It's all about the Butter Syrup.

Yet another week almost gone, time for another update for our friends and family afar...

Beginning of our week was started with hosting our college co-ed small group at our place.  God really blew us away with 12 college students cramming into our tiny apartment!  It was a blast and amazing to study and get to know our Father with the students.  We are going through The Basics series by Francis Chan.  This week Chris led us in studying the fear of God.  I am excited to get back together with everyone this coming week.  Chris and I are so thankful for the opportunity to lead this group of students, it has been such a blessing to us.

Tuesday night we have FUSE at ECU.  Chris and I helped tear down and enjoyed a few "HOT NOW" Krispy Kreme donuts with the gang for all our "hard" work =)  Yes, Jessica RD likes a good Krispy Kreme donut every now and then too!  It was so good.  The best worst part about hanging out at Krispy Kreme is you smell like a walking donut when you leave!

There are a lot of really cool things happening at Ignite.  We can't wait to share with some of you the exciting things we've been up to.

We had some friends over for dinner mid-week.  Chris and I love cooking and sharing a meal with others.  Yet again we are blown away by the people God places in our path.  It was so fun to share a meal and get to know our friends.  We got to talk about fun questions like "how did you meet?" =)  ...one of our favorite questions to answer.

End of the week Sharon and John had us over for dinner and we  Chris made SUSHI!  It was so yummy!  We had California rolls (one of our most favorite! --it's imitation crab, avocado and cucumber) and salmon and cucumber rolls.  Sharon and I also enjoyed the sushi items rolled in the egoma leaves.  They have a very distinct licorice/minty flavor we both really enjoy.

After dinner we enjoyed some milano mint cookies and watched October Baby-- a great movie.  I stayed awake the ENTIRE movie.  It must be really good.

Saturday morning we woke up rather early for a good cause-- Yoders Dutch Pantry!  Took some peeps from our small group and headed out to Grifton early Saturday morning.  The food was incredible, as always.  Hopefully next time Persida and Stefan will be able to join us!

The before--  French Toast with bacon and BUTTER SYRUP

The after--  Yes I finished it all but one bite!

This afternoon we have been hanging low, Chris is coming down with a cold and I am hopefully not catching it.  We watched Dive! and Food Fight this afternoon, two very good documentaries I'd recommend.  I could watch documentaries for days.  They are so interesting to me and I learn so much.  Dive! is about food waste in America and Food Fight is about our messed up food industry and a movement in California to eat local.

We also watched a DVD from Liberty University Chris got in the mail...really makes us consider living closer  to Liberty University so Chris can experience what it's like to actually go to college (...maybe for grad school).  Since moving to NC for college I have learned so much and cannot replace the experience I had actually being at college.  Some more food for thought in our not busy brains =) lol.

Tonight we got out of the house for a little bit and enjoyed a walk around a pretty neighborhood we love here in Greenville.  Then, we whipped up a pot of KILLER vegetable soup (carrots, broccoli, corn, sweet potato, garlic, onion, celery, crushed tomatoes, zucchini with a splash of beer, vegetable broth and a few herbs) and enjoyed it over some egg noodles.  Yes, we always eat well around here.  It's all about teamwork.  Chris and I love to cook together and love the fact that we always get to cook together...not alone.  Marriage is such a blessing to us in so many ways =)

Tonight I'm listening to my husband practice his bass because he is playing for children's church tomorrow...the songs sound so fun!  Have a great night, thanks again for checking in on us!