Jasmine

Hey everyone, in case you were not aware, Jasmine was in the ER last night. She has kidney stones. If you have ever had them, or a kidney infection of any sort, then you know this is INCREDIBLY painful. Please keep Jasmine in your prayers that she can recover quickly!!

Prayers Please!!

Mike has a job interview on Thursday at 1pm. This job would be a much needed financial blessing for our family. Please keep Mike in your prayers. We are just hoping that we can go where the Lord wants us and provide for our family.
A very special thank you to Kevin for being a consant source of support with Fedex career searching. :)
Love you all!!

Hello Out There!

Trying to make some improvements to the blog so hopefully we can get rolling with it again. I wanted to point out that the Christmas names are posted for this year. I know it's only October but it's never too early to start planning ya know? Early birds and worms and such.
I hope everyone is having a wonderful conference weekend! Stay tuned for updates and please feel free to add your own. :)

Tummy Tuck Tuesday

I know it's supposed to be Thursday but I couldn't wait ya'll. I REALLY couldn't wait. Get ready, I am about to change your life. You will only need a few things for this recipe...

One head of cauliflower
1 c. of flour
1 c. of buttermilk
2 tsp. garlic salt
Buffalo sauce
1 TBS. of butter, melted
A chizzle and some stone so you can erect a statue in my honor after you eat this and realize your life has been changed. (No, I didn't write this recipe but I am posting it so I get the statue.)

Vegetarian Buffalo "Chicken"

Combine flour, buttermilk and garlic salt
Wash your cauliflower and cut into bite sized pieces
Gently toss your cauliflower in the buttermilk mixture until it's well coated
Spread into a greased pan (I used a 9x13 glass dish)
Bake at 450 degrees for about 15 minutes (just watch it and make sure it doesn't get too browned too fast)
Combine 1 c. of buffalo sauce (Mike Ramsey, your resident buffalo sauce expert suggests Buffalo Wild Wings sauce. Also, should you be sensitive to heat, you can use the Honey BBQ sauce or Parmesan Garlic, which are two of his BWW favorites.) and the melted butter.
Drizzle the sauce over the cauliflower and stir very gently to coat as well as you can
Bake for about 5-8 more minutes
Eat and enjoy

We served this with celery sticks and blue cheese dressing...just like traditional buffalo wings. It was such a fun way to get that wonderful flavor without the guilt! For real you guys, it was like Christmas up in here.

Prayers Please

Please remember to keep Amelia in your prayers for a speedy recovery after having her tonsils and adenoids out.
Also please keep prayers coming for Melanie who has been in the hospital with tummy issues.
It is always so hard seeing our children sick or in pain. Lots of prayers for these sweet little girls and their families.

Howdy Folks

I know...I'm BLOGGING! Miracles happen every day ya'll. It's the truth. Anyway, this time I'm actually blogging for a favor.
I have been asked to lead a discussion group this Tuesday at our enrichment night on emergency preparedness---specifically 72 hr. kits.
I'm actually REALLY excited about this (you can tell because I capped the word "really" and made it bold. That means business.)
I am excited about it for two reasons. The first is that it's something I have actually worked on so I don't feel all sheepish and embarrassed and guilty for not having one. The second reason is that mine desperately needs updating (I'm not perfect, don't judge me.) and this is just the thing to motivate me!
I know that some of you (read "all of you") are much better at the prepared thing than I am. I was wondering what tips and tricks you guys have learned about 72 hour kits that might be important to share with the sisters. I learned one neat thing while reading. Your snacks should be low in salt and animal products because those things take more water to digest. Does that mean I can just pack pepperidge farm cookies in my 72 hour kit?
So again, I would love to hear any tips that you have learned. How did you get your kits started? Did you do it all at once or build it slowly? Where do you keep it? How do you remember to rotate it? Any tidbits would be helpful.
Hope everyone is doing well.
:)

Kaylee - Horse show

Howdy All!!!! Kaylee is going to her first horse show this Sat. She will be riding in 10 different events and is working so hard to get ready. I will be posting some pictures and hopefully a video tomorrow of her practicing for the event. Also, Amelia is having surgery to have her adnoids and maybe her tonsils out in a couple of weeks. Let's all pray for her! Any other news people have please post it so we can keep track of whats happening in the family. Chris - It would be great to see pictures of your garden. You are the one in the family with a green thumb and your garden has been amazing this year!!!!!!