bbq. safari. cajun. and love.

My weekend in a nutshell: 

Thursday

I left Auburn after my class and drove to Huntsville to spend the weekend with Hunter of course, 

after getting slightly lost I finally got there about 8:00pm

(Happy 5 Months Hunter!!)

Friday

Hunter left for work. I spent the morning doing a whole bunch of nothing. A couple hours passed. I showered. A couple more hours passed. I napped. Another hour passed. Hunter came home! We went to dinner at the Smokehouse at Bridgestreet. The dinner was pretty good. With the exception of the extremely dry bbq. Then we went shopping. I got a new dress. Hunter got new pants. It was a win win!

Saturday

We woke up and went to lunch at Schlotzky's. Our fave!

Then we went to this drive thru Safari which was interesting to say the least.

So much fun and so random! A safari... in Huntsville, Alabama. Who knew?

 Mr. Zebra

(he was really friendly)

 "Alabama Alligators"

(didn't get close enough to see if they were friendly)

 Bull

(he was hungry)

 Tortoises

(they were in love... which is why love was included in the title of this post.)

the real reason love is in the title of this post.

Saturday night we went to the Po Boy Factory for dinner. Some of the best Cajun food I've had outside of New Orleans. It was great! However their bread pudding with whiskey sauce has nothing on my grandma's.... sorry bout it!

Sunday

we woke up and fixed breakfast. Hunter fixed the pancakes. I fixed the eggs. We went to Adtran so I could see where he worked and we took a nice walk around the lake. Then I drove home to Birmingham. Spent time with the fam. Got to see the Triplets. Drove back to Auburn.

"Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, 

and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." 

-Psalm 23:6

have a great week

peace. and. blessings.

peanut butter cookiez

so I got a craving for peanut butter tonight.

what do I do?

look up recipes for peanut butter cookiez. 

of course!
which also just so happened to be a great cure for my headache.

 all the ingredients in the bowl

 peanut butter dough balls

(which were quite tasty by the way, I wouldn't recommend eating too many though because they do have raw eggs in them)

the cookies once I flattened them with a fork

the end result

NOM!

oh yeah and I got my badge for the College of Education today :)

(less of a badge and more of a button, but still cool!)

trust

trust. small word, big meaning. everything in life is based on trust. trust is important in every relationship. parent/teacher. brother/sister. employee/employer. boyfriend/girlfriend. two best friends. parent/child. husband/wife. teacher/student. whatever the relation is it is important for both people to trust each other and to attain each other's trust. with trust comes two other very important words: truthfulness and honesty. in order to have trust in any type relationship with others you must be truthful and honest. it is much better to hurt someone's feelings up front than to lie and have them find out later. lies always have a way of coming out.

one of the many definitions of trust on dictionary.com:

reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.

integrity - integrity is a person's character. integrity is what others think of you. don't you want people to think the best of you and be able to trust you? the way you act and the actions you choose are what make trust.

strength - you don't have to be superman to be able to trust or be trusted. you do have to be a strong person in character. 

ability - you don't have to be able to do anything in this world to trust or be trusted. you do have to be able to tell the truth and be honest.

confidence - when you trust someone you put A LOT of confidence in that person. when someone ruins that trust confidence is the thing that is hard to build back.

a definition of trust that I personally like better. (also from dictionary.com)

a person on whom or thing on which one relies: God is my trust.

this definition is my favorite because it is trust to me. if I trust someone I rely on them. I expect people to rely on me when they trust me, so I expect the same. God is our trust. Proverbs 3:5-6 says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." so, forget the dictionary, we have the Bible that tells us to trust in the Lord. as we trust in the Lord we should trust in thy neighbor.

I'm sure I could find more Bible verses to support my claim, however I will leave that to you :)

here's to living in a world where we can try a little bit harder to earn trust

peace. and. blessings.

long hot ride.

so Carrie da Camry decided she wanted her air to break... the day before I go back to Auburn. How convenient. Well the ride back today was not too bad. It rained for about 5 minutes... like rained hard cats and dogs type rain. I almost had to pull over but then decided to just slow my roll and get through it. Back to the air thing. I realized how blessed I am. I have a great car. She's getting old and has had to get some work done recently... but doesn't that usually happen as we get older too? No I didn't have air, but I have power windows that can roll down. And I found a trick... turn the defrost on cold and it feels just like the air condition. So although my air condition is broken, I can still be resourceful and be cool. 

On another note... please pray for the families who lost loved ones tonight in Indiana at the state fair after the stage collapsed.