Walk for Life...

I am going to be walking in the Walk For Life on August 28th. It is a fundraiser to benefit Care Net Pregnancy Centers. I am hoping to do the 3 mile walk/waddle with my kids. Would you please consider sponsoring me? THANK YOU!!!!

Walk for Life

P.S. Each of us is here because our parents chose life! Remember to thank them.

Baby is a.....

BOY!!!!! I would like to know who my 5 BOY guessers were.....just announce to the world here that you were RIGHT!!!


All looks well. Heart is very strong and fully formed. All fingers and toes are there. The measurements were perfect for my due date. I am due the 29th of November, which signs me up for one miserable Thanksgiving! Here it will be the BEST holiday of the year and I will be too miserable to eat. Wah me! (there I am done with my little pity party. )

Now we just need a name....

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE...

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Homemade Chocolate Syrup....

Now I will admit, chocolate isn't my preferred vice, but sometimes I do crave it! Recently that craving has been for chocolate syrup. (Blame the pregnancy hormones!) I can not stand the stuff that you buy in stores. Not only is it artificially flavored, but you can't pronounce half the ingredients. So this craving caused me to search for a homemade version. After looking at several recipes I found one I liked, but still had to change it to suit my tastes. Most versions came out pretty watery or runny. I like a mix between syrup and hot fudge consistency. So here it is my version of Homemade Chocolate Syrup.

Homemade Chocolate Syrup
½ cup cocoa powder

1 cup water

2 cups sugar

1-2 teaspoons cornstarch

⅛ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon vanilla
Mix the cocoa powder, sugar, cornstarch and the water in a saucepan. Heat and stir to dissolve the cocoa and sugar. Boil for 3 minutes over medium heat. Be careful not to let it get too hot and boil over! (Boil over it will! Don't turn your back for a second!!!) Add the salt and the vanilla. Let cool. Pour into a clean glass jar, and store in the refrigerator. Keeps for several months, but will most likely be devoured before then. Yields a bit more than two cups.

Serve over any ice cream....especially the Homemade kind.

Thank GOD For FREEDOM!

free·dom
Pronunciation: \ˈfrē-dəm\
Function: noun
1 : the quality or state of being free: as a : the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action b : liberation from slavery or restraint or from the power of another

Happy Independence Day! I am thankful to those who have fought and served for our freedom. I am thankful that I am FREE to serve GOD. To openly own a bible, and read it. That freedom means more than any other to me.

Celebrate, enjoy time with family and friends, but don't forget to thank GOD for that FREEDOM which we celebrate today!