Good Reminder...

She & Him...and me...

Ohhhh How I desperately wish it was cold outside. Sadly, it is not. She & Him released their much anticipated Christmas album! Yes I bought it, and yes, I am listening to it. Cold or not, Christmas or not!

Stick with baking....

I decided to be more housewifeish and cook (really cook) dinner tonight. So I picked my top three pinterest dinner choices. I wrote down the recipes and quickly realized this was not looking promising. Still I was determined and moved on to WalMart to get my supplies. I strolled down the aisles I have never paid any attention to and collected my ingredients. Then I came home to realize my preferred dish took a day to prepare. Literally a day to "set" or cool or whatever. So on to #2... I noticed it wasn't exactly a main dish it was an appetizer. So I thought well how about #3. So I decided to do a zucchini based pizza. Literally all I had to do was cut up a zucchini and grill it then throw on some sauce, pepperoni, and cheese. Easy enough right? Well I couldn't find any zucchini except like cucumber looking things, and I have no idea how to grill. So I googled baked zucchini and followed the recipe. It smelled gross. But I persevered. I added the pepperonis and sauce. I ate all of it, but more of an eat it because I made it, than a man this is good. However, Ryan came home and actually asked for some more. (I didn't because I tossed it thinking he wouldn't like it) So I guess if you like zucchini you would like this dish.

I also figured out why I enjoy baking. It smells delicious the whole prep time and it tastes yummy even if you mess up!

Give Back for Christmas!

 

I am so excited to introduce Busen Niyonshuti to you!!

He is The Cellar's Hello-Somebody  sponsor child! We need 70 people to buy a watch for this sweet little boy to get a years worth of school and 2 meals a day.

"Hello Somebody has partnered with Africa New Life based in Kigali,
Rwanda and is sponsoring 100 street boys to go to school and receive a
first-class education and 2 meals per day"

Read more about Busen here:
http://hello-somebody.com/children/child/busen-niyonshuti/

If you do decide to partner with #teambusen you must buy a watch (or any other piece of merchandise) and put Busen Niyonshuti in the "note" section.  It’s a small and easy to miss line that says “Note to seller” in which you click on and it opens the note field.

I have already ordered some watches for Christmas presents. They are super cute.

Spread the word!! We have 30 days to get 70 watches sold, if not Busen will be given to another group to finish his sponsorship.

http://hellosomebody.bigcartel.com/product/watches

Palooza!

So me and a few friends from work (and a wife) are starting a Bunco group! I am so excited because I feel like this is the start of a lifelong tradition! We played tonight with one of the girls' mom's group and it was so fun. They have been playing together for over 10 years. I hope our Paloozas last that long! We start next month with a Pajama Palooza theme and then I will host in December! Yahh for Christmas themes!!

I get to be the one...

Tomorrow J.J. Heller's new cd drops. I am so excited because I recently found a song she wrote to her unborn child. It has like one part that is obviously a mom singing to her newborn baby, but the vast majority could definitely be an adoption anthem. Yes, and adoption anthem. The song isn't even on youtube yet, but I found it on some random radio links. You can check it out here OR wait until tomorrow and download it. I know I will be!

http://www.klove.com/blog/ScottandKelli/post/2011/05/24/JJ-Heller-is-on-the-show-today!.aspx
^ It is the first song on the site.

Here are the lyrics...

Well hello
Llittle baby
Your eyes have never seen the sun
You should know, Little baby
That I am the lucky one

I get to be the one to hold your hand
I get to be the one
Through birthdays and broken bones
Ill be there to watch you grow
I get to be the one

Don’t feel alone now, Little baby
Do you hear me singing you a song
I can't wait to show you Little baby
How to crawl, how to walk, and how to run
I get to be the one to hold your hand
I get to be the one
Through birthdays and broken bones
Ill be there to watch you grow
I get to be the one

How does someone so small
 Hold my heart so tightly
I don’t know even know you
 I love you completely

I get to be the one to hold your hand
I get to be the one
Through birthdays and broken bones
Ill be there to watch you grow
I get to be the one to hold your hand
I get to be the  one
Through birthdays and broken bones
 I'll be there to watch you grow
I get to be the one

Home Study Packet

We mailed off our Home Study Packet today!!!