Casa de Coqueran

Boston Day Two!

2011-07-07T19:44:00.001-07:00

We woke up this morning ready to put our feet on the street. Before any good adventure you need to be fueled. Jay used an app on his phone and located a breakfast shop close to our hotel. We set off and about 12 minutes later we arrived. It was called Mike and Patty's. It was so yummy, fresh and quaint! We met some nice locals and had a great breakfast!

We jumped on the T and headed to the Sam Adams Brewery! This was a must on Jays list of Boston must dues. I have to say there is so much more to beer than I thought. I have many new wrinkles on my brain. We ended the tour with a taste testing of 4 different beers. We greatly enjoyed our tour and the beverages!

Next stop...meet Courtney (college sorority sister and we both worked at Disney College Program at the same time). She offered to meet up with us at a little pastry shop in town called Mike's Pastry, which was such a coincidence because that was one of the places that we heard that we had to go to, and we all know I was all over that one. We hadn't seen each other in about 9 years. It was great seeing her and meeting her little boy William. We ate out of this world cannoli's! The place was packed with hungry people!

We said our good byes after hugs and headed to the warf. I think Jay and I have walked all over Boston. We saw many beautiful sites and dropped into a couple of shops.

We came back to the hotel for a short bit and them headed to Cambridge! I have to say I love this place! Live music happiness, and great surroundings. We ate at Boarder Cafe. We both enjoyed our tex-mex dishes and both brought half back. We strolled around after dinner to see all the beautiful sites of Cambridge.

We have had a fabulous day and are very thankful! We have half a day left here and we shall gave a couple more adventures!

Way to go Boston Red Sox!

2011-07-06T20:54:00.001-07:00

Wow! What a fabulous time we had at the game tonight. We arrived at Fenway 3 hours before the game so we decided we better grab a bite to eat since we hadn't eaten since breakfast. We decided that we would not eat at any restaurants that we have the opportunity to eat at in Charlotte. We were walking past the ball field and we ran across "Boston Beer Works" it was phenomenal! We split a Fenway burger and cut fries and for our appetizer we had pretzel nuggets! All I can say we left happy people!

The game was a blast and it was fun to be in that type of atmosphere! Everyone cheering, smiles and we even made some new friends..Dave and Karen from California. They got engaged two days ago...Congratulations, marriage is awesome!

So after a short rain delay the ballgame started back up and the Red Sox won 6 to 4! We are headed for lala land because our tomorrow adventures start early!

BOSTON OR BUST!!!!

2011-07-06T06:08:00.001-07:00

On the plane and ready to take off!!

Jay was so SURPRISED!

2011-07-06T05:33:00.001-07:00

Greetings from the Charlotte Douglas International Airport! The birthday surprise was pulled off! I have been planning Jay a surprise trip to Boston to watch his favorite team the Boston Red Sox play! I told him he could have one bookbag and we would share a duffle bag. He woke this morning with a happy heart and was ready to embark on our adventure! When we were getting close to the airport I asked him to close his eyes. When we parked I gave him a card with a clue. A red scribble + a picture of a sock! He looked at it..He looked at me..he squealed with excitement and said are we really going to Boston?!?!?! I handed him our baseball tickets and the smiles haven't stopped. I am excited for our adventure and so blessed that I get to share it with him. Jay you are an amazing man and so thankful God had it in his plan for us to be husband and wife!

DIY Bathroom Addition!

2011-07-05T07:16:00.000-07:00

So we have it down to 2!

We have chosen the color on the left for the half bath downstairs. I am not much for painting, but this room isn't very large! Jay asked what home improvement projects could he do next week while I'm away, so maybe this will be on the list :-) Stay tuned!

2 Years Ago Today.....

2011-07-04T03:13:00.000-07:00

Jay asked me to be his WIFE!!!

7/4/2009 - By Jay

How we got engaged

How a first time trip to the Big Apple for Kelly and a return trip for me ended up being the most amazing time of our lives was nothing short of a pure blessing. The idea of the trip was actually spawned by my dear cousin Marcelle getting married in NY, supposedly on the 4th of July. I figured this would be a great trip for Kelly and I so she could see the city and get to meet some family and I would get to return home and reconnect with family that I haven't seen in ages. Well the wedding date got moved back and that opened the door for my plans to move forward.

Kelly will be the first to attest to the fact that I am sneaky, which is great for her because she loves surprises. With the help of my awesome family in NY, my cousin Colin and his wife Billie and daughter Gabby who live in Manhattan and his parents, Uncle Sherman and Aunty Thora we were able to coordinate everything from rides to and from the airport and to Manhattan where Colin and family opened up their doors to us and allowed us to have free reign of the city, which we sure did. All of that was prelude to the main event, the 4th of July.

There is a lot of hidden meaning to what went down on the 4th of July so here is a little taste of why this all went down the way that it did. Kelly loves the 4^th of July, in particular she loves fireworks, and what better time of year to enjoy them than on the 4^th right? Well the first 4^th of July that Kelly and I spent together it rained… hard. There were no fireworks to be seen, we actually ended up going to Wal-Mart and coming back home and watching movies.. The second and probably the more important one is an ongoing disagreement that we have in regards to a fruit tart. On a weekend trip that I took Kelly on to the Biltmore House in Asheville for a Stephen Curtis Chapman concert, we spent the day there prior to the concert and she took me on my first picnic there, it was just a magical time. Well one of the items in the picnic basket was a fruit tart.

Well we were walking through either Sam’s Club in Charlotte or the Fresh Market in Greenville (that is the ongoing debate, we can’t agree on where we saw the tarts) but she spotted the tart and asked me “What does that remind you of?” Well I see RED strawberries, WHITE cream cheese and BLUE blueberries and the first thing that pops into my head was “The 4^th of July!” Yeah, I was wrong. So now anytime that she asks me “What does this remind you of?” regardless of whether I know the answer or not I respond “The 4^th of July!”

So when it came time to propose, I made sure that all of the elements were there. We were going to have a picnic on the Hudson River to watch the fireworks so we went shopping ahead of time at Whole Foods in Columbus Circle for some viddles and I made sure to get a little fruit tart. I of course had the ring on me and my camera to take pictures of the fireworks. After we got done eating the fireworks began and I started taking pictures. Kelly decided to have her desert and after a while I asked her to take some pictures while I got to eat my desert, my little fruit tart. While she was fussing around with the camera trying to make it work, I grabbed the tart out of the bag and the ring out of my pocket and put it in the middle. I came up from behind her and said “Hey baby, take a bite of this.” And in her sweet voice she looked at me and replied “No honey, it’s your desert, you eat it.” I then put it a little closer to her face and said “No, I really want you to have this.” It’s a miracle that she didn’t drop the camera, but that’s replaceable, the look on her face, the reaction, the scream of excitement and the tears that followed, the memories from that can never be replaced. I would gladly give up all of my possessions if that is what it would take to relive that moment, it was priceless!

Birthday Boy!!!

2011-06-27T22:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to my fabulous, wonderful, awesome husband Jay!
Happy Birthday to you!

I have been excited about Jay's birthday all month! I woke up when he left for work and had to have a picture of the birthday boy! He was all smiles and ready for a day at the Fargo. I had a schedule planned out for the day so everything would get accomplished. I had a little set back when I decided to go back to bed and my phone went into airplane mode and the alarm didn't go off! ooops!

I asked Jay if he would celebrate his birthday at a restaurant or would he like a home cooked meal. He chose the home cooked meal. I knew the meat choice would be a meatloaf recipe that my momma gave me and then I would think of the sides. My next question was what kind of dessert would he like. I wasn't sure if he wanted cake since we had the yummy one from Carolina Mountain Bakery but he was positive that he wanted a red velvet with cream cheese icing!

Jay's Birthday Menu:
Meatloaf - Momma's recipe
rice casserole - Leicester Cookbook
squash casserole - Southern Living magazine
glazed carrots
deviled eggs
crescent rolls

When Jay arrived home from work everything was ready! I turned in burn for 3 hours straight!

Before we ate I asked if he would like to open his gifts and he said "Yes!" I always ask him to write me a list of the things he would want. I chose two things off his list and the third present he gets on July 6, 2010! :-)

He was a happy boy with his new Vans!

I love baking and making this recipe makes me think of many things:
*My grandmother - She used to make this cake for Heather and I during the holidays!
*Cupcakes - This is a favorite among the friends!
*Jay - This is one of his favorite cakes.

The candles were lit and the birthday song was heard!

I had forgot I had put the never ending sparkler kind in his cake..oops!

To a Wonderful husband on his 36th birthday!
I love you and here's to many many more birthdays!

Happiness!!!

2011-06-26T20:30:00.000-07:00

Fiesta Retirement Celebration!

2011-06-25T20:00:00.000-07:00

We are ready to celebrate!

My Uncle Tally has done his time as a fabulous Art teacher

in North Carolina and is now retiring!

For the fiesta we had to have bright tissue paper flowers. So the morning

of the party mom and I had a blast - as you can see! I think mom was running

on little sleep, so the paper flowers will be a memory forever!

My beautiful Cousin Besty - this is a photo we have to take every time we are together. Betsy and her husband Todd live in New York City. We don't get to see each other often but when we do fun is bound to be had!

Betsy is very talented! She made and designed her dads retirement cake. What an amazing job!

The day wouldn't be complete without one Whitlock sibling photo!

Celebrations!

2011-06-24T22:00:00.000-07:00

In our family birthdays have always been very special and important! I think its important to celebrate your birthday for at least a month. Since Jay and I have been together I have rubbed this idea off on him as well. Since we were not going to be with mom and dad on Jay's birthday we celebrated a little early!

What a happy birthday boy!

The famous birthday cake....Thank you Carolina Mountain Bakery!

Being a Tourist!

2011-06-24T21:30:00.000-07:00

After a week of learning, Jay and I traveled to the mountains! It is always so nice to go home! When we arrived Thursday night momma had a yummy dinner ready and yellow cake with homemade chocolate icing! Yummmo!

We woke up Friday morning refreshed and ready to be tourist! It was so fun walking around downtown Asheville with no agenda just taking it all in!

No, we didn't plan to math! lol

In our walking travels we found these two unique young ladies. They were very still until someone dropped money into their basket and then they would begin to move. It was so cool and they moved with such grace. I know I stood and watched them for a good 5 minutes!

As we walked on Jay noticed this sign.

"Choose A Positive Thought."

I loved it and had to take a picture of it. I am thinking of using this saying in my classroom this coming year.

Jay made him a new friend!

We had a fabulous time in downtown Asheville and are already looking forward
to going back and being tourist!

A Week Of Learning!

2011-06-23T18:30:00.000-07:00

What a great 4 days of learning! I was given the opportunity to participate in the North Carolina Teacher Academy READING INTERVENTION WORKSHOP. We learned so much and was able to network with other teachers from and around this area. Here are just a few of the many things we made. I only made one shower curtain activity but will be turning our house into a workshop later in the month!

After tracing this off the original, I stood up and had marker all over my arms and legs!

Two other examples of how to use a shower curtain or table cloth to teach our students!

NoDa Art Crawl and Fun Filled Weekend!

2011-06-18T19:30:00.000-07:00

What a fun filled weekend! Charlie and Carolina arrived Friday afternoon and we were so excited to see them.

These two people are pure fabulous! I met Carolina while teaching in Pitt county. We became great friends and she stood beside me on one of the most important days of my life - my wedding day!

NoDa Art Crawl was where we headed Friday night. The streets were full of life! People were singing, dancing, chatting..just having a great time. We new Charlie and Carolina would love Cabo Fish Taco http://www.cabofishtaco.com/menu/charlotte so that's where we made our dinner plans.
We had to wait for just a bit so we decided to stroll down the street to see what was happening.

We stopped to listen to a band and they were from
Asheville!

Our food was fabulous (sorry about the picture) and the company was even better!

Saturday morning we wanted to show Charlie and Carolina one of our favorite spots...

Davidson, NC

This little town is full of happiness! They have a local farmers market, yummy restaurants, friendly people and a college. We chose a great breakfast place called "Toast." http://www.toastcafeonline.com/davidson/index.html
We decided on outside dinning and were greeted with an outdoors air conditioning unit! How excited was I? Very, because it was very warm! They have so many yummy choices but one of my favorite is the peanut butter and banana stuffed french toast! Wholly cow is it fabulous!

Today I chose an omelet, sourdough toast and hash browns (kind of like home fries)

We said our "see ya laters" in Davidson, but can't wait to create more great memories with our fabulous friends!

DIY at the Casa de Coqueran!

2011-06-16T20:30:00.000-07:00

With summer here Jay and I have found many fun projects to start and complete! With our wonderful friends coming in this Friday we had a couple of things to accomplish. When we moved in February of 2010 our lovely bushes were not taking over our side walk. Well as time has it they decided to grow and grow! So we decided they needed to be removed and we would replace it with a smaller plant.

That's a man with a happy heart! He loves DIY day!

Next...I grab our candle holders and a can of yellow cream spray paint and went to town. After
1 1/2 cans and a trip to Lowes they turned out beautiful!

After a while Jay and I both were getting cabin fever so we took a small break and ran to Lowes - Jay's favorite store.. and Rita's for an ice cream treat - since we had worked so hard!

This little M&M has been traveling around with me in my purse for awhile! I love bright colors and wanted our downstairs powder room to be painted a beautiful color such as this. So we went to Lowes and picked different paint samples trying to find the best fit. We think we have and will begin painting hopefully soon. Stayed tuned for the finished project!

We treated ourselves to a yummy Rita's treat!!

If you have one of these in your town stop by and have a yummy cool treat!

Hello Summer!

2011-06-15T16:23:00.000-07:00

Wow, where has the time gone? I am sorry that Jay and I have been MIA but we are back and ready to share our summer adventures with you!

Last weekend we helped my mom cater Matt and Sandra Wallace's wedding reception.

The happy new married couple!!!

It was a beautiful array of color and yummy food. We hadn't worked as a catering team in a while, but it came back like it was yesterday! Here are a couple of shots of the bride and groom, the food and of course us working hard (and playing :-)

Heather and I ready to get our serve on!

Jay and Daddy had the job of stuffing momma's chicken salad

into mini croissants.

Momma and her two girls.

Look at my handsome daddy!!

My beautiful sister! We go no where without our jewelry!

It was a fun filled weekend with lots of laughs and wonderful memories. Jay and I have this thing after a wedding we talk all about it. One thing we loved that Matt and Sandra did was during their ceremony they knelt at a large wooden cross and their family and friends came up on stage and prayed around them! I can't think of a better way to start a marriage! Prayer is POWERFUL!!!

Happy Birthday to the BEST MOMMA EVER!!!!

2011-06-14T18:29:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MOMMA!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

I have truly been blessed with the absolutely best momma ever. Momma I pray you have had a fabulous birthday and I love you bunches and bunches!!!

What have we been up to!!!!

2011-06-13T16:24:00.000-07:00

Here are a some pictures of the fun things we have been up to since February!

Late February - Valentine's get away!! Myrtle Beach!!!

My first time ever eating at the Mellow Mushroom and it was way yummy!!

After the morning walk and yummy breakfast we headed to the aquarium where teachers get in FREE!!!

I crawled under the tube and sat on my knees, because I was determined I was going to be

swimming with the fish!!

Late March - Home in Leicester! Jay, Mom and I went to Grove Park Inn for "Cupcake for Cures." This was an event where amateur and professional submitted cupcakes and the proceeds went toward Cancer research. We had a fabulous time and overdosed our sweet tooth!

We celebrated Heather's 34th birthday. Of course a Carolina Mountain Bakery cake would be present!

My sweet Grandmother and Jay!!!

My 31 1/2 Birthday!!!!April 2nd
I know many people do not celebrate these but in our household we do!!

Surprise from Ikea!

Date Nights

April - Hello Tampa....Spring Break!!!!

April - Completed my first cake decorating class and this is the final piece in the class. So much fun and looking forward to the up coming classes!

May - Jay and I completed our first 5k. I have helped coach a team at my elementary school called "Girls on the Run" and at the end of the season we end it with a big 5k. It was an awesome experience for our team!

May - Happy Mother's Day!!!

May - Happy Surprise Birthday Lori!!!!

Look at this sweet girl!!!! Miss Kaitlin had a fabulous time and was an excellent girl!!!

100th Day!!!

2011-02-08T12:45:00.000-08:00

Wow...Fun times in first grade. We have been couting to this day since August and it has finally arrived. We celebrated all day the number 100. I have to say it went really well considering I had never done a 100th day celebration without a full time assistant...I miss you Mrs. Hardin. So here are a couple of pics of some of our activities. Hope your Tuesday was Terrific!

This was one of my babies favorite activities. They had to make a 100 piece snack.

It was full of yummies....

10 cheerios

10 skittles

10 M&Ms - my favorite

10 pretzels

10 mini-marshmallows

10 fruits loops

10 rainbow goldfish

10 peanuts

10 animal crackers

10 chocolate chips

This is what our classroom looked like after our day of fun!

She said YES!!!

2011-02-06T13:45:00.000-08:00

That is my Aunt Josie that is!!! Jay and I traveled to Atlanta, GA to celebrate with Aunt Josie and Gaylen. They were married on January 27th and just returned from a wonderful honeymoon and had a reception to celebrate with all of their friends and family. The event was held at a Sip Wine and Tapas in Alpharetta, GA. It was a fast trip but it was so good to see everyone and celebrate with Aunt Josie and Gaylen.

This was the wonderful weather Jay to drive in. He did a fabulous job!

Mr. Ducky kept a watch out for any of his friends!

Is this not a beautiful site? We were in a bank parking lot and I spotted them and a picture had to be taken!

My beautiful momma getting all the yummy cakes in the right place with the correct cake label.

Colie and Heather awaiting for the celebration to begin!

Momma and her two girls!

Mallory and Beth sharing a smile
with the guest!

Aunt Sharon and Grandmother

I have the greatest husband ever!!!

Heather and Aunt Sharon

Heather, Aunt Josie (the BRIDE) and Me

Here Dad and I are asking in a sweet sugary way.."What flavor would you like to have? Oh, they are all good."

And these sweet darlings were made for our neighborhood meeting. They went over very well and I did sprinkles for both of the teams in the Super Bowl!

6 Months Ago Today.....

2011-01-31T13:27:00.000-08:00

Jay and I got married. WOW!!! What an amazing day! Words could never describe how magical, wonderful, priceless that day was. It has been an amazingly blessed 6 months. Thank you Heavenly Father for placing such an amazing person in my life, I am Truly Blessed and Thankful!

I LOVE YOU Jay Louise!!!!

Picnic Weather!

2011-01-30T14:34:00.000-08:00

Happy Sunday! I truly enjoy Sunday's and the tradition Jay and I have for Sunday mornings. We get up, make coffee, Jay runs and gets a paper, paper and coffee time on the couch, I make breakfast, and then we get ready for church.

This is what we drank out of this morning :-) We got these on my 30th birthday trip to Walt Disney World - such a magical place!

After church we new that it was to pretty of a day to do school work all day, so we headed to the Lake Norman area. We picked up lunch at the Fresh Market and then off to locate a picnic area. It was great being out in the beautiful weather and seeing so many other people enjoying it too!

A must go back place on our fun place list is - Ramsey Creek Park! Lots of beautiful scenery, great picnic areas, playground and very clean.

It was so warm that we had to let our piggies experience the wonderful sunshine!

My handsome husband!

Of course I had to see the temperature of the water and play in it just a bit!

Hello Sunshine!!!

2011-01-29T17:16:00.000-08:00

Hello SUNSHINE!!!

Jay and I were so excited to see that the sunshine was going to come out and play with us today. We decided that we would be tourist in a near by city - Cornelius, NC!

I had heard that there was a fabulous cupcake shop in Cornelius so we hit the road around noon. We were treated to a fabulous cupcake from SweetCakes - http://www.sweetcakesbakery.com

Holy Cow!! This was one amazing cupcake! If you are in the area,

this is a place you have to stop at!

We also ventured into Davidson, NC and found some really neat places. Well, when we are shopping I love trying on very unique items. Well did I ever find a couple of things today!

What a fabulous day and thank you sunshine for coming out and playing with us today!

Tigers and Clowns and Elephants...I am so EXCITED!

2011-01-26T16:40:00.000-08:00

I can not tell you how excited I was when Jay told me that we were going to the Circus!! I practiced my elephant impersonation for a day straight. As a little girl this was something that my momma and daddy always took Heather and I to. It was always something that I looked forward to, and associated the civic center to the elephant smell. We headed to uptown Charlotte to the epicenter for some yummy dinner at Mortimer's and then across the street to see the greatest show on earth!

I have been waiting on seeing the sweet girl all evening.

She is such a smart girl, she painted a beautiful picture!

I made a new friend while at the Circus!

I have always wondered what it would be like to go to clown school. I asked Jay a gazillion questions about where he thought the circus family sleeps, how long they were away from home, what kind of life they have,etc. He probably was thinking "Hunny, how would I know?" But he is so awesome that he carried the conversation on with me!

Since I had so many questions about being a clown I thought I would give it a try!

Jay saw how much fun it was to be a clown, so he decided to give it a try himself! lol

What a good sport he is!

Thank you hunny for surprising me and creating such a fabulous night!

Jay is full of WISDOM!!

2011-01-06T16:34:00.000-08:00

Our new year started with Jay having to have his wisdom teeth pulled. He has extra wisdom, the doc found 5 wisdom teeth when reading his x-ray. I was so thankful to be off with him to be Nurse Kelly. It was a rotation of ice, medicine, more ice, lots of sleeping, ice cream time and repeat! After the first couple of days Jay was doing much better!

This was Jay right before I had to leave him and go sit in the waiting room. I think I was more shook up than he was! lol...

New Year's Eve!!

2010-12-31T16:06:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!

Here's how we celebrated our New Year's Eve...making smores in the microwave!! It was so fun watching the marshmallows almost blow up in the microwave!

That's how you tell if it's a yummy smore!

We've moved!!!

2010-12-30T15:10:00.000-08:00

Well not to a new house or city but a new BLOGSPOT! I was thinking and this blog is about Jay and I and the things that happen with our family so welcome to "Casa de Coqueran." Since the last post our new year has begun with many adventures! But before we move to 2011 events let's see what happened in D.C. Even though our Pirates didn't pull through we had a great time in Washington, DC with Reagan and Wayne. I have to say I learned so much (lots of new wrinkles in my brain) and walked many steps while we were there. The next set of pictures will show what a great time we had. Enjoy yourself!

I was so saddened that the Obama's forgot they were having tea time with me that Sunday!

A day full of fun, walking and learning!

My sweetums loving the sites!

Headed to see the DINOsaurs!!!

What a great couple, very entertaining!!!

I was so excited to have my picture taken with the Ruby Slippers. These shoes are from Reagan's all time favorite movie!

Being the teacher I am, I was so excited to see Abraham Lincoln's top hat. I teach about this every year and now I have a real picture to share with my little ones.

Jay was comparing his hand to Lincoln's hand.

She is so awesome she has her own airport!!!

We are still PIRATES!!!

2010-12-29T21:51:00.000-08:00

Jay and I are very excited to be at the ECU Bowl game in Washington DC! These are our faces at the end of the game. Even though our Pirates didn't bring the victory home, we still bleed purple and gold. We were able to go see the monuments at night and it was an amazing site! More pictures to come!

Share A Smile!

Rockin out in DC with the Pirates!!

2010-12-29T11:08:00.000-08:00

Kelly and I traveled early this morning to Washington DC to see the ECU Pirates take on the Maryland Turtles.

I "heart" yellow cake!

2010-12-28T03:46:00.000-08:00

--->My best friend Lori!

I was talking to my best friend and she was telling me that since they were snowed in they had made yellow cake and homemade chocolate icing...Oh how I heart warm yellow cake! Then my brain awoke and remembered that my momma wrote down her famous homemade chocolate icing recipe for me when Jay and I got married. Great idea came to mind...yellow cake and icing! YUM-O

I did realize that it shouldn't stay in our house so we had a yellow loaf with icing on top and then I sent the rest with Jay to work. I thought they needed a treat since I hadn't baked anything all season for them.

The beginning of yumminess!

Oh I hate when this happens ;-)

Warm, soft, fresh cake smell...can you smell it?

Had to be nibbled on as the others got taken out of the load pan!

Cooled
Iced
Sprinkled with candy flowers
Ready to be eaten!

The finished product ready for sweet Jay after a long day at work!

One Dish Dinner!

2010-12-27T10:39:00.000-08:00

I love when I can make a warm yummy dinner and not have to wash a gazillion dishes. Tonight we are having Carolina Pulled Chicken, canned green beans (out of my momma and daddies garden) and instant mashed potatoes (I'm still learning ;-)

My lovely sister fixed this recipe for me and I absolutely loved it. So she gave me the recipe and I was so excited. Well I am not sure what happens but every time I go to fix it I can not find the recipe. I promised that this time it would be different. :-) I would copy the recipe from my in-box and laminate it!

This is my lovely sister Heather!

So here are a couple of pictures of the very few ingredients you need and the yummy recipe! Enjoy!

Carolina Pulled Chicken

4 to 6 chicken breasts
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1 tbspn onion powder
1 tbspn garlic salt
2 tbspn brown sugar
1/3 cup honey mustard

Dressing
1/4 cup yellow mustard
1 tbspn cider vinegar
reserved liquid from cooker

Place chicken in bottom of slow cooker.  Mix next 5 ingredients together and pour
over chicken.  Cover and cook on low 5-6 hrs until chicken is fork tender.
Remove chicken to a cutting board and let stand 10 minutes.
Pour liquid from cooker through sieve (use paper towel over bowl if needed).
Mix about 1/2 cup of liquid with dressing ingredients.  Shred chicken into pieces
and toss with dressing mixture.

Sides:

Winter Wonder Day

2010-12-27T08:09:00.000-08:00

Jay's request for a white Christmas arrived around 9:00pm Christmas Day! I squealed so loud when I saw the snowflakes coming down. Even though I was raised in the mountains and saw snow at least once a year I still love to watch it snow. Jay and I wanted to go check things out so we decided to bundle up and see what was happening in Wonderland!

Our decorative candy lane pops decided they couldn't hang in this type of weather!

Jay is saying "Welcome!"

After walking through our neighborhood Jay and I decided to walk to church (so convenient to have church right beside your house). As we crunched through the snow we found some beautiful trees on our adventure!

Church was amazing and then we headed back home. We were both getting cabin fever so we decided to see what was happening in the stores after Christmas. It was a fun filled day enjoying beautiful snow, church and together time!

Remember to Share a Smile today!!!

Kelly

MERRY CHRISTMAS - To my Wonderful Wife!

2010-12-25T01:36:00.000-08:00

So this is the Christmas
The first time in my life
That I get to spend it
With my Wonderful Wife

It's hard to put into words
Exactly how I feel
To be so much in love
It just doesn't seem real

But every morning I wake
And there's your pretty face
I know it's not a dream
I really am in this place

A home full of love
And a wife to adore
I couldn't be happier
I couldn't ask for more

On this Christmas day
I truly am blessed
Cuz the good Lord above
Has made this the best!!