Amazing Recipe for Aimee

Apple Glazed Pork Chops
Prep: 10 mins Cook: 20 mins

Ingredients:
4 bone-in pork chops
4 T vegetable oil
1 1/3 cup of apple juice
1/4 cup brown sugar, divided
1 t salt
1/2 t dried rosemary, crushed
1/2 t dried thyme
2 T cornstarch
2 T cold water
3 large tart apples sliced
1 medium onion, sliced
2 T butter

Directions:
1. In a large skillet, brown pork chops in oil. Add the apple juice, 2 T brown sugar, salt, rosemary and thyme. Cover and cook for 7-8 minutes or until meat juices run clear. Combine the cornstarch and water until smooth; add to the skillet. Bring to a boil. 2. Heat butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in remaining brown sugar, apples and onions. Simmer for 3-4 minutesor until apples begin to soften. Add apple juice sauce to cooked apple mixture and serve over cooked pork chops.

Valentines Day Sign

Cute!!!!! My college roommate Jessie made some cute 'Love' signs for Valentines Day so I framed some in a different way which turned out so cute!!!!
I cut out letters out of shiny red paper with my cricut, bought the frames at Michaels (5 frames for $10), I love the love poem paper in the background and black lace from Hobby Lobby. You put the lace differently which I might change, but I'm glad it turned out cute.

It's on our console table right when you walk in.

Rockabye Baby

I found these mobiles at JC Penny and boy are they cute. They both play Brahms Lullabys and my favorite is their design and how they look. I could see this pink mobile be placed in either a white or dark brown crib. This mobile in a white crib would draw attention to this pink mobile which would make it stand out more. A dark crib would tie in well with the mobile as well because of the browns in the mobile and the color of pink which works well with a dark brown.

This blue/grey mobile below would look good with both a white and dark colored crib as well but I would love this in a chocolate brown crib with flowy light grey window curtains. Maybe a chevron rug underneath and other dark furniture in the room as well.

Sunday Thoughts: Do More of What Makes You Happy

At the beginning of the year I stepped back to see what things I was missing out on or what I should be doing in my life. I found a few things that I wanted to add into my life and made a few changes to make those things happen. Whether you need to find another job, make more time for someone, or time for a fun habit try to make it happen. It probably won't unless you make time for it.
On a similar note, some things that we might focus on to make us happy might be for more selfish purposes. I like this following quote that lets us realize the many great things we have in our lives and how we need to recognize that we have so much, and in many cases... enough.

Sounds that animals make in different languages

In high school, I took Japanese for a year and LOVED it. I took Spanish for seven years and can get by, but am not fluent at all at it (ask my husband how I tried to communicate when we went to Cancun). So anyway, I might be at the same level for both haha but I remember extremely random things from Japanese... like the sounds that Japanese animals make.
It came up in conversation with my boss today who found it hilarious and I looked up some more of the Japanese animal noises.

Rooster:
kokekokko
コケコッコー
(Cock-a-doodle-doo)

Mouse:
chuu chuu
チューチュー

Cat:
nyaa nyaa
ニャーニャー
(meow)

Pig:
buu buu
ブーブー
(oink)

Sheep:
mee mee
メーメー
(baa baa)

Dog:
wan wan
ワンワン
(woof, bark)

And my favorite, the frog:
kero kero
ケロケロ
(ribbit)

Happy Day

It has been a great week so far. Actually a good last two months since I got my job and celebrated the holidays with family. Here are some good things from today:

Snuggling with my husband watching one of my shows then a little bit of the Jazz.
Working out
Pinteresting
Making Egg McMuffins at work with the new McMuffin maker
Having a new car radio and using it for the first time today
Painting my nails sparkly
Talking with my family
Found the necklace my dad gave me years ago
Found a new project to do for Valentines Day
Chris helping with the dishes (as he always does)
Going through pictures of us together
Wearing my new frog socks
Went through my old clothes and have a pile to give to charity

Sunday Thoughts: Trials

EVERYONE is going through some kind of trial in one form or another. We need to give people the benefit of the doubt because you never truly know what is going on in their lives. For our trials in our lives, we can't let them slow or weigh us down. Chris and I have had our share of trials this last year, but we have decided to have goals to bring us closer to the Lord and have thought of ways to serve others and have the 'spirit of charity' where we develop in ourselves to listen to the spirit how we can help others, put others first, always give. This has changed our attitudes from self pity, to forgetting our trials because we are focused on the future and what it holds. How we can be better and have these trials make us BETTER NOT BITTER.

Are your trials weighing you down, different trials can affect people so differently and some might be harder than others. But turn your life over to the Lord and see how He can help guide you through this trial. There will be different seasons of our lives, some will be nice and sunny and some will be winter storms, but we can get through all of them with the help of the Lord.

On a similar note, we shouldn't make fun or judge people for what they don't have. There was a couple in front of us one Sunday who was making fun and taking pictures of a man at church because of the way he appeared and was dressed. Recently, I have seen that man walk to and from work/ school everyday so he can support his family. He is doing the best he can, maybe they don't have the means or a car to help him in that regard but that is not for us to make fun of. You never know someone's whole situation. We are all brothers and sisters and we need to be there to support eachother, not to tear down.