Galatians

I'm super excited because I have completed Galatians Chapter two. It's in the memory bank now and I get to move on to Chapter 3. Chapter 3 is the hump for me. Every time I have set out to memorize all of Galatians I get stuck on Chapter 3 and give up... but not this time! This time I will achieve my goal because I have accountability and a friend to do this memorization challenge with!!

The last paragraph of Chapter 2 is my favorite:
"I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. The life I know live in the flesh I live through faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law then Christ died for no purpose."
Gal 2:20-21

If you have joined this challenge with me please let me know how you are doing!  :D

I love my son!!!

I have no idea where he got the idea for these moves, but he made me laugh... I hope he makes you laugh too!!

Monday Memorization

Sorry this is coming up late. Yesterday was a busy day, but a great day!! I started off with the usual Monday chores which is mainly cleaning up after a weekend of not wanting to do anything. So half way through the day we I decided to check my email and a friend from Okinawa messaged me saying to call because they were heading our way!! They were driving from Michigan to Texas to pick up their stuff from a storage unit. The hubby and I were thrilled. So I made dinner for them. BBQ Chicken and Macaroni and cheese... homemade. It was so wonderful to see them and fellowship with them. The conversations we had were such a blessing! So anyway... I didn't get to it.


I now have Galatians chapter one down really well! I don't think that it will leave the memory. I also got Galatians 2:1-6 and then after that it was rocky. I could tell you what it was about, but not verse by verse. So by next Monday I will have at least up to verse 14 done.

Tips on memorizing:

   1. Write your verse or verses out on index cards. Place them where you will see them a lot, ie: Bathroom mirror.

   2. Set a time goal. If you are memorizing a whole chapter then break it down. Set weekly deadlines for yourself. If you are a busy person then do one verse a week.

   3. Get a partner. Memorization is much easier when you have someone to do it with. It is just like training for a race. If you wake up in the morning and it is raining outside the only thing that is going to get you to run that day is that your running partner is standing out there waiting for you.


So if you have taken the challenge what verse or verses have you chosen to memorize?

Monday Memorization Challenge

Mondays are such a drag most of the time, if not all the time. So what can I do to try to make that better? The best thing I can think of is time with the LORD. He is the only one that can put peace into my heart and calm my stress. Stress is a big thing for me, because if I get too stressed out I end up with heart palpitations. Not fun! So I have decided to do some scripture memorization every Monday! Monday Memorization.

For a really long time now, like a year, I have been trying to memorize all of Galatians, in the ESV. It all started when my pastor from Okinawa, Mark Oshman (check out his sermons on itunes), challenged the congregation with a list of things. One of them being to memorize one of Paul's epistles. I chose Galatians. I would get going on a good routine and then I would get caught up in the business of life and then forget about it. Only to try and start again later and have to start from the beginning because I'm rusty. So here I go again. Starting roughly from the beginning. I have Chapter 1 pretty much down, I tend to leave out a line sometimes, but other than that I'm doing pretty good. Now I need to get chapter 2 down just as well so I can continue on to chapter 3 and finally get past that. I have never gone past chapter 3... it like an evil hump I can't get over.

Now here is the challenge. Just to memorize a verse a week, if you would like to join me in memorizing one of Paul's epistles let me know so we can encourage one another in completing it!

Here is a verse that is a good one to start with if you are new to memorizing scripture...  (which was also one of Mark Oshman's challenges)

"All scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work."
2 Timothy 3:16-17

Here is the full list of challenges:

1. Meditate on and memorize 2 Tim 3:16-17
2. Begin reading the Bible one chapter per day
3. Commit to reading through the New Testament in the next 6 months
4. Commit to memorizing a chapter in the New Testament
5. Commit to reading the whole Bible in a year
6. Partner with someone and memorize an Epistle
7. Partner with someone and read through Systematic Theology
8. Do an in depth study on one of the books of the Bible.
9. Begin learning a biblical language
10. Enroll in Bible College or Seminary

here is another translation of 2 Tim 3:16-17
"All scripture is God-Breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work."

Dresser makeover

Ok so this is my first ever re-furnishing project. I was kind of disappointed of how it turned out. I really wanted that old vintage faux finish look to it, but when the sides and top were done I just got discouraged and didn't finish the drawers. I don't really want to do the top and sides all over again, but it just doesn't look like how I wanted it to come out.

I didn't take step by step photos, but I did do before and after. So here they are.  Oh, and I got this dresser for $45!

BEFORE

AFTER

Not the brown I wanted. It was meant to be darker.

Should I keep going with the distressing on the drawers? Or re-do the sides to just be simple like the drawers? 

Project 52: Nutella and a New Face

Ben is a baby of many faces, I think he gets that from me. Today he gave me a funny smile that I have never seen before! It is so fun photographing him because I never quite know what I am going to capture.
Below is the wonderful new smile I am talking about...

Also a first today... Nutella! He loved it! 

He also managed to get it all over his precious face!! 

Here are some more fun faces that he makes....

This is his face he makes when he is concentrating and exerting energy... usually by trying to stand up!

And this one is his classic smile!! I love it! <3

Don't waste your Life

Amazing Grace

Father's Day

This Father's Day is very special because it is Joe's FIRST one!!! Our lil man is almost 8 months already!!

Yesterday Ben and I took Joe to the "Man's toy store" also known as Lowes. Joe needs some tools for his maintenance classes next semester so what a perfect gift to give to who I think is the world's BEST Father!! Though I am pretty partial to the guy!! So we got Joe a new ratchet set and he was eager to find them a new home in his tool chest as soon as we got back.  And of course, so was Ben......

And then of course after working hard with the tools it was play time.... 

You can see Calvin peeping from below.

See the joy in Ben's face! He loves this. 

Ok So I was also really excited to make Joe some gifts from Ben. To me homemade gifts are the best! 

I hit up the blogging world to find ideas and this is what stuck out to me the most... 

It is a box of Hero Supplies from Oh Happy Day !

Here is what my package looks like... 

I used Spinach Artichoke chips from Archer Farms (found at Target).

These are yummy York Peppermint pieces

Joe's favorite chocolate bar... White Chocolate with Coconut from Lindt

Jerky. lol 

Lemon Heads

Cream Soda... Jones soda

Last, but not least these are some yummy Cinnamon Pretzels I found on Joy in my Kitchen's blog. 

I also ordered him a card from Tiny Prints... 

This is the design I used. There are ton's more!!! You get to use your own photos and customize the wording used! I love Tiny Prints!!

Hopefully Joe enjoys his hero supplies and card as much as I enjoyed putting them together. I'll let you all know what he thinks after tomorrow when I give it to him! 

What are you doing for Father's Day?? 

 

Africa day 5- Joe Myers

May16

            It was our first day at the hanger.  We had a safety briefing for about an hour, and a tour of the hanger for about two hours.  Our guide for the hanger took us to every person’s office in the building and announced that we were there.  After about the third time it became funny to us.  We didn’t know where to go at first and our tour guide being so polite let us walk in front.  We soon figured out that we would enter every door.  By 10AM we were finishing up our tour, and heading to the briefing room for tea and the daily devotional.  Teatime is a tradition at AIM AIR that takes priority over everything else.  It’s one of those cultural things.  They all call the tea Chai but it is just tea bags and milk. 

            After this new and amazing teatime and devotional we finally hit the floor.  I helped a young man also named Joseph change the breaks and tires on a Caravan.  And we did some hydraulic work on the DC3.  I know it doesn’t sound like much but it truly was an exciting day for me to get my hands dirty again.  I remembered my early years in Christ under the belly of an F-15, delighting in my work because I know my Lord.  Even when stresses at work were high I found rest in my tasks because I knew the Holy.  It was a great reminder to me of how easy it is to forget our early years and our first passions to serve the Lord.  How can I not perform my work to the highest degree?  I am ALIVE in Christ!  The very thought of knowing I am born into the family of God should suspend all my worries.  The best thing about our work at AIM Air is that we worked among brothers in Christ of another nation.  Again this happens everywhere, but I was awestruck by God’s provision for his people in every nation.  It was a great encouragement to work alongside my African brothers, knowing our work is sending the gospel to the edges of Africa.  The call to every tribe tongue and nation may look like an enormous number on paper, but it is attainable in our generation. 

            As the day closed out Gregg and I decided to take the Matatu back to Mayfield.  Another exciting ride, as our driver cut off six lanes of traffic by going 90% into the roundabout.  Cars and busses tried to bully him away, but he stood fast with less than inches between him and a massive charter bus he commandeered the roundabout.  Our small van cheered as the driver made it successfully to the inside lane.  A few minutes later we arrived near Mayfield and closed our day.

Africa Day 3 & 4

Sorry if you have been waiting for the rest of our days. I want to give you enough time to read each post before adding more since my journal is a bit lengthy.  Love you guys and thank you for taking the time to read about our trip. 

May 14,

Today we had another briefing, this time on healthy living.  It is mostly their way of introducing newcomers to the area without overwhelming them.  It was a bit slow considering this is not our first time in a different country, however it was how they do things and we need to be able to conform to different operations.  Latter that afternoon, one of the wives (Cammy) took us to a market to show us a bit of Nairobi.  The market was made of plywood stands covered in tarps and blankets to keep the sun out.  The narrow walkways created heavy traffic throughout the market.  This was good for ship-owners to catch the attention of slow moving people.  I used my opportunity to practice my Swahili; it was quite fun and plenty entertaining for the locals. 

Before we entered the market we noticed a man scoping out our vehicle after we had left it.  I could only guess he saw me using Jessica’s camera in the parking lot, and wanted to see if it was still in the car.  He followed us up the walk way and we lost sight of him as we entered the market.  Gregg had spotted the man both next to the car, and while we were in the market.  Gregg was walking behind us and noticed the man practically breathing down his neck.  He stopped and looked at the man and watched as he changed direction and continued down another avenue.  A few minutes later, the man was back.  This time he had exchanged his hat, and put on a jacket.  Gregg told us to stop, and before he could turn back around the man was gone.  The popular way to steel in Nairobi is to cut pockets with a razor blade.  If you’re good the victim almost never notices enough it.  I caught him to my left through the narrow corridor’s and hollow shops.  After that he was gone again. 

Below is a photo of the market we walked through. The man on the right wearing a baseball cap with the toothpick in his mouth is the guy that was following us trying to get our backpack that the camera was in.

No matter what we do in Nairobi it is impossible to blend in.  Primarily because our skin color is practically a glowing beckon of “rob this guy”.  The best way to blend in is by learning the language.  This tells people that you know about them, and that you have spent significant time amongst them.  I got quiet a few laughs bartering with people.  They asked for more money because they know I can afford it.  That’s when I laid it on them.  I don’t actually have a job in the U.S.  I’m a college student sent by other people with jobs to give them the good news of Jesus.  Often times the response was perplexity.

May 15,

We went to church with the Moffit family at Africa Inland Church.  It was an awesome day to be there too.  The leadership was sending off one of their own to study at a seminary in east Kenya.  When the service started they wanted everyone who was there for the first time to introduce themselves.  We took notes from the first lady do introduce herself.  The blanket statement is (Name, I belong/love Jesus, I am from ______, and I bring greetings from _____ Chruch).  I wondered what would happen in the U.S. if newcomers were asked to introduce themselves.  I think people would feel called out and offended, but the culture here wants to welcome people and genuinely know who is with them.  The preaching reminded me of the Harbor in Okinawa, not because Mark Oshman sounds as cool as a man from Africa, but because the culture challenges their believers with tough love.  The young man leaving gave a message on 2Tim 4:6-7.  He talked about how Paul ran his race, and the characteristics it takes to complete it. 

I was reminded of Matt Chandler’s sermon in Chicago.  One of his common and frequent rants on Paul he said, “I don’t care what you have done, you don’t have a thing on Paul.  This guys is nearly untouchable when it comes to living out your faith.  You can whip him with 39 and his response is “I delight in sharing Christ’s suffering.”  You can throw him in jail, “I’ll convert all your guards and most of your prisoners.”  You can even kill him, “To die is gain.”  This guy is untouchable.”

The young pastor gave a powerful and challenging sermon, and I am excited for his future studies, and ministries.

Afterward we shared chai with the head Pastor who went to seminary in the states.  Have you ever talked to someone and not known what to say?  That was us having chai with the Pastor.  We ate Lunch at the Moffits house, and talked with them about AIM Air.  Mostly it was guys talking about airplanes, and we all know how that goes.  But we did get a glimpse of what it looks like to raise a family in Nairobi.

- Joe

Africa Day 1&2

Hello everyone,
This is Joe Myers, Jessica's husband.
Over the next week or so I will be posting my journal of our trip to Nairobi Kenya. Quick background: We partnered with AIM Air for my college internship for Mission Aviation.
We want to thank you all for sharing in our endeavors, for your support and prayers. God really has shown us amazing things this year, and you have all been a great encouragement to us.

May 12: We arrived late Thursday night in Nairobi Kenya. We were met by Jim, and Randy from AIM Air, who took us to the Mayfield house, an enroot complex owned by AIM who offer housing and three meals a day for missionary travelers. We were scared that Ben (our 6 month old) would not sleep but he ended up sleeping better than any of us. Friday morning we woke up in time for 7:30 breakfast.  It's hard to miss, due to the man who walks the halls clanging his triangle.

May 13: After breakfast we met with Cammy (an AIM wife) to review the weeks itinerary she had put together to help us get started, and some culture need to knows for our success. We have been going through AIM Air’s orientation and meeting many missionary families. We are staying at Mayfield, a transit guesthouse owned by AIM. There are people coming and going for short and long periods of time. We have met many remote missionaries, in town for a break or for supplies. Gregg (my good friend from school, also doing his internship) and I took public transportation (Matatu) to find the hanger. A Kenyan named James who works at Mayfield guided us. The public transportation is mini-vans outfitted with as many seats as possible, and loaded to the max with people. Many times there were not enough seats, but that didn’t deter the doorman from cramming more people in.

The doorman is a partner with the driver. His job is money exchange and to communicate to the driver that he needs to pull over and let someone out or in by tapping a coin on the window. He is very aware of everything going on, a woman behind me reached over me and touched him with one finder, not a poke or even a scratch, a simple light touch. Instantly the man tapped rapidly on the window and the driver barreled through three lanes of traffic to reach the next stop. When you hear of a city without traffic law enforcement Nairobi Kenya must be at the top of the list. Police men are posted at busy roundabouts on foot, armed with a small club. If they choose to stop someone and ticket them, they get in that car and ride with that person to the police station. On they way their goal is to talk the driver into paying them off so that the police officer can pocket the money and the driver gets away without a ticket. The highway, now under construction, has no lanes, and often drivers will take the off road rout to get one more car ahead. Defensive drivers have a life expectance of about 30 minutes. After that drivers are in one of three places: heaven, hell, or born again into offensive driving.

James also took us to the slums, where over one million people live in tin built shacks, with filthy living conditions, in a lower than poverty environment. Every house is connected to the next following a narrow dirt path usually washed out by the rain. Small shops are set along the walkway, to sell daily supplies of food and other things. Also they have radio, and shoe repairs, and people sell used cloths that have been shipped in from other countries. I have not reached a caliber in my writing or language that can describe this area. Pictures would be useless in trying to bring justice to the slums of Nairobi, and I felt ashamed at the depths of my being for simply walking through and knowing I did not have to stay. After 20 minutes of walking we had arrived at a gate. A door opened and we walked through to see children running and playing. James had taken us to his Church that is also a school. I don’t have pictures, because James instructed me to leave the camera back at the guesthouse. A small wooden building and multiple smaller tin buildings, and boxcar building surrounded a dirt yard with only 2 slides to play on. To the right of the yard is the cement framework of a new building that has been in work for the last five years. Though the slums look and sound like a horrific place, some people take full advantage of its convenience. Yes, I said convenience. The slums were started from people who traveled from out of town to work in the city for the week and return to their family for the weekend. Often these were people who owned farms and had family or employees to work their land during the week. To them the slums are rent free housing, with everything they need at the very reasonably rate. After a while people who lived in the city moved into the slums because there is not many who can loose a job and financially recover. Just over the last five years Kenya has discovered payment plans for things like cars and houses. They don’t have recovery plans like bankruptcy, so if you loose a job or something drastic happens in life, you just move to the slums in order to stay alive.

This is Mayfield where we stayed.

On our way to Africa

It was 2am on Friday as we packed up our car got our baby snuggled into his car seat with a warm blanket and headed out to Dallas to catch our first flight of our summer trip. Once we got on the high way we drove for 35 min before seeing another car on the road, just us and the semi-trucks. We got to the terminal in plenty of time and Ben did great on the airplane!

Our first stop, Burlington, Vermont to visit with Joe's mom & step-dad. I finally got to see the town that Joe went to high school in and see his old room. Ben made friends with their cat, Charlie right away. That night his mom fixed us steaks to celebrate Joe passing his classes and enjoyed some time sifting through a memory box she kept for Joe. He had some pretty funny hair-do's back when he was a little tike.

Saturday came and we were going to get mother's day pedicures, but the car was messed up. So instead we made some yummy breakfast while Ben napped and the boys piled sand bags around the back of the house (they had record breaking floods this month). After breakfast (around 10:45) I took my first anti-Malaria pill. At 11 I started feeling sick, 12:30 I was having some serious pain in my stomach and at 1 I started vomiting.

Joe's parents planned a barbecue so that friends of the family could say hello to Joe and meet Ben and I. So, people were showing up around 3, and by this time I was lying on the floor in his parents room which is just across the hall from the bathroom. One of his mom's friends does Reiki and asked if she could work with me. I didn't know much about it so I just said it was ok. She started by praying to mother & father god. So I instantly started to pray too, to the real God. I prayed that He be glorified somehow through this even if it is by me getting worse. She did calm me down with her gentle voice and soft touch and I did get worse. I got feverish, I had cold chills, I could not keep anything down, and I was starting to get dehydrated. By 8pm I could not take the pain and the dry heaving anymore and Joe took me to the emergency room.

At the emergency room I was hooked up to an IV and given medicine for nausea, a bag of saline, and some anti-inflamitories for the pain. I was also ordered to stop taking the medication. So I am going to Africa with just bug spray and garlic pills for mosquito protection. I felt a whole lot better by the time the bag was emptied. By the time they discharged me I was starting to feel a bit sick again. They sent me home with 2 more Nausea pills and I took one when we got back to his parents. I drank a big glass of gatorade and had a couple bites of a bagel.

While we were gone Ben had 3 huge fits and had refused to eat a bottle. He had calmed down and was a sleep when we got back, so I waited until after I got settled before I took him from Grandma. He was so happy that Joe and I were home and he slept in-between us all night. I threw up 2 more times in the middle of the night and I was still pretty uneasy all Sunday.

At about 3am Joe woke up feeling nauseous and couldn't go back to sleep until about 6. He slept almost all day Sunday. So my first Mother's day was a recovery day for us.

Monday we woke up early had some coffee, packed up the car, and drove back to the airport. It was a short hour and 20 min flight to New York. We got picked up by a driver and he took us to Pearl River where AIM's United States headquarters is. We had cold hamburgers and freezer-burned fries for lunch and I was still feeling a bit sick. After lunch our other team member Gregg showed up and had a tour of the facility and met the people we have been coordinating with through phone and emails. The facility here is beautiful and our room has a crib in it for Ben! The people are pleasant and they lent us the community car to drive to Target to get a couple things we forgot to pack.

Tomorrow is our first day of Orientation and training. It is going to be a very busy day. Ben is going to be in the nursery so we are not distracted from important information. Hopefully he does not give the care taker too much trouble.

Ok, time for sleep.

A Moment of Peace

God is good! Two nights ago Ben woke up 4 or 5 times and was a bit cranky yesterday due to teething. I cried to God to give me rest. That is exactly what he did!! I put Ben down last night at 7pm and he didn't wake up until 4am to nurse and went back to sleep. It is 7:22 and he is still sleeping! So I get to enjoy a moment of morning silence with a cup of coffee and my bible. Which is precisely what I am about to grab right now. Just thought I would throw out this little tid bit of praise to God for answering a tearful prayer!

WE MADE IT!! PRAISE GOD!!!!

Thank you all so much for your prayers and your financial support. I am happy to say that met our goal and we raised the money needed for our whole family to go to Kenya!! :D So exciting! Thank you so much everyone to help make that happen!

For a couple days I thought I might not be going because there was another girl in our group who came from a church that only sent out their missionaries going on missions from their church directly. So she was shunned from raising support from her home church, therefore she was not going to be able to raise the money necessary to go. So I was going to give her all the support money for me to go so that she would be able to go. Two days ago she backed out and decided not to go until next year. So I'm going!!! Sorry if that didn't make a whole lot of sense, it is late and I am tired.

So one HUGE PRAYER REQUEST!!!!! I can't find my passport. It is lost somewhere in our apartment, unless I accidentally threw it away. So, if I do not find it by the end of tomorrow I need to apply for another one and have it rushed. :/ So prayer for me to find it, or for a new one to get here in time.

HUGE PRAISE! I have found, or rather God placed in my life, a very wise woman who is on fire for Christ to be my Mentor! :D I am finally going to have some good solid fellowship with another woman! I have not had this since we left Okinawa so I am so happy! Thank you to all who were praying about that for me!

well, I am going to hopefully get some good sleep tonight. Tomorrow I have to do some laundry first thing in the morning and help get Joe packed up and send him off to Chicago for the Gospel Coalition Conference.

Project 52: Dog Food

I sat Ben down on the ground with a couple of his toys, fed the dog, and started de-cluttering our house. It was a good night. Ben was happily playing by himself and not making a peep. I took a break from cleaning and looked down on the floor where I left him to find him playing in the dog's bowl. I couldn't help but to crack up laughing and grab my camera and my hubby.

Luckily I have a very well behaved dog who loves Ben! So instead of getting food aggressive and mean, he just ate around Ben.

Zulilly.com

This site is so awesome. When I first signed up I thought I would never use it. Until today! Charlie Banana cloth diapers were 40% off and Joe and I were talking about switching to Cloth diapers for Ben. They are so much money, but in the long run it is way cheaper. So I bought 8 cloth diapers that were one-size-fits all!!

So if you want discounted cloth diapers, baby clothes, maternity, and fun things like purses and such Zulilly.com is the place to shop.

You have to be invited so here it is... I am inviting you to shop Zulilly...


Click here for the invite

Pay Pal donations now Tax Deductible!!!!!

We got a phone call the other day from the AIM representative who is helping us put our trip together and told us that they will make sure all donations are tax-deductible. So if you have or are planning to support us financially using the paypal tool you get a tax-deductible receipt too! All we have to do is send a list of the names, addresses, and amounts along with a check from us and they will send out receipts to every individual who is supporting us! So if that was a worry of yours... WORRY NO MORE!!! We are so excited to be able to provide that for you!



On another mission note...

I am so excited about this trip! The amazing thing is that ever since I became a Christian I have had a burning heart to go to Africa! I have known that one day I would step foot on African soil, I just didn't know when. And who was to know that I was going to be taking a baby with me! I have no idea what to expect or what it is going to be like at all. This is my chance to find out what full time mission work will look like and what my roll looks like.

One thing I do know about what I will be doing is documentary. As much as Ben will allow me to do anyway. I will be photographing our trip and what we do... all except our team flying around. I wont be with them during that part. I'm also hoping that one of the women out there will braid my hair for me. That way I don't get lice, plus I think it would be fun! :D

I am also thinking about creating some calendars full of photos from our trip. I may sell them for money for a future mission trip or to donate to somewhere.

The part I am most excited about though is to see how God moves out there and to see if Africa is where God may use us full time. We will see!! Is there a permanent move to Africa in the future for the Myers family? Only time will tell. :D

Coke-a-Cola Chicken and Chipotle Sweet Potatoes

This meal was sooo yummy!

I got the Cola Glazed Baked Wings recipe from Jaden at Steamy Chicken She got it from a woman named Virginia Willis

Here is a photo of Jaden's Chicken....

The Potatoes I crafted up after tasting a frozen mix I had purchased from the grocery store a few months ago. I thought to myself... I could make that. So I tried it. The verdict... I went a little crazy with the Chipotle spice so next time I wont put so much, but it was still sooo yummy!!!

Chipotle Sweet Potatoes

ingredients:

2 Sweet potatoes
1 Med Onion
1 Can of Black beans
1 Can of Corn
Mrs Dash Southwest Chipotle seasoning to taste (start with a T)
1/4 C EVOO
juice from 1/2 a lime

Chop potatoes into small cubes. Think O'brien potatoes. Dice up the Onion. I like to cut up my onion into small pieces, because I don't like biting into big chunks of onion. Do what you prefer here.

Heat oil in a skillet over Med-high heat. Add onion, potatoes, and seasoning and saute until tender. Add the beans, corn, and lime juice and continue to cook until hot all the way through.


Hope you enjoy!

Inspirations for upcoming projects...

Now to just find out where I can acquire the items I need. :D

Anyone have suggestions on where to find cheap or free used wood ?

My Son...

I can hardly believe that my son is already 5 months old!!! He is getting so big and so strong! I'm so proud of all that he can do now! He sits up on his own, he plays with toys in the bath tub, he babbles, he laughs, smiles, and gives kisses!!! He is so much fun to play with and is so interested in everything. He is also eating food now. He likes carrots, apples, peas, and oatmeal with cinnamon! He does not like avocados or yellow squash. I love him so much and feel so blessed to have such a wonderful baby boy! Here are some photos of him!

Face Hug!!!