Sweet Video

This You Tube video will warm your heart! It makes me laugh and nearly cry whenever I watch it. Enjoy!!

Pregnancy Update: 21 weeks

I am still feeling really good! I've been trying to put my energy to good use in doing things like keeping my house clean and working a lot. I'm enjoying my morning walks, especially since we've had some cooler days lately.

We picked out a name! Lily Grace. I love it! I still feel bad though because unknown to me, my sister had picked out the same name for my nephew if he had been a girl! How crazy is that!! Seriously, if I had known (she says she told me, but I have absolutely no recollection of it) that they picked it out, I would've never even considered it. Oh well, she's ok with it, and she may still even use the names Lillian and Grace if she has a little girl. Love you sis!

Lily Grace is about as long as a carrot!

May the Mind of Christ

This hymn is one of my favorites! It was written by Kate Barclay Wilkinson in 1912. She lived in England and was very involved in a ministry to girls in London. The hymn is based on Philippians 2:5: "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus."

1 May the mind of Christ, my Savior,
live in me from day to day,
by his love and power controlling
all I do and say.

2 May the word of God dwell richly
in my heart from hour to hour,
so that all may see I triumph
only through his power.

3 May the peace of God, my Father,
rule my life in everything,
that I may be calm to comfort
sick and sorrowing.

4 May the love of Jesus fill me
as the waters fill the sea.
Him exalting, self abasing:
this is victory.

5 May we run the race before us,
strong and brave to face the foe,
looking only unto Jesus
as we onward go.

Have a blessed Lord's Day!

A Few of My Favorite Things...about My Hubby

Today I want to praise God for the wonderful husband He's given to me! There are so many more things I could add to this list, but I'll just do a few for now. And you know me, got to have pictures to go along! ha.

Jacob on our wedding day:: June 21, 2008

• I'm so thankful that God has blessed me with a husband that loves Him and desires to glorify Him with his life.
• Jacob wants to lead our family on with God.
• He works really hard to provide for our needs.
• He loves kids...

...and playing with kids

• He's going to be a great Daddy!

• God has blessed him with many talents:: playing violin (and any stringed instrument), fixing broken computers...

...teaching violin (yes, all those 1st graders have a violin!)

...conducting youth orchestras

• He loves grilling and smoking, which helps me out soo much!

Grilling steak, chicken and veggies with my sister's hubby who is Jacob's best friend

• He's really crazy and keeps me laughing!!

At the Christmas concert of one of the orchestras he plays in, he came out (he's the concertmaster) wearing a santa hat.

• He is a great handyman. So nice to have around because he can fix about anything!

• He loves me, leads me, protects me and puts up with me! ha.

I love you, baby!!!

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Pregnancy Update: 20 weeks

20 weeks

Our sweet baby girl is the length of a banana from head to heel and she weighs about 10 1/2 ounces.

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Have a wonderful Wednesday!!

Red Lobster Cheese Biscuits

Photo credits: taken from google images (michaelscomments.wordpress.com)

Everyone who tries these cheese biscuits says that they taste just like Red Lobster's! They are a huge hit every time I make them, not to mention, they are super fast and easy to make!

Cheese Biscuits

2 cups Bisquick

2/3 cup milk

3/4 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/4 cup butter

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp dried parsley (opt.)

In a mixing bowl combine bisquick, milk, cheese and garlic. Stir mixture until well combined.

Drop dough by tablespoonfuls (my cookie dough scoop is the perfect size) on a greased baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

In a small bowl melt butter in the microwave. Stir in garlic powder and parsley. Brush mixture over biscuits as soon as they come out of the oven. Cool a few minutes on the baking sheet, then serve warm.

Hope you enjoy!!

Not Me! Monday

• A couple weeks ago I did not get to the checkout at the grocery store with a full buggy of groceries only to find that had I left my wallet on the table at home. I did not then have to drive all the way home and back to pay for and pick up my groceries. I SO do not have a bad case of pregnant brain!

• I was not driving home from my sister's, talking on the phone, and speeding along a 6-lane highway at 60(ish)mph in a 45mph zone when I most certainly did not look in my rear view mirror and see a cop flying towards me (in the same lane as me) with his lights flashing. I did not continue driving a little ways to my street and get into the left turn lane instead of pulling off on the side of the road. How awful would that have been?! Only a rebel would have done that, not the girl who's going to be a MOM in a few months! Nope, Not Me! The Po-po (as we so affectionately call them) did not slow down and turn off his lights when he got up behind me and then continue driving past (as I turned off) at a normal speed, that would have been way too generous of guys like that.

• On Wednesday night at 11 pm when we could supposedly see a meteor shower, my dear husband did not go out the back door in the dark and in his sock-feet, no less, and step smack dab into the dog's full water bowl! No, he would never be so klutzy to do something like that! I most definitely DID NOT cackle uncontrollably at him for an hour that night or for the next 3+ days (whenever the mental picture came to my mind)! A sweet wife like me would never ever do such a thing!

• Yesterday after making Sausage Spinach appetizers to take to a church fellowship, I was not horrified to look on all the crescent roll tubes and see that they had expired in APRIL! I most certainly did not proceed to take the appetizers to the fellowship, bake them, and watch everyone enjoy them (and say that they were soo good) all the while knowing that the crescent rolls were 4 months past the expiration date! Nope, not me!

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