami Dolphin football game! After lunch Amanda Bonovitch left to start her drive back to Waco and me, Maribeth, and Deanna headed to the airport to catch our flights. We got to airport at 4pm....Deanna and Maribeth left at 5 something and I left at 7ish.
I can't wait for us all to get together again...and hopefully this time it doesn't take 2 years! I Love you ladies...and miss you! If you ever want to come to Cali you have a place to stay here....but only for 1 more year....then I'm back to CT!

Enjoy the pictures!

Dinner at La Madeline on Friday night with Ashley Tondu & Maribeth waiting on Deanna!
(M is for Maribeth, A is for Ashley, and D is for Dishmon)
Maribeth being ridiculous the morning of the race/walk.....silly girl!
The group of the morning of the race/walk!
(Back R to L:Rachel, Ashley, Maribeth, me, Felicia, Ashley, Austin,--front L to R: Amanda and Deanna)

The walkers with our pink bandanas!!!
Felicia, Austin, Ashley, and Amanda by the pool!
The final picture....the morning we all left!

Back: Maribeth, Rachel, Felicia, Amanda, Me

Front: Ashley, Deanna w/ Zoey, Ashley, Allison

The other side of the Bay....

This past Friday Josh and I decided to go on a little road trip...only about a 30 min. car ride both ways.....we decided to go and see what was on the other side(north) from us. We knew that the city was Santa Cruz...but we were curious as to what it had to offer. Well...let me just tell you that that is where we should have been all summer! While we have the cool mild temps....they have the real heat....with palm trees....big beaches....and surfers....! It was fun to walk along the water and see all the surfers out waiting to catch a wave! That was the first time I had actually seen real surfers surfing in real life! We also found another mall....that is just about as far as the mall we usually go to but in a different directions.....and it has better stores and isn't as scary as the Salinas mall. If you don't believe me look up how many shootings and homicides have happened in that city this year a lone......CREEPY! Anyways.....Josh and I decided to go and see a movie while we were there and then drive back along the water. On our way back we found another super cute little town called Capitola! It is my new favorite place! It is a little beach town...will a bunch of cute little shops and cute little water front restaurants.....I know you may think that it sounds like Monterey....but Monterey is WAY touristy....not so quaint like this little place.
In other news...Josh got a 4.0 is first Quarter (straight A's in all classes). I am so proud of him. He is really enjoying being back in school and learning....NERD! He started his 2nd Quarter yesterday. He isn't too excited about his Monday Wednesday classes this quarter because he has to be at school from 8am to 5pm......heaven forbid he actually go to school the same hours as civilians go to work....at least he only goes til noon on Tuesday Thursday and still has no Friday classes!
Have a good week!

Surfers waiting to catch a wave...
A few of them caught one....
One of the Santa Cruz Beaches.....