My week

Let me tell you about the past week in my life! I am a part of a church plant called Vintage. This year we are in the process of planting a new campus in Metairie that my family and I have become involved in. We have been doing a lot of remodeling in the church building and have had some mission teams to help with construction. My husband went Monday to go help and by Tuesday he volunteered me to come help paint.

This past week we had three church groups come down from Mississippi totaling about 150 people. Brother Troy, one of the pastors, offered for some of the youth girls to help watch our ten month old. He got passed around to every person there, including Mr. Burlon who ended up giving him tea, coffee AND frosted mini wheats. But I guess with all the grandparents Nehemiah has, that's not the worst thing he has eaten or will eat.

Kristie was in charge of the construction. She was this wonderful woman originally from Wisconsin, so she had this northern accent with some random southern drawl thrown into it. I don't know how she stayed sane with all these people coming up asking questions constantly. I heard her say, at one point towars the end of the week, that she couldnt't even remember her own name except for the fact that she keeps hearing it every three seconds!

God did some amazing things this week! They had a VBS in the mornings. We got to see FOUR salvations! Brother Troy came running through the church and hollered at everyone working in the auditorium about it. On Thursday we had a block party and had a good turn out. We met a few people who seemed real interested in Vintage and what we were doing in the city.

Personally though, I have never been so blessed by a group of people that I just met. Brother Troy's group decided to find someone in need that they could help out while they were here. Out of all the people that needed help and all the things that needed to be done, they chose our family. This group of mostly high school kids took up a love offering for us. The relief on Chris' face when brother Troy gave that envelope to him. We are now going to be able to pay our bills this month. I can not tell you what that feels like. We were in a place of great need financially and God answered that prayer. He used this awesome group of people that we spent a week with to take care of us when we needed help. I am so thankful.

If you would like to check out Vintage and all we are doing, visit our website Vintage Church and please visit us on Sunday mornings! I would love to meet you!

Breakfast quesadillas

 I made these for my wonderful husband today. We had a perfect avocado so I had to make something with them!

Ingredients
tortillas
4 pieces of bacon
1 avacado
4 eggs
splash of milk
slap yo mama or salt and pepper
1/2 c (or more) your favorite white cheese

Slice the avocados. Mix eggs with a splash of milk and seasoning. Scramble eggs. Assemble the  quesadilla in a large skillet. If you use a lid on the skillet the cheese will melt before the tortilla burns! I like to serve it with salsa or spicy mayo (mayo and slap yo mama)

Projects from Oklahoma

 I made this for my mom. She wanted a headband for when they go on motorcycle rides. I called it a remnant headband because I used all different yarns with all different textures. It turned out pretty neat!

 The picture for this headband does not do it justice. The blue piece on the top is big and fuzzy.

 I made these for my housemate. Her sister in law just had twins. They are going to make sweet newborn pictures!

 flower pin clips

 I was inspired from the thing one thing two hats. I made these hair pins as well.

 bow hair pin

Thing one thing two hats and diaper covers

Pancakes with a quick strawberry jam

 This quick jam recipe has become one of my favorite breakfasts to make! It is quick and easy, and of course delicious!

Quick jam

Ingredients
2 c strawberries coarsely chopped
1/4 c sugar
water


Place sugar and berries in saucepan. Cover berries with water. Let simmer until jam has thickened, about 20 min. Pour over pancakes or biscuits.

Fried green tomato po-boy with a shrip remoulade

 These are my first veggies that I got out of my garden! I was so excited! I even got to use green tomatoes that i grew for this recipe

 Fried green tomatoes
 Ingredients
   1 c veggie oil
   4 or 5 green tomatoes
   1c flour
   1 T Slap yo mama or seasoning of your choice
   1 egg
   1 c milk
   1 t crystal hot sauce 
   1 c seasoned breadcrumbs

Heat the vegetable oil in a heavy skillet. you want to have about 1/2 an in of oil in the pan. an easy way to tell when it is done is to toss a pinch of flour into the oil. If it sizzles quickly it is hot enough.
While the oil is heating up, slice the tomatoes about 1/2 in thick. Have thee dishes, I used brownie pans, to coat the tomatoes. In the first mix the flour and slap yo Mama. In the second mix the egg, milk and hot sauce. In the third, put the bread crumbs. Coat the tomatoes in each mixture. pan fry to a golden brown.

 Remoulade
Ingredients
1/2 c tarragon vinegar
2 T Ketchup
4 T creole mustard
1 T paprika
1 t salt
3 cloves garlic smashed
1 c olive oil
1/2 c minced green onion
1/2 c minced celery
1 lb of shrimp cooked

In a blender mix vinegar, ketchup, mustard, paprika, salt, pepper and garlic. While blending, add oil gradually. Put in green onion and celery and blend for a few seconds. Marinate cooked shrimp for an hour before serving.

Assemble sandwich. As with any poboy it is vital to use good french bread and nothing else. I like to toast mine a little. I hope you enjoy!

A lovely girl's table and chairs

 My husband and I went to visit his family for a couple of weeks. My sister-in-law bought these for her daughter at a garage sale and asked if I could paint them to match her new bed set.

 We sanded through layers of paint and awful decoupage and found this on one of the chairs!  

 This is the finished product. I took some of the patterns from her new bed set and some I made up.