Cirque Magnifico

Last Saturday I went to Alabama Adventure for the first time! I know... long over due right! I met JP there so we could go to the Cirque Magnifico show at 8:30 Saturday night. These people were SUPER flexible. We pretty much sat there the whole time saying/thinking "how do they do that!"

I am now an official Alabama Adventure season pass holder and have a cool parking decal on my windshield.

Yesterday I made a mixed berry crisp. It was SO yummy... especially paired with vanilla ice cream. It was super easy to make too!

Ingredients:
4 cups fresh or frozen berries (I used 2 12oz bags of frozen mixed berries)
1/2 cup granulated white sugar
1 TBS corn starch
2 tsp lemon juice
1/3 cup flour
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
3/4 cup quick cooking rolled oats
pinch of salt
1/2 stick softened butter (4 TBS)

Preparation:
1. In a bowl combine the berries, granulated sugar, corn starch, and lemon juice. Mix to combine evenly. Pour into a lightly buttered baking dish. (I used cooking spray)

2. In a bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, oats, salt, and butter. Stir with a fork until the mixture is crumbly and evenly blended. Spread the mixture over the berries at bake at 375 degrees F for 30 minutes.

Let cool to warm before serving. Serve with vanilla ice cream.

(The only thing I might do differently next time is make more of the "crisp" part just because I like it so much. I will probably make double of that part)

Amy and Taylor's Wedding

Last weekend was Amy and Taylor's wedding! JP and I drove up to Memphis Saturday morning. The wedding was at 6:30. We had a lot of fun!

Laurel and Jennifer both sang in the wedding.

Half way through the reception, they had chocolate cake and milk. JP loved this and drank about 4 things of milk.

Thank You Note...

Dear Julianne Hough,

Due to my lack of pop culture knowledge, I did not know who you were until last night. Apparently you are a country music singer who was on Dancing with the Stars and is now opening for George Strait.

I just wanted to tell you thank you for getting sick last night resulting in rescheduling your concert at Alabama Adventure. Although it is unfortunate that you are having to deal with severe strep throat, I am very grateful that my husband got to come home early due to your sickness. He was able to go with me to our church coffee house. I was quite excited because I have to go to church events alone lately due to his work.

So to sum it up, thank you for getting sick so I could spend more time with my husband. Although I do have to ask... why did you have to reschedule on August 7... my birthday?

Get well soon Julianne!

Megan

TV!

Recently Fox 6 News decided to do a story on the ACE Unit at UAB Highlands. This is the unit I work on and I go to the daily rounds. Although I'm not the "star" of the news piece, I still made on the screen several times!

Check it out!
http://www.myfoxal.com/dpp/features/family_health/20090603_Family_Health_Ace_Unit

One thing I noticed... I need to work on my posture! Hopefully as I start to work out more my back muscles will get stronger and I will sit up straighter!

13.1

Amanda and I were talking the other day and discovered that we both would like to run in a half marathon some day. So... we decided why not now! If we are going to run in a marathon though, we do not want to do it in Dallas, Birmingham, Nashville, or Atlanta because that just isn't as exciting because everyone does one of those. We looked at Disney World but the half marathon was full and we aren't up for a full marathon! After looking at Denver and San Diego we finally decided on Phoenix, mainly because we actually know people there... JP's parents. So, we are going to run in the P.F. Chang's Rock n Roll Arizona 1/2 Marathon in Phoenix on January 17, 2010!

What does this mean? It means we have got a lot to do! Neither one of us runs so we are basically starting from scratch. Even though she is in Dallas and I'm in Birmingham we will still be each others accountability and encouragement.

Besides just running we figure we need to do other things to get in shape. So, Amanda started doing a DVD that I also purchased.


Why this video? Because, Amanda is obsessed with The Biggest Loser (in case you don't watch Jillian is one of the trainers on the show). I just did the video for the first time and it really is good! There are three different levels so hopefully by the end of the summer we will be able to successfully do level three!

I have found it is not too hard to make myself run when I have something motivating me... so on January 17 you better belief I'll be running 13.1 miles!

Happy....

i love him! Although I miss him sooo much when he has to work a like 80 hours a week, I am so proud of him and his hardworking, dedicated attitude.