I'm still alive, haha. Summer is soooo crazy!

:)

Updates comin' soon!

Rangers v. Mariners

This past Tuesday was "Surprise Night." This is where Wes plans an evening and the only thing I'm told is how I should dress (so so important!)

This last week we went to a Ranger's game. The Rangers currently hold first place in their division and the Mariners have Ken Griffey Jr., an American great!

We had such a fun time! I have a very romantical husband who loves to surprise me. Between the SuperNachos, sitting next the most amazing man on the planet, and the ice cream on the way home...it was a FABULOUS night!



Am I a lucky girl or what?!?

Love to all!

Introducing....

Susie Mix-a-lot! Isn't she a beauty!




We're going to feed the world chocolate chips cookies and peanut butter doggie treats!

They're all here!

A few weeks ago, I started some herb seeds in pots in preparation for our vegetable garden. Nothing excites me more than big bushes of basil or giant patches of parsley that I can go snip and cook with for dinner that night. (Nerdy, I know.) It's so natural and organic, just warms my soul. Don't even get me started on home grown 'maters.

Well, I haven't grown anything for a while (ok, ever) and I wasn't sure the little guys were ever going pop their little heads out. Well, they did and I am honored to welcome them into the Briscoe household.

Check it out:



This is parsley, he took FOREVER. A full week after the others had all made an appearance.



And this is chives, he's definitely the tallest. (Is it wrong that I ALWAYS type out definAtely instead of definItely then have to fix it? )



This is the whole gang. After writing this post, I think I got a little attached. I hope I'm going to able to eat 'em up someday.


We're currently building the fence for our vegetable patch so my little girls don't get muddy or eat anything they're not supposed to.

A leave you with a quote from my handsome husband:

"Do what you like and like what you do."

Think about it. Once you "get it," it's genius. Like the baby toy where you put the circle shape in the circle hole and the star shape in the star hole. Be a circle in a circle, because a star in a circle just isn't happy because they're not doing what they're meant for.

John Eldredge puts it so well when he says; "Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and go do that because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

We all have 'things to do,' like work and school or laundry. Just be sure we MAKE time for the things that God created our souls to stir for. He loves us and knit us together for His purpose. When we are where we are supposed to be, where He wants us to be, we can be UNBELIEVABLY happy and fulfilled. We can be content and joyful regardless of our circumstances.

He created us with different passions. Let's use them for His glory.

Over and out.

:)

I know, I know....

Hey!

Ok, I took a little blog break (six weeks to be exact.) But I'm back. :)

Things that are currently on the "to write-about" agenda:

• Store bought "cream cheese frosting"? (Tune in, it'll blow your mind (or gross you out, it's whatev)
• We are starting our very own vegetable garden, I'll keep you posted!
• Meringues, I made 'em myself!

I would also like to direct everyone to the blog of my fabulous husband:

http://wesbriscoe.blogspot.com/

There's a riveting piece on recycling.

On the news front: I started some herb seeds in pots and I am ecstatic to report that we have no casualties. Thyme, basil, parsley, cilantro and chives have all sprouted. The parsley just now came up (a full week after all the others) so I was a little worried. After they get to a healthy size, we're going to put them in our garden so they can grow up big and strong!

I'm the worst blogger ever!!! My life since January 31st has been non stop craziness. We had a Superbowl party at our house on February 1st. Preparation for that was semi-easy so it wasn't that bad. But then...the madness started....

I worked (substitute teaching) four days the week following the party (meaning the house didn't get cleaned and laundry didn't get done.) Then that following Saturday night was our youth Valentine's Dinner fundraiser. This is where we (I use the term "we" very loosely here) transform our church fellowship hall into a restaurant for the night. We cook delicious food and desserts and the youth are the waiters, waitresses, valet parking attendants etc. Couples come to eat and they make donations to the youth group that go towards our summer mission trips.

The menu this year was:

Ceasar Salad.

Fettuccine Alfredo with roasted Chicken breast.
Baked Ziti with a crisp Parmesan topping.
Slow cooked green beans.

Strawberry Cheesecake.
Chocolate Molten Cake.

We had the most amazing group ever. It was probably THE single most stressful night of my life to date. I know. I'm a weenie.

I have just now recovered.

Oh, and then that week after this, we ran out socks. I must have subconsciously went on strike from my life. So I'm not only a weenie, I'm also a bad wife. :) But my honey loves me anyway!

Good morning world! My thought for the day is this:

Let someone bless you today. Many women (and men) have people that love them and would do anything for them. But we take care of ourselves too much sometime. When the moment comes along, let your sweet significant other give up something for you. Let them do something to show their love for you. Don't always take care of it. Give your better half an opportunity to bless you. You won't be sorry. When we get married, our loves are intertwined. Sometimes we separate them unintentionally.

On a side note: I have the most fabulous husband in the whole world. I feel that the blessing he is to me is a concrete thing that shows me how much my God loves me. I am the luckiest girl in the whole world!