Travis Cottrell Jesus Saves Concert!

When I heard that Travis Cottrell and the praise team were coming to West Monroe I just knew I had to go! Travis usually travels with Beth Moore to all of her Living Proof Live events. Sarah, Leslie's roomie grew up going to the church where they were going to be singing. Her mom has been the pianist there for the last 25 years. She reserved seats for us on the front row! It was such an uplifting concert. I was so glad I got to go. We even got to go to the choir room for their private dinner. Sarah's parents made an awesome meal for them and we had a couple photo ops!

Here we are right after the concert. Me, Sarah, and Leslie.

Me, Travis, and Leslie. This was such an awesome moment for us! We like to say that we are in the Travis Cottrell fan club!

Leesi was the sweetest and most friendly person out of the group! She came up and talked to us and thanked us for being there.

Show Us Your Life-Wedding Dress

This week Kelly is featuring wedding dresses! I don't have very many pictures of my dress on this computer, but here is what I have!

I knew I didn't want something too "Cinderella" because we were going to Hawaii to be married! After searching everywhere in Shreveport and Houston...we found my dress in a huge bridal shop in a tiny town called Brinkley, AR! It was the neatest place!

These pictures are ones that my cousin took at our reception when we got home from Hawaii in October of 2007.
It was ivory satin with beaded cap sleeves. The same beading is around the chest area and my back!
I really loved my dress! I wish I had a better picture on my computer to do it justice!

Here is the dress that I wore to our "official" wedding! We got married in May at the JOP. We were tired of waiting to be married! I thought Neil looked so cute in his seer-sucker suit! The tie he is wearing was his grandfathers. We even had a mini wedding cake.

I got this dress from Lewis' Boutique in Ruston. I had a little tropical bouquet made too! I wore Janine's diamond earrings for "something borrowed." The dress was my "something new." My ring was "something old." And "something blue" was the garter that Mom got for me!

All in all...they were both great days!!!

Girls Night Out

Last night, we had a really fun girls night that Erinn planned. We discussed the new Bunco group that we are going to start! I am really excited to be in a group with all of these fun girls. We still need 1 more person to make 12...so if you are interested...Let me know!

Blog Hop!-A Favorite Recipe!

I think the Blog Hop is a lot of fun! My favorite recipe is Italian Casserole. I make it and we eat on it until it is gone! I love it and it never gets old. It is always a hit!

Here is the recipe for Italian Casserole. This is a Connie Aclin original. It is YUM-tastic!

1 lb. ground chuck

1 medium onion, chopped

1 jar spaghetti sauce

1 pkge. vermicelli noodles

8 oz. cream cheese

8 oz. sour cream

8 oz. cottage cheese

Brown the ground beef with the chopped onion (I buy the pre-chopped frozen onions b/c I don't like to chop onions!) After it is cooked, add spaghetti sauce.

I would have the noodles boiling while I am browning the meat b/c they take a while. In a separate bowl, mix the cream cheese, sour cream, and cottage cheese.

After everything is mixed and cooked....Pour the noodles in a 9x13 pan

Next layer is the "white mixture." Top it off with the spaghetti sauce. Bake in a 350 degree oven until hot.

It is a winner every time! I love it...it was a college favorite (and still is)!

Before Pics of My Classroom!

Here's my classroom! I am really excited to get in there and whip it into shape! I am unable to start working in there because they have been waking the floors for the past 2 weeks!

I have 2 little windows like the one you see in the right side of the picture. I bought some lime green and white zebra print fabric to make a little window treatment. Erinn showed me a cute and easy way to do it.

Here is the bulletin board on the left wall of the room. It is really dirty and needs some TLC! I bought some yellow and white gingham fabric for the background of it. Merideth gave me some green border too.

Here is the white board in the front of the room. It is very stained, so we bought new white boards to screw in on top of the old chalk board.

I can't wait to get in there and "make it my own!" I will post pictures as soon as I get the room into shape!

Giveaway

Hey Friends!

My friend and sorority sister, Stacy is having a giveaway over at her blog. She has the cutest stuff on her Etsy shop. Go on over there to enter!!

Cake Decorating 101

Oh Goodness. Mom and I are taking a cake decorating class at Michaels this month on Mondays. There is A TON of work to do to prepare for the class. I was 30 minuted late for class tonight because my class in Ruston did not get out until late. So, I sped home dropped off Bennett and got my supplies. Got to class and they had barely started! Anyway, long story short...we made the "Over the Rainbow" cake. Here are the pictures of mine, Mom's, and her co-worker Laurie's cakes!

Here we are working very hard on our curvy lines and perfect star procedures.

Mom was working very hard. Her cake will probably look the best.

Laurie's cake turned out great!

I wanted Dad to take the cake to his meeting, but we didn't get out of class until late. So, I wrote "Twin Cities" on it so Neil could take it to work. He didn't want to take the rainbow cake to work though. I don't know why!

And for the best cake of the night...Mom's cake! I'm just glad she let her creativity take charge!