Homemade salsa

I made homemade salsa for the first time last week

...

It turned out better than I'd anticipated

I'd never tried chipotle peppers before, they're smoky sweet, not spicy

 I used diced tomatoes,

chipotle peppers,

fresh garlic,

and spices...

 Yummmmm :)

Salsa chicken in the crockpot

:)

Ramen Stir-Fry

Steve has been asking me to teach him how to cook for a long time now.  Wednesday evening I showed him how to make Ramen Stir-Fry.

It. Was. Amazing.

Observe:

 Prepare 2 packages of Ramen noodles according to directions. Leave out the seasoning.

Meanwhile, grate 2 carrots into saute pan.

 Add 1/2 onion, chopped, to carrots.

 Drain noodles.

 Saute vegetables in 1-2 T vegetable oil.

 Snarl at photographer.

Add 1 cup ground beef, browned.

 Add noodles.

 Add 2 T soy sauce...NO, NOT LIKE THAT!!!!!!!!!

 Set the table, pouring all the drinks at once :)

 Serve...

...and enjoy!

And like we always say, "Well, that was easy!"

Bryan family, Oct 22, 2011

Uncle Jerry's Photoshoot... :)

Last Saturday all the Bryans met at Uncle Jerry's for a photoshoot.  Afterwards we all ate supper and played Rhythm around Jason's bonfire.

 The "original" Bryans

 Alyssa, Jason, Gavin, Becky, and Kylie Sanders

 The REAL Jason :)

 James, Sara, and baby Lily

 A possessive John and Nessa :)

 Nate, Dani, and baby Ethan

 Us...

 The whole gang.

Grandpa, Grandma, and alllllll the grandkids!

Yay!

Bus stuffs...

It's that time of the year again!!

Every October the buses at Trinity Baptist Church have a Fall Promotion to get more kids to church.  This year a contest between both buses is helping heat things up.  The prize for ten kids from each bus with the most points is a trip to the National Museum of Naval Aviation at the Naval Air Station.

 Jimmy Jackson's posters describing each week's contest.

Another bus activity...bus cookies.

I'm on a rotation with 5-6 other ladies to make cookies for our bus, Bus 2.

 This week I made 180 sugar cookies.

 Mmmmmm

 They were sooooo soft and yummy!  I found a recipe called "Nigel's Sugar Cookies", unfortunately, I can't find the blog that it was on!

Each bus has a folder of song sheets for the kids to sing.

Bus 2 only had 10-15 songs, and they were ALL in pretty bad repair.  I spent a few days designing new sheets and finding more songs for our kids.

 One of the originals.

 Some were just black Sharpie on white paper.

 I got together some material...

 ...and started!!

 The Crayon Box Song is the kids' favorte so far!

Verses 2, 3 of Crayon song.

This bus promotion, plus Steve's Christmas Lights work schedule has us pretty sweepy :)

Fun, Fun.

See ya!

Wedding Pictures!!!

I FINALLY got the time to sit down and look at our wedding photographs :)

I'm posting our favorite ones and a lot of ones we just really liked.

Enjoy!

The room I stayed in was so pretty!

 He is just too handsome

 

 

  I mean, look at that smile!

 Steve likes the *evil* smile that I do sometimes

Steve and his men

 Steve was playing the piano while he waited

 Me and my ladies (Aren't they gorgeous?!!)

 Alyssa was my Maid of Honor

 Julie was our flower girl

Andrew was our ring bearer

 -The Look-

 -Our First Kiss-

(he done good)

- Happily Wed-

 With my parents

 With Steve's parents

-Chief Chaperone Extraordinaire- 

I got four amazing sister-in-laws!!

 

 Our protective ushers :)

(I miss you guys!)

 -The Wedding Party-

 -Keeping Score-

 It was pouring rain!

I'm not sure who organized the hiding of our car, but my dad, Jimmy, Nate, and Jason were all soaking wet...Obviously Steve was shocked and I thought it was hilarious :)

After most of the guests left Steve and I took some more pictures in the auditorium.

 

 

 -Dramatic pose-

I love this one!