Southern Meal after a Rough First day!!

For those of you who have not heard, Sean is Just Fine!! We ended up going to ER after school on Monday and they did a CT scan of his head and everything was NORMAL!! Praise the Lord!! He has been really sore the last couple days, but other than that he has a few scrapes and scratches but nothing too serious! We are overwhelmed with how amazing God is! He must of had a very strong guardian angel protecting him that day! :)

Anyways, I wanted to make Sean's favorite meal for dinner on his first day of school- to cheer him up after a Crazy scary day. I made delicious ranch cornflake crusted chicken, mashed potatoes, asparagus with some yummy sun-brewed peach tea! Sounds pretty Texan to me!! For dessert he had his favorite key lime pie, and i had some ice cream. It was a YUMMY meal. It also looked pretty, so i took a pic. hahah I know i am such a dork.. but i think i might start taking pics of recipes I make so that i know what they are supposed to look like!

Love you guys! Oh..the ranch crusted chicken recipe (gluten-free too) is on my sister's blog, check it out! (www.shareitrecipes.blogspot.com)

Sean's 1st day in his FINAL semester at BAYLOR!

Sean all weekend, has been telling me "mommy dont make me go to school!!!!" or "Do i have to REEEEAAALLY do this?" My answer is always Yes YOU HAVE TO DO THIS!! Its going to be ok.. I bet you will actually kind of like it!! This morning he popped right out of bed at 630am. Headed to the shower, put on a cute new shirt he bought yesterday, debated to look nice and responsible or cool and relaxed.. hahah soo adorable. I then told him I would make him a yummy breakfast, but he said he' d rather have a bowl of cereal and OJ. After bfast he read his bible for a bit and then started putting all his supplies and schedule together. Around 740, I told him he better get his bike and get going so he gets there a bit early before his 8am class. He agreed and got on his way.. Well at 743 he called me. I said, hey what did you forget? He said nothing.. I JUST GOT HIT BY A CAR!!!!! I said, NO WAY.. stop joking.. He said IM NOT JOKING.. A lady was pulling out of the apartment complex and didnt look both ways.. and i saw it coming and knew she was going to blast me and there was nothing i could do to get out of the way. I said.. OH my GOSH!! Well i am coming, where are you? He said, NO i think i am ok. I put a huge dent in her hood of her car and I landed on my face, but i really think I am ok! I said, no let me come get you.. he persisted and said, no its ok.. i gotta get to class!!

It was a crazy start to a crazy day!! I havent heard from him yet, but i am sure he made it to his first class. Please pray that he isnt super sore the next few days, that he is truly OK!! Wow God sure watches over us!! He wasnt even wearing a helmet!

Well wish us luck in this crazy semester! Pray not only for Sean's safety (hehehe) but also that he will enjoy school and do well and not be super stressed. Love you guys!

Not too happy about packing up and heading to school!

School supplies.

Checkin his schedule online, and writin it down.

Lookin cute, cool and responsible..

Just before he got hit.. so sad!

Hume in July

THe week before we left for Texas, we decided to go visit my mom one last time up at Hume Lake. It was the Best! There are very few places in this world that I love more than Hume. Sean and I just love it up there! We enjoyed relaxing, swimming, boating, fishing, cooking, watching movies and playing games.

It was a great week with my mom too! We love her so much! She is a true Saint!! She has had a wonderful summer working for Hume and living in our cabin!

Here are a few pictures of the trip.

havin a picnic @ the cove-gotta love the one-piece ;)



he is so romantic! (this was before 100's of high schoolers bombarded the cove..hehe)

sean's friend who came and visited him every night.. he fed him ricecakes and pringles.. by the last day.. cody the deer ate right from his hand!

Beautiful 10 mile creek and seanny fishin!

i sure love my mama!

ALWAYS WEAR YOUR SEATBELT!!!

On our way out to TX, we unfortunately watched a terrible crash right before our eyes. It was really crazy to watch. Basically a black pathfinder was in front of us on the 10 freeway eastbound right outside of Las Cruces, NM. It appeared that the driver had fallen asleep. He slowly veered off the road into the median, then over-corrected and swept across both lanes, 10 ft from being t-boned by a Semi, into a ditch, proceeding to roll 7x into the field. It was AWEFUL!! We were the only car right behind him. 

We quickly pulled over. Sean jumped out of the truck.. running into the field to help this man. I looked for my CPR mask, couldnt find it, and grabbed my phone to call 911! I grabbed a water bottle from the car and ran out to where Sean was. I thought for sure the people in the vehicle were going to be dead. I was frightened to see the remains. As I came closer, Sean had yelled to me that he thinks he is ok. It was only one person, the driver. His name was Carlos. He had gotten himself out of his SUV and when Sean got there, Carlos collapsed to the ground. Sean immediately assessed him to make sure he was breathing ok and that he wasnt bleeding out. Carlos kept saying his arm..his arm.. His arm was really bad. It appeared to me that his shoulder was disslocated and arm was fractured in multiple places with gnarly puncture wounds. Other than that.. He looked GREAT!! PURE MIRACLE!!! He was wearing his seatbelt- and I truly believe it saved his life, as well as his guardian angels protecting him!

It took about 15 minutes for the police and ambulance to arrive. Once they got there, it moved very quickly and they got him out of there!

I was pretty shooken up the rest of the day. It just reminds you how precious life is and how quick it could be gone!

Here are some pictures, Sean took once he was taken away!

All his stuff was scattered everywhere from all the flips.

The EMT's are carrying him off on a stretcher.

Home sweet Waco!!

We arrived in Waco, Tx on Wednesday afternoon. It was a LONG drive. I always thought these long drives would get easier- the more times I do them.. but not the case.. I get more and more bored! We filled our times with road games, lots of riddles and word puzzles, music, editing photos.. etc. We had a good safe drive. Thank you all for all your prayers!

We got to move into our apartment yesterday morning. We are sub-leasing an apartment from another Baylor student.. So far it has worked out well. We ended up with a 3 bedroom apartment for the price of one! It is very clean and nice. Below are some pictures. It is unlike me to bring "some" decor.. It is killing me that I didn't even bring pictures! We are living the minimalist life for the next few months. We did purchase one big item today at Target.. We bought our first TV. We were pretty excited about it. Its not too flashy but fun to know that we will carry it with us into our first home when we get back!!

School starts Monday for Sean. Pray that God will ease his anxieties. He loves Baylor and Waco but is not looking forward to the school part. 

As for me, I had 2 interviews today, not wasting any time!! The first interview only lasted 10 minutes. It wasn't a good fit for me. The second interview seemed like a perfect fit. I think its going to work out. I will know more next week, but looks very promising. The only downfall is that I may have to work night shift again, which i dislike.. but I figured I would give it a try!

Hope you are all doing well! We will update as much as we can.. 

The pictures are just from my camera taken by me( not pro-style).. but we will try to put some better quality pictures up in the next few days.

Love you and miss you already!Outside of our place- we are on first floor.


The clubhouse (includes: fitness room, free tanning bed, movie theatre, cyber room, pool-tables, and pool and hot tub)

Our big 26" VIZIO Flat Screen 

( half bought by Target giftcards from our wedding- thank you)

Our family room with Sean editing photos

Our One of a Kind TRIANGLE Table.. So random but cute flowers make it ok!

Our nice big kitchen

the hallway down to 2 bedrooms on right and laundry room on left with our bedroom at end of hallway

our bedroom( i always bring our own bedding- makes it feel homey!)

our desk area in our room

our bathroom in our bedroom

Wishes do Come True!!

My wonderful brother has been dating a beautiful gal named Marci. They met at Hume Lake many years ago working on staff together. They went their separate ways- Westmont, PLNU, jobs etc... Then one day they reconnected and the rest is history. God has created them solely to be TOGETHER FOREVER!! They fell in Love fast and it has been amazing to see our Faithful Father work in their lives. Today was a big day for them. Christopher proposed!! They are now on an exciting journey to get married. It feels so good to know that my new sister is AWESOME!! Our family is now Complete.. except for all the lil ones to come!

We love you Chris and Marci! Congratulations!!
This is a pic I took of them when we were all up at Hume together.. I know what Marci was wishing for.. heeheee. and now it came TRUE!!!!

Padres Game with the crew!

Last night we had so much fun going to the Padres game with some of our great friends. We bought the cheap park tickets and sat on the grass and enjoyed a great game! We were down 7-0 in the 1st and 2nd inning. By the 5th inning we had an awesome come back and ended up winning the game 11-7! It was the best. It is so fun to go to baseball games with Sean. He is so enthusiastic.. and the love of the game lives strong in our hearts. Here are some pictures of us with some of my bestest friends! GO PADRES!!