Thankful to be so thankful

I'm alive, I'm alive! It seems that I forgot about this thing, but I promise I didn't. One, I wanted to stock up and have one great post. We will see how that goes. And two, I was some what taking a break from the Internet while on my Thanksgiving break. Well sorta..

The last two weeks have been very productive and filled with lots of joy for me. I have had lots of projects and papers due, so that is where the productive part came in. Just one more week of class and then a week of finals and I am DONE. I see the light at the end of the tunnel finally! So close I can almost taste it ;)

The joy that has filled my days is froming getting to go home to San Antonio to spend Thanksgiving with my family. We had a completely full house, so full that Marci (my sister), Scott (her husband), and Joshua (my three month old nephew) had to stay in a hotel! My sweet niece Kate got to be my roomate for the week which made for a fun time. One night she woke up scared and asked to sleep in bed with me. I couldn't say no and let her climb into bed with me. She felt so special. I woke up with her basically on top of me, kissing me and saying "I love you Aunt George." She definately knows the way to my heart... I feel like I could write a book of the all the funny things my niece and nephews say. Here were some of my favorites of the week:

Tyson looking at my engagement ring- "Wow Aunt George, I love your ring. It's so beautiful and wonderful."

Me - "Thanks Tyson. Uncle Shane gave that to me."

Tyson then grabs my other hand - "Uncle Shane needs to get you two more of those rings for this hand."

Me - "I couldn't agree more Tyson." :)

Kate has this obsession with weddings right now. How perfect huh?

Me (thinking she will name one of her little friends that are boys)- "Kate who are you going to marry?"

Kate - "Shane"

Me - "But I am going to marry Shane."

Kate - "Okay, my daddy" :)

I'm sure your daddy loves that answer sweet Kate.

and lastly, from the loveable Tucker.."Aunt George, you smell like Poopoo."

I hope they know just how much they are loved by their Aunt George!

My Thanksgiving was wonderful. My mother and sister Clarissa cooked their little hearts out and made my tummy very happy. It was so nice to getting to be with everyone. That doesn't get to happen too often. If only we could all live in the same city. Here is a picture of the whole gang...minus Shane. But he will be in all of our family pictures to come :)

And I had to share this one of my goofy dad.

And don't think I forgot about my cooking something once a week! Although, last week I sorta cheated. I mean, I did bake something. But it was from a can and I just added a few ingredients :) But regardless, it's SOMETHING! And I recommend all of you Sprinkles Cupcake fans to pick up a can of this mix! Unfortunately the nearest Sprinkles is in Dallas. So last time I was at Williams Sonoma I bought this to satisfy my love for their cupcakes. It comes with the cake mix in the can and gives you instructions to make the icing. It even included the cute little dots! The cake part turned out wonderfully. It really tasted like theirs! But, the icing...not so much. So I would recommend just using pre-made icing. Unless, you have a great homeade icing recipe!

Hopefully my next creation will be something more original? Maybe something Christmasy? Because I definately have the Christmas Spirit. Only 26 more days! The countdown has began!

Stuffed Chicken Breast..mmm mm good

So as promised, I made my first item of the week! I know I said I would make Lemon Cheescake Bread, but I just wasn't in the dessert mood. I know, suprising. So I pulled out a cookbook my mother gave me awhile back and started searching for something that sounded super delicious.

Now don't laugh at my cookbook. I know it seems a little silly. I mean, a cookbook by NASCAR's Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr.s' moms? BUT it is suprisingly filled with great recipes. As you can tell I have already gone through and marked all the recipes I plan to make!

I didn't have to search for long before I found what I wanted......Stuffed Chicken Breast. The ingredients for it are what got me. Chicken, stuffing, cheese, and mushrooms. How can you go wrong with that? Well you can't, and this recipe proved just that! This was super easy to make and that final product was amaaaazing. At least I thought so! And it got Shane's stamp of approval. Which is probably most important :)

Here is this tasty creation's easy recipe:

6 boneless skinless chicken breasts (I made 10, not on purpose. My chicken was in smaller slices)

1 box Stove Top stuffing or make your own

2 cups shredded Jack Cheese

1 cup diced mushrooms

First pound the chicken breat until thin. Spread a think layer of stuffing mixture onto the breasts, then sprinkle a little bit of the Jack Cheese on top of that.

Then roll up each breast and fasten with a toothpick. Bake uncovered at 350 for 20 minutes.

After the 20 minutes take the chicken out of the oven. Use the remaining stuffing mixture, jack cheese, and mushrooms to cover the chicken breasts. Return to the oven and bake at 350 for another 10-20 minutes. Or untill fully cooked.

Doesn't it look super yummy?

I was very satisfied with the final product and so was my tummy. It made for a very filling dinner. And seriously how cute is this apron? :) You would think I would want to cook more just to wear it!

I'm excited for my next creation. Hopefully I will be in the dessert mood, because I'm dying to bake something tasty!



Weekend Fun

For some reason this week seemed to creep by and I was excited more than usual for the weekend to come. It turned out to be a wonderful weekend filled with lots of fun, food, movies, relaxing and more food. It started with the Kojie Retreat at the Gymnastics Sports Center. We had our retreat here last year and it was one of my favorite Kojie activites of the whole year, so you could say I was more than a little excited for it again this year. Who doesn't enjoy jumping around on trampolines, bouncing around on spring floors and channeling your inner Shawn Johnson :) But I will admitt, I am way more sore than I should be from it. I am 21 years old. My body is not THAT old. If this is how I feel now, my future isn't looking too good!

I also got my first pair of TOMS this weekend! My sweet NuNu's gave them to me. Hands down, the best gift they could ever give me! I have been dying to get a pair of TOMS for awhile now. I love the whole mission behind them. Now I am a proud owner. And could they be any more cute? I sure don't think so!

This weekend was also a success because I got to have a much needed date with Shane. Both Shane and I have had a busy semester. Me with pledging stuff and him with work. He is by far the hardest worker I have ever met. And I love that about him, but because of both of our schedules, dates are far and few between for us. So Saturday night I decided he deserved a date! We went to my favorite, Abuelos and saw Due Date. It was a great night. Sometimes I think to myself, how did I get so lucky to marry a man like him? It's beyond me!

If only every weekend could be this wonderful :)

It's about time

For the year and half that me and my roomates have lived in our wonderful house together, we have only cooked a meal about a handful of times. Seriously. Could count all the times on one hand. This is outrageous! One of the things we were most excited about getting a house was that we would be able to have a kitchen to cook in unlike the dorms. So what's the deal been? Well, we don't really know. BUT things are going to change. And it all starts tonight. Tonight we made...breakfast for dinner! Okay yes, it is probably one of the easiest meals to make. But it is also one of the best! We have to start somewhere. Kylah and Rachel gathered up all the ingredients and we got to work. Look at our fabulous feast..

Lacy's amazing quiche!

Now comes my goal for the last 4 months of me living here. My goal is to bake at LEAST one thing a week. Preferably something new that I have never made before. I have always enjoyed cooking so it is about time that I make some time for it. And I do need to get some good practice in before I become a wife! To keep myself accountable for this I will post a picture of my creation every week for all to see. And if it is tasty I will even include the recipe for all to try!

First on my list to make.....Lemon Cheesecake Bread. Mmm hope it turns out as good as it sounds.

Desires of my heart

Tonight I was catching up on twitterworld..yes I just said that...and came across a Tweet from Tenley Molzahn. And yes I am that girl that follows people from The Bachelor. Remember how I said I was a HUGE reality TV fan? Well anyways... her tweet asked "What are the desires of your heart?" This really got me thinking and I really liked this question. So, I decided to write about it. My heart has many desires. Which I think is a good thing.


Here is my list:
-To have a closer and deeper relationship with my savior.
-To be a wonderful and understanding wife to Shane.
-To be a godly woman and show that in everything I do.
-To someday be an amazing mother to my children. One that they can count on and hopefully look up to.
-To have a job that is fulfilling and satisfying. One that I can feel like I am truly helping others.
-To be a great friend. One that will be there no matter what.
-To see god transform this city and nation.


I really enjoyed thinking about this and making this list. Great reflection time... now it's time to get some sleep! 


 ‎"Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4. 

Hey Pumpkin

Finally got to carve a pumpkin! I've been wanting to since they starting selling them!

Perfect example of how hard it is to get a good picture of us!

Happy Halloween!

Can you believe that Halloween has already come and gone? Time is flying by. It will be Christmas before we know it. And don't you worry, I already made my Christmas list :) My Halloween was a success. I got to watch Halloween the movie. It's my favorite, as odd as that sounds. It was the first scary movie I ever saw and I became a lover of scary movies because of it. I love October because they play it all month long on TV. I know, I know..I am crazy. Shane and I got the privilage of taking his two little brothers trick or treating this year. It was fun watching them run from house to house. Sometimes I miss being a kid. Getting so excited over the little things. Oh those were the days..

Now it's November. The month of FOOD. Hope this month will be a good one!