Easy recipes that I tried and liked

I am not a cook, but I will try a new recipe if it sounds good and looks easy. I don't like to spend a lot of time cooking dinner either, so I make sure the recipe isn't time consuming. Recently, I found a blog I like, and it includes recipes. I tried 3 of them, and I can honestly recommend every one of them!

The first one is an easy Mac N Cheese recipe. Yummy!!! I actually doubled the amount of cheese and penne pasta because it wasn't going to make enough for leftovers.

The next one is so tasty- Creamy Chicken Enchiladas. To save money and time, I used canned chicken breast chunks. (Like tuna in a can, but it's chicken.)

The last one is Mighty Meaty Nachos. It's delicious... I was short on time, so I melted the cheese in the microwave and then continued to use the microwave to heat it. The crockpot would be better if you plan ahead... I also decided I wasn't up for making chips, so I bought some. :) It made a ton of meaty cheese, so I don't recommend this for a small family. I ended up throwing some out. :( It would be awesome to take to a party!

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Happy Monday!

20 Free iPhone apps for parents

This is my 2nd post of the day. Believe it or not! If you have an iPhone, make sure you check out this article with 20 Free iPhone apps for parents. I have already added several of them.

20 Fantastic Free iPhone Apps for Parents

Enjoy!

Run, don't walk to make this pie!

It's no secret that I have a sweet tooth. I love sweets. I always have, and I always will. Today I was reading through my Bloglines, and I came across a recipe for Peanut Butter Pie. It looks amazing. I can't wait to make it. This lady is quite the cook and baker, so I imagine it's to die for!

Peanut Butter Pie

Awesome Book!

When I signed up to review Fearless I was excited to have the opportunity to read another Max Lucado book; I have always loved his writing style. I also was intrigued by the title since I tend to be a worrier.

Fearless, Max Lucado’s newest book, deals with how we as Christians live in fear of everything and what we can do to escape our fears. Max presents thirteen everyday fears, explains those fears with examples and shows how Christ wants us to live a life free of fear. He quotes liberally from the Bible to back up his points, or should I say he expounds on the Bible’s points, as what he is presenting is not anything new, but rather something that has always been intended for us – a joyful life in Christ.

This book held my attention and was so well written that I didn’t want to put it down. Fearless opened my eyes to the fact that I let my fears dictate how I live my life. Through Max Lucado’s insightful writing and his frequent use of Scripture from various translations, this book has challenged me to let go of my “fear cushion” and start living the fearless life that God intends for all Christians. He doesn’t want us to “spend life on the edge of the pool” (81).

While I did feel like he could have combined/condensed a couple of chapters, Fearless was a book that I was looking forward to reading and I am glad that I did. It is a must read!

Vance

Vance is growing up. He turned 14 months old on Aug. 16. I have taken my time weaning him from the bottle, and I am happy to say that I am packing the bottles up today. They will stay packed up until the Lord blesses us with another little one.

These pictures were taken last week at the beach (Destin, FL). Vance didn't care much for the sand and really just wanted to be held while we were at the beach. That is the only time I have held him for an hour straight since he was tiny, so I enjoyed it. Can you believe he sat in my lap for an hour at the time? He also played in the waves, but I didn't get pictures of that since Jeremy and I were in the water with both children. I also got a Baby Spring Float for Vance before we left for the beach, and we used that a good bit in the water. I highly recommend it for the beach and the pool. (I got it on clearance and then with extra bucks from Walgreens, I only paid $3 for it.)

Funny story...

A few minutes ago I was noticing that we have a follower of our Apartment Life blog, so I went to her profile to find out more about this person. Anyway, without saying a word to Jeremy I proceeded to read her blog. One of the first posts was a CARES video. I figured they too are a CARES Team. WOW! Small world... Anyway, the video is called Small Things. I watched it a few minutes ago and you can imagine how shocked I was when I heard Charles Thornton (VP of Apartment Life) say our names in this video. Even crazier is that he came to speak tonight at our monthly CARES meeting... Small world.

So, Jeremy is in bed asleep beside me, but I woke him up when I heard our names in the video. He and I were both speechless since no one ever mentioned this to us... He watched it and went back to sleep.

By the way, it turns out that Nine Mile found our blog when she and her family were considering CARES, and now they are a CARES Team. Jeremy told me that she commented on our blog months ago. He and I discussed it so long ago that I didn't remember...

This two minute video was made for CARES Teams, but I wanted to post it for you to see that little things all of us do, do make a difference. Remember that God calls us to the little things with great love. Thanks for your prayers and continued support!

Small Things from CARES Team on Vimeo.

Posting a comment that will get a reply

Have you ever posted a comment on someone blog and never heard back from them when you expected to? Have you ever received a comment on your blog and wanted to reply but couldn't because they have NO REPLY when you go to reply? Well, here is a post to help you stop the NO REPLY madness- Change your no reply to a reply.