Piña Colada Recipe

(YEAH, I KNOW! - I'm not using the same font as I have in the last couple of posts. BE GLAD. Now I realize I don't really love this font...better stick to the other one. Just kidding. Although I don't really like this font....)

Piña Colada Smoothie

Ingredients:

2 bananas - frozen

1 cup pineapple – frozen or fresh

1 cup milk (we used almond milk, but any kind will work)

1/8 teaspoon coconut extract/flavoring

2 tablespoons sugar

Directions

Blend all ingredients in blender. Add ice if necessary or use more or less frozen fruit to get the
consistency you want.

This is SOOO good! My mom came up with it the other day. It's very sweet, so if you like sweet things, this is totally for you!

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

You Are Beautiful

{Excuse the ugly font on the photo above!}

It can be hard sometimes not to look in the mirror and think that you look bad. "I'm too fat, I'm too skinny, my legs are too short, my arms are too long, my nose is too big, my mouth is too small, my skin isn't perfect," etc., etc., etc. The list can go on forever, and it's different for each person.

The truth is, you're not ugly. You're "fearfully and wonderfully made" (see Psalm 139:14 - above photo). Beauty isn't about what's on the outside. It's about what's on the inside. And when you say that you're ugly, that's like saying to God, "Look at this piece of junk You made! You messed up big time."

 The Bible says in 1 Samuel 16:7, "The Lord told Samuel, "Don't look at his appearance or how tall he is....Humans look at outward appearances, but the Lord looks into the heart." It doesn't matter what you look like outside. What matters is what you look like on the inside.

Remember that Jesus loves you - no matter how you look, feel, or act. He made you for a reason. And he made you the way you are for a reason. He didn't make a mistake in making you. He never has and He never will....so don't think He did. The Lord has a purpose for you (see Psalm 138:8). You are special to Him, and He loves you oh-so-much.

One last thing: I realized the other day that the girls and women that I think are the cutest are ones that have hearts for the Lord. Sure, they're pretty on the outside, but most of all they are happy and confident. They don't look down on others. They truly care about others and their feelings. And they love Jesus. They are people I want to imitate, people I want to be like.

You can still want to look nice. Just don't obsess on it. Remember....

(just the way you are!) Let's all remember this (because I need to, too).

Have a great day, lovelies! 

OOPS!!!!!! I did it AGAIN! I used the same font. I PROMISE I won't do that again. Ugh. I like the font, but not THAT much! =)

Happy Sunday // August 12

Weird and awesome  moments from the weekend:

Singing in "B language" while vacuuming ("B language" is just where you change the first letting in every word to a "b"...Kryn and I used to think it was totally awesome to talk like this - like when we were eight)

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Trying to listen to my iPod while pressure washing the driveway - that did NOT work at all

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I saw AZERBAIJAN wrestling on the Olympics! Now, I don't like wrestling. But I had no idea that Azerbaijan participated in the Olympics!

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Freezing in church and Walmart 

(I knew you really wanted to hear about my freezing in Walmart and church.)

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Enjoying a lovely sunset AND rainbow last night

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Found out Tobymac has a new album (it's supposed to be released on iTunes on August 28)

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We heard on the radio that Billy Graham is in the hospital or something (pray for him), and my brother Andy goes, "Isn't he the guy that sells OxiClean?" Que the howling coming from me and my mother. My dad completely missed what Andy said.

Well, this next weekend we will be camping. I think I am going to do some scheduled posts for when I'm gone....

Happy Sunday!

PS: Oops, I used the same font on my pictures two posts in a row! Sorry!

And you probably wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't have pointed it out. 

No Novelty Socks!

Yes...I tried it. It was not exactly wonderful. It was...strong. Like WAY too strong.

Well, I know this is short, but I just needed to tell you that right now my mother is looking at strange socks for my volleyball team. We've found some ones with things like flying pigs, cupcakes, ice cream, and a gator skin design (WEIRD!) on them. And now she's looking at ones with monkeys on them. I am only slightly scared. Oh, now it's a unicorn. OH MY, I AM TOTALLY TERRIFIED AT THE THOUGHT OF HAVING TO WEAR THESE! Our volleyball team is supposed to vote on what we want...PLEASE NO UNICORNS! AND I AM NOT AN ALLIGATOR! THEREFORE I SHOULD NOT BE WEARING GATOR SKIN!!!!

Hopefully my team has great tastes. Whatever happened to our plain neon socks? Hopefully nobody likes unicorns.

Or alligators.

But I know some of them DO like gators. OH DEAR!

Ok, this one may top them all - there's one pair with a MOOSE on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

There's some that look like a bucket of popcorn. And forget what I said about moose socks topping them all; there are some with GNOMES ON THEM!!!!!!!!!!! HELP ME! Stacy and Clinton (from What Not to Wear) would not approve! What were they saying about novelty socks the other day??!! Ok, I admit. I wear patterned socks INSIDE my shoes. They do not show. But do polk-a-dotted socks count as novelty socks? Do they? Great, they don't. I'm so glad you agree with me on this.


AHH, HELP, THERE ARE SOME WITH BIG FOOT ON THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


XOXO,
        Boring sock lover

He who has white whiskers and a pink nose

He has white whiskers and a little pink nose.

He's furry and fluffy and adorable. 

He has big blue eyes.

 

And his name is Toby. 

  

I love my little creature, even if he screams when I cuddle with him. Even if he hates getting his picture taken. Even if he pretty much ignores me. Even so, he's the cutest. 

And he happened to be in exactly the right spot at exactly the right time the other night. My camera was there and the lighting was WONDERFUL. 

Oh yes. I love this kitty. 

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