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Becs

S'more Cookies?

Food Finding Friday!

This is the first among many new recipe adventures. Heather, Katharine, and I took on S'more Cookie Bar thingies today! I must say they are absolutely deli-sh! However, we ended up forgetting one key ingredient. As most know; a S'more consists of chocolate, graham cracker, and marsh mellow! Well, we forgot the mellow. Turning this into a absolutely fabulous chocolatey haven for a food connoisseur mouth! I know this is not a healthy recipe, but I am hosting a girls night tomorrow evening for the women of the BSM! So something fattening is just what the Dr. ordered! 

I will leave you with the recipe and a couple of images for eye candy!

From: Ice Cream Before Dinner

11 Tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar, packed
½ cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 ½ cups flour
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup mini marshmallows
3 regular sized Hershey’s bars, broken into pieces
1-2 packages graham crackers, broken into squares

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line baking pans with parchment paper. I used one 11x17 pan and one 9x13 pan but you can really use any sized pans you want.

Lay out graham crackers side by side on the pans as close as possible (they should be touching). I used 16 graham cracker squares on one pan and 10 squares on another. You may have to add or remove graham crackers according to how much dough you have. If you want your cookies thicker you will use more dough and less graham crackers.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, sea salt and cinnamon to combine. Set aside.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter with white and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix until combined.

Add the flour mixture to the butter mixer and combine on low speed.

Fold in the chocolate chips and marshmallows. Chill dough in refrigerator for 1 hour to overnight (I did one batch right away and another after chilling overnight and found there was no difference.)

Place tablespoons of dough on graham crackers about 1 – 1 ½ inches apart. I averaged about 1 1/2 tablespoons of dough per graham cracker square as seen in the picture above. Press down slightly with fingertips.

Bake for 5 minutes then remove from oven to press Hershey’s bar pieces on to the top. You can place as many pieces or as little as you want depending how much chocolate flavor you want.

Bake for 5 – 7 more minutes or until dough is beginning to turn golden brown at the edges. Remove to a wire rack to cool. For clean cutting make sure cookies are completely cool and cut with a sharp knife.

Fabulous, Fun, and Quick!

Enjoy. I know that we will! Miss and love you all!

Be Blessed,

Beck's

What is going on woman?

Wow, talk about a hectic crazy life! None of those adjectives should describe the life of a follower of Christ! This shows me just how little I am really relying on my savior to be my supplier of energy and my source of life! Any who now that I am done admitting I am a slacker and haven't been making the wisest of decisions. I am going to move on and accept the blessing of grace!

So here goes! My goal is to begin to blog everyday about each area of my life. Maybe I will chose each day of the week to be a specific topic! That sounds good! Today has been a weird day! Not doing so great, I got this killer sunburn while hanging out at "Life's a beach" today and it is wearing me out. I mean I where some large sunglasses, so these aren't even reasonably called raccoon eyes.. I feel like they are more like you got beat up and then got a sunburn around it eyes!

I have finally found a church to make my home here in CC and it is Lexington Baptist Church! I love the heart of this church family! I have found the fullness of community here and am beyond thrilled! This week we received our new minister of music and youth! He is awesome and is really excited to begin impressing upon our youth true discipleship. Wow, way to many exclamation marks, can you tell I am excited :) . So, this wednesday was the first youth night. It was cool to get to meet all of the students, they are really awesome kids and I can't wait to get to know them more.

Afterwards we had college discussion group. This time feels almost like seminary for average people. We dig into the topics that most Christians settle on and don't really care to dig to find the answers. We investigate controversial topics, I truly feel as though I am being sharpened and challenged here! Most often they are topics that non Christians struggle with understanding and hinder them from committing to turn towards a life of freedom in Christ.

This week the topic was "If heaven is so good, then how was "satan" able to do something so evil causing sin to enter the world." The way pastor scott sets it up is we pick a topic usually the week before so that we can investigate and then come back with some ideas. This week, there were none! So we begin looking through scripture, and googling the question. We come up with passages in Isiah, Ezekiel, John, Genesis, Revelations; yet none really tell the story. No where in scripture are we able to find this, it eludes to what happened, but no where is it flat out said. ( An hour and a half of searching and finding no answers to the Sunday school a+b equation is really exhausting!) In the last two minutes of discussion pastor Scott broke down for us what theologians have to say. It doesn't flat out say, however had Satan not been evil, the polar opposite of God, then we would have no free choice. If Good is all there is , there is no choice. Wow, never have I been thankful for Satan... but in this and only this aspect of him, I am.

God is so much bigger than our little brains can comprehend... " Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; its too high, I cannot attain it" (psalm 139:6).

God, you are so much bigger than the moment, so much bigger than the minute, the hour, the day, the week, the month, the year, the decade, the century, and even my lifetime. "Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; and in your book were written all the days that were ordained for me, When yet there was not one of them" (psalm 139:16). Your plan and purpose is beyond my selfish existence. I am thankful for a father who is all knowing and all sustaining! Show us that even in a moment of weakness and in a pattern of chaos, you are still on your throne!!! "Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me and know my anxious thoughts; and see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the way of the everlasting" (psalm139:24).

Be Blessed,

Becks

My very own DIY!

Hey yall,

Today I thought I would share with you my little make shift jewelry set up! SUPER SIMPLE... must say though I am rather proud of it!

Cost was a bout $20 not too bad!

I used a painted canvas that I purchased at Hobby Lobby on sale. Nine decorative door knobs which are always on sale 50% off and an old necklace for the earnings to hang off of! 

This is all my jewelry homeless!

And here is the finished product!

I used a hammer and a nail to make the holes for the knobs simply because I didn't have the proper tools to use here at school! It was a little irritating, but I am very please with my finished product! 

Hope you enjoy! :) 

Stay Classy,

Bec's

While I'm Waiting!

Lately it seems that we have been ambushed by weddings! I was unable to find another word with the same connotation of ambush but a milder diction and was unsuccessful!  What an awesome time in the lives of friends and family! It is so cool to see what God is bringing together! 


Isn't it funny when you yourself teach yourself something . Something GOD is bringing together! Becca calm down! :) I know that my heavenly father is looking down on me and smiling at how I am so anxious and excited. However his truth is not failing to speak into my heart!. The LORD is not told when things will happen rather he gives me the promise of perfection in his plan. 


2 Peter 3:9
⁹ The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you


My God does not work slow! He works in perfect time! He is all knowing. He understands my heart, he understands my struggles, he knows my tomorrow! He asks me as his child to wait, and to take heart in the fact that my savior has already come through for me and has my best in mind! 


Philippians 4:6-7
6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.


So where does that leave me. It guides me to prayer. It directs me towards patience. Instructs me to continue taking each day for what it is, a blessing. Serving others and him! Wasting no time because the reason I am here is to serve him and him alone! To be a vessel of truth throughout my journey here on this planet. Not allowing an anxious heart to hinder the very reason he has me in the exact town I am in!


Acts 17:26
²⁶And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place


He has me here for however long he has declared previously for me to be here on purpose! I am deciding to not get caught in the anxiousness that is second nature as a girl, but rather to choose now to live in the moment, and day that he has provided me here and now! Not for myself, but for his glory alone!


Stay Classy,
Becs

A New Beginning..

Today was the first day of my Junior Year of college! It is going so quick! I am thankful for that however as I am anxious for the future and the plans my savior had laid for me! This semester and year is going to be much different from the previous ones. My living situation is unfamiliar. My environment is kind of the same and yet very different! God is calling me out in a completely new way and I have to say that I am truly ecstatic about this!

We had Fish Life for the incoming freshmen and transfer students last night and I had a great time welcoming in the new students! I can't wait to see where God leads them and how he grows them in their first semester! I remember my first semester and how complacent I was and curious! I pray for these students that they would make a quick and steady transition through this new chapter in their lives!

First day of classes went excellent! We had so many new faces at free lunch both freshmen and returning students! So much so that there is already discussion on how we are going to raise the money to continue to provide free lunch as we may need to begin ordering more food! Now that is a God sized problem blessing to have!

This new semester brings new challenges, adventures, and blessings! Looking forward to sharing my walk with you this year! Thank you for loving me through my struggles and praying me through the unknown!

Stay Beautiful!

Hanging in there

I am moved in and will have cable on Friday at some point which means that I will eventually be able to begin posting again. I am so thankful for my family they are such a blessing. They love me beyond what I deserve and I am beyond grateful!! More to come very soon!

The Wonder of Grace

I have been MIA for a while. The life of living out of my car has created an odd schedule for me. I haven't been able to stick to a routine. So this is a catch up blog....

I am now officially moving into my own apartment in Corpus. I was rather nervous at first, however now I am growing fonder of the idea. I think i will enjoy having my own space, but still being able to enjoy the company of my former roommates who live literally right in front of me :) Just the other day I purchase my very own kitchen table. It is absolutely beautiful and I am in love with it!! This was a steal! $60 on craigslist!

The only thing missing from this pic is the fact that it actually has three chairs! I move in on August 6th and am beyond excited and ready for my JUNIOR YEAR!

I posted a link on the left of my page to the ministry "Wonderfully Made." I love what they are about and the blogs they post are awesome! You should become a fan of them on facebook and check them out! They are based in California and I am hoping and praying for their ministry to spread like a wild fire. Their heart is for college women! I love reading about where God is leading them! 

More to come about Max Lucado's book I am reading! STILL :/ .... lol. I love it though. I think it is important to constantly renew our understanding of grace! 

Until then,

Blessings 

What's with being MIA??

It has been a good while since my last posting so the next one to come will be quite long. I went on vacation the past two weeks and haven't been able to really blog. This blog is even only coming from my phone. I am going to try to get back on track. Talk at ya soon!!!

I'm going through the Big-D and do mean Dallas!

Tomorrow Joe, Connor, and I are making the long trek up to Tulsa, Oklahoma! Be praying for safe travels please :). Today was my last day of class for summer school. Finished out with a solid B in microbio! Pretty proud of that! I have been meaning to blog about my book but haven't found the time. Making posts like this take little thought process and I need to get better at blogging but hey I will get the hang of it! More posts to come throughout next week! We are going camping Sunday through Tuesday! SUPER STOKED! Have a blessed week! Love you all!

Just a couple out of towners

So we are in Mississippi for the fourth. Spending time with Joe's family. This was the first trip for our dog Brantley and he has been a handful. He is wearing a diaper so we are washing it ever now and then. Not too fun but its better than him marking everywhere. He has taken a liking to Josh and Jonnas dog Axle. However Axle doesn't think to highly of him. We had a girls morning went shopping and to lunch and have been resting since! Here is a pic to share. Axel is the bigger one under the chair and brant is the little in one with the diapy!

"In The Grip Of Grace"

During youth camp my junior year in high school one evening the women that do dress code and cabin checks for girls came in and hung out for an hour or so. We were talking about life and  what we had learned so far. One of the women talked about Max Lucado's book on grace that she had just finished reading and she spoke of how it transformed her perspective on many areas of her life that need growth and repair. I have been looking for this book since then and finally found it. I had forgotten the title of it as soon as the words came across her lips. The book is called "In The Grip Of Grace." I intended to begin to elaborate on chapter by chapter daily as I go through it. However, once I began to write down the quotes I would like to share, I realized I was basically giving you the entire chapter! I am loving it! Tomorrow I will try to break it down more, but so far I am being convicted on comparing myself to others as well as what is and isn't judgment.

I need to get back on track with weight watchers. Once mom went down because of surgery and nana and papa have been here I haven't kept with it. With a holiday coming up that doesn't make it any easier but my goal is to vastly cut my portion sizes. I will reference one section of the book. It reads as follows..

" The following conversation occurred between a canary in a cage and a lark on the window sill. The lark looked in at the canary and asked, "What is your purpose?"
 "My purpose is to eat seed."
"What for?"
"So I can be strong."
"What for?"
"So I can sing," answered the canary.
"What for?" continued the lark.
"Because when I sing I get more seed."
"So you eat in order to be strong so you can sing so you can get seed so you can eat?"
"Yes."
"There is more to you than that," the lark offered. "If you'll follow me I'll help you find it, but you must leave your cage."

Lucado page 29.

Why do I expect less of myself when I was made for so much more. All of my goals are attainable, but only when I acknowledge that my God does not thrive in a box under my conditions. He wants to and will drive me toward success when I surrender the freedom to him.

A day of rest

Sunday is always relaxing, as the Lord intends them to be, so thankful for that! Joe went to lunch with his dad and spent the afternoon with his family and so I decided to do the same. I came home and had lunch with my family and then Nana and I decided to lay out in the back yard! It was great!

With lots of calm comes a lot of thinking and meditating!  Evaluating my goals and what stands in the way of those being achieved. What holds me back? What provides me with the drive to be successful. These are the kinds of questions I want to be able to answer prior to the beginning of the fall semester. Attaining the ability to be real and honest with myself.

Something to be sought prayerfully and passionately! Be praying for my journey and any and all opportunities for growth to come! Please send or comment bellow if you visit my page! I would love to hear any verses that lead you to Joy or provide you Joy. This is something I struggle with often and would love for the holy spirit to conqueror in me through scripture memory! Love you all!

And so it begins..

As my final years as a student at Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi begin, I have decided to start keeping record of any and all things. This is why I have decided to keep the number of people who are reading to a select few! I am going to discuss things ranging from school to dieting and even things of a spiritual content. My hope is to be able to maintain a level of accountability. Requiring myself to check in every few days and document my success as well as goals achieved! Thank you for being a part of my journey and encouraging me along the way! You are all the best and I look forward to the growth that is about to take place in my life!