Happy Mother's Day!

Just wanted to wish my wonderful Momma, grandmas and aunts a very Happy Mother's day!!!! So thankful for each of you in my life! Love you all!


Briana Kate

13.1 Miles Later

I am a half marathoner as of today! So cool and crazy to say!!!

I will post more pictures from the race later with a full recap!

As for tonight, this was me about a hour ago!

Hope you have a great weekend!


Briana Kate

It is official!

Here is my official bib for my half marathon Saturday!!!! Crazy to have it in my hand!!! :)





Briana Kate

Pictures are Worth a Thousand Words!

Pictures are truly worth a thousand words..... And here is several thousand words from the past few months! These pictures are all curiosity of my iPhone, because lets face it I never bring my camera anywhere! :)

First up: Bethany's Birthday!
















This is my wonderful friend, Aimee! Hopefully I am going to see her in Flordia in the next few weeks!



Back in March, Dad, Bethany and I went to see Randy Travis in concert in Fort Worth! It was awesome!!!





Got to have boots in Texas!




The spelling is only one letter off!




My cousin and her cute daughter visited for Spring Break!





Isn't she cute!?


Love this pic!




At our churches Easter picnic!



Cooking hamburgers at the picnic!


Easter 2011!












***The biggest thing over the last few months is a have registered for and been training to run my very first half marathon with my friend Stefanie! The race (13.1 miles) is this Saturday! It has been a long 12 weeks of training! I am excited and nervous!!! (and yesterday I went to the doctor and I currently have strep throat! Praying for a fast recovery so I can run well Saturday!!!)



Stefanie and I amidst our training



I registered almost 3 months ago!!! Excited to share with you how it goes!

Ok wow! I think that catches up a little bit!

Have a great week!!!




- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Super Bowl Day 2011

Yesterday, was crazy in Texas as the XLV Super Bowl was hosted in Arlington! During the afternoon, a group from our church went to hand out "I am Second" track around the stadium. It was interesting and our group passed out quite a few! This website has several famous people sharing their testimony and is pretty neat to see!

I did take one picture yesterday!

My sister Bethany and I at the Stadium!


Alas, the big game is over and the winner can brag, but in the end it is just a game.

Snow Days 2011

So, for the last 653 days we have been inside due to ice, freezing temperatures and then yesterday snow!!! Not really, it was only 4 days but felt like many, many more than that!!!! The snow was very pretty! We got about 4 to 5 inches which in Texas equals TONS!!!

Backyard

Snow Ice Cream!!!! Definitely the best part! I had never made it before but it was delicious! :)

Today, Day #5 of the ARTIC Blast of 2011 finally the temperatures warmed up more than they expected and it was great! Snow is now a thing of the past here....well that is until next week when it is suppose to snow again! haha! Gotta love Texas!

Happy Superbowl Weekend!!!!

New Favorite Food Finds!

Hey!

So for fun today I thought I would share some of my newer favorite food finds! I continually seek to find healthy food options to give variety to what I eat and totally recommend all of these! I am following Weight Watchers NEW Points Plus Program and loving it! The change has been great!

Okay, this stuff is wonderful!!!! AND very addicting! It is great on a banana or in oatmeal!

(And no that is not my hand)

(Points + 3 for 1 TBSP and 5 for 2 TBSP)

Absolutely LOVE this stuff!!!

(Points + 2 per slice)

Ok, wasn't sure about Almond Milk but verdict: good stuff! I bought the sugar free and added sweet n low to it! It is a Points Plus bargain! only 1 for 8 ozs! Drink UP!

Oh my! This is probably my new favorite breakfast with some fruit!

(3 Pts + for 3 TBSP)

All the Whey! Protein powders can be iffy but I bought this brand in chocolate (of course!) and really like it in my fruit shakes! It has 16 grams of protein per scoop and 2 pt +.

Hope you find this helpful! I think the worst thing sometimes in being in a food rut!

Can you tell I love chocolate?

Engage Eleven

"Engage Eleven" is the theme for my home church this year! The idea is to engage yourself with people and use the opportunities the Lord gives you to bless others. So "ENGAGE" yourself with people all around you and into the world.

I am very excited about this year and theme. I LOVE the idea that this theme is based on Acts 1:8. This is where Jesus commands His disciples to go into Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and unto the utter most parts of the world! (VERY practical and EVERY Believer can apply this verse!!!)

Here is a cake I decroated for a luncheon at my church with the theme logo on the cake!

It was delicious if I do say so myself!
(AND no I don't make cakes often and really do practice the all things in moderation!!!)

:)

Another snow day in Texas! Suppose to SNOW MORE tomorrow!

Happy February!!!

Well, February has brought ice, snow and COLD temps to Texas!!! This is day two of school being cancelled (in almost all of North Texas) and tomorrow will be day three! Crazy huh!? We are suppose to have a record low tonight around 10 degrees! Apparently, this is the coldest it has been here in fifteen years! WOW!

Here is proof of how cold it is!

That is ice on the INSIDE of the window! :) I didn't know that was possible!

Hope you are enjoying your February and staying WARM!

Proof

This is proof why I am a teacher....

I go into a teacher store and leave with all kinds of goodies for my classroom!!!! I can't wait to have a classroom to put these in! (Praying that day will be SOON!!!!!!!!!)

Hope you are enjoying your weekend!

Verse for 2011!

I got my new blog header up! What do you think? I like the change...change can be good!!!

Over the last couple of years, I have "claimed" a verse(s) to be what I want the year to be about!

Last year, (2010) the verse I choose was based from the passage of Matthew 17 where Jesus is talking about believers and unbelievers. For 2010, I claimed specially the end of verse 20 that says, " and nothing shall be impossible unto you!" I feel like that became my theme for last year...in anything that I did whether it was school, weight loss, summer jobs, student teaching...the list could go on and on! I still believe those words with all my heart and maybe even more after the year I had last year!

So, for 2011...I really prayed about and thought of a verse that would sum up the season of my life I am currently in and also be fitting for this coming year! (AND by the way, how is it almost February?!?! )

I decided on Zephaniah 3:17 :

"The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy: he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing!"

Don't you just love this? I have loved reading these words almost daily so far this year! I like that this verse isn't one that people always refer to and it is tucked so neatly into the Old Testament!

This is going to be a great year and change is definitely in the air~ I can feel it!

Hope your Friday is great!!!!

Hello 200!

Hey faithful friends and family!

I don't know really if anyone really ever reads my blog, but I have missed writing! What a crazy and wild ride it has been since I last posted!!!! WOW! I know I ALWAYS say this but time has just flown by! (By the way, this is my 200th blog post! Just crazy!)

How is it January??

Hopefully I will be able to post some pictures soon and update more of what has gone on the last few months! I am working on a new blog header and hope to have it up later this week!

2010 was definately a wonderful and exciting year!!! The Lord has been so gracious and I cannot speak more of His great goodness!!!!

Hope this finds you well! I will post again soon (PROMISE!!!)! :)

Much love!