Southern Fried Chicken

I tried this recipe the other day and we absolutely loved it. It takes a bit of time, but really it's quite easy. I think I even liked it better than KFC chicken. I used this recipe for about 6 drumsticks, and still had half the mix left. We thought it'd also be good with shrimp, or chicken breasts as chicken fingers.
1/2 cup salt
1/8 cup black pepper
1/8 cup garlic powder
Mix these three ingredients and just SPRINKLE onto chicken. If you rub it, it will taste too salty as was my mistake.
2 eggs
1/6 of a cup water
Hot sauce
Mix these three ingredients together and add enough hot sauce to how you'd like it, but at least till mixture is a light orange. This is the second mixture the chicken will be coated in.
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp pepper
This is the third mixture that the chicken will be coated in. Once the chicken has been dipped in each of the three coatings, fry the chicken in hot oil that goes till about half way up the chicken. For drumsticks it too about 7 minutes on each side, so chicken breasts and shrimp would probably take much less time.

Marriage Moments

I hope we're not the only ones to have moments like this in the middle of the night. LeRoy sometimes likes to take over the bed while he is sleeping. The other night I (Faith) woke up to his chin right behind my head. So I sat up to get him to move over but instead he lifted his arms and decided to use my pillow for his arm rest. I grabbed his elbow to move his arm so at least I had a place to lay my head. He turns over grumbling something cause he didn't want to be woken up. I said to him "Well I need a place to put my head". With no hesitation he replies "put it on the floor". I couldn't believe he said that to me. I was so mad but it didn't take long for him to realize what he said and started apologizing. This type of thing is so frustrating when it happens but thankfully we are laughing so hard about it already. LeRoy can't even believe he said that to me.

Big Sister Love

Here's a cute story, according to us. We're trying to teach Brooklyn that there's a baby in my tummy. Of course, she's only 13 months, so she won't understand totally. Anyway, yesterday I told her there is a baby in my tummy. After we asked her "Brooklyn, where's the baby?" She thought a bit, and then lifted up my shirt to look at the baby. And then we asked her "Brooklyn you want to give baby a kiss?" She leaned over and kissed my tummy. It was so cute, if only we knew how much she actually understands. Aren't kids so precious?

I Was Tagged

Well I was told I was tagged by Tara, which means I have to answer a bunch of questions on this blog. So here goes.

What were you doing 10 years ago?
I would have been 14 years old, so probably really looking forward to summer vacation from school. And I think I was planning a trip by myself to visit my cousin Holly in Alberta.

What were you doing 1 year ago?
I was most likely feeding Brooklyn as she was only 3 weeks old, and I'm not sure what else I would have been doing at that time.

5 snacks you enjoy:
S'mores (even in the microwave), ice cream, crackers or chips with cheese melted on top, green frogs (the candy), and a nice slurpee

5 songs which you know all the words:
I don't know titles of songs so this may take awhile. Okay these are easy ones, I sing them all the time at home. Jesus Loves me, JOY JOY JOY (another kids song), Deep and Wide, Daddy's Girl (a song I sang to Brooklyn while rocking her to sleep when she needed it, a song me and my sister fight over hehehe), and If we are the Body by Casting Crowns

5 Things you would do if you were a millionaire:
Travel anywhere in the world with LeRoy
Put lots away for our kids
Pay off debt
Give lots to charities
Put away for retirement

5 bad habits:
Turn the computer on first thing in the morning.
Leaving the dishes till it looks overwhelming.(not as bad as it used to be)
Having our kitchen table be the place to throw things that don't have a place.
Leaving toothpaste in the sink.
Having the tv on just for noise.

5 things you like doing:
Reading
Listening to quiet
Making Brooklyn laugh
Surprising LeRoy with little things
Baking (if i have the time)

5 Things you will never wear again:
Patterned pants
Shirts that hang below the butt
Scrunchy socks
Scrunchy pony tails
Pink dresses

5 favorite toys:
Computer
any thing that comes new into our house
Camera
Swings
Barbies(as a kid, i couldn't think of anything else)

So, I don't know anyone else with blog, who hasn't been tagged, so I'll have to be the party pooper and stop this tag thing. Unless someone wants to continue it for me, that'd be fine too. Have a great day:)

Does Any One Else Love Life?

I'm sitting here on this beautiful afternoon, listening to peace and quiet. Brooklyn is asleep, and I should have my feet up. It seems that pregnancy makes me think about life, all the ups and downs. This week seems like a huge up for me.
Watching Brooklyn grow up so fast, lately it makes my want to cry all the time. She's running around everywhere, trying to talk all the time, and just learning simple things everyday that we take so for granted.
This week I have also been more in love with LeRoy. Yes I have to brag a bit. Monday he decided to surprise me and walked in the door after work at 4:00, instead of the usual 5:30. And it was a day I needed him home, as I've been exhausted with running after Brooklyn and this pregnancy. Then yesterday he came home and said we were having a date. To us this doesn't mean actually going out, but rather renting a movie and just being by ourselves after Brooklyn is in bed. When he came back home with the movie he also had some flowers he picked from our backyard. Isn't he sweet? These are the kind of things that really make me feel loved and cherished as a wife. The little surprises he does for me.
Right now life seems really great for the 3 of us, and we are so excited, more every day, that baby number 2 is on his/her way.

Just another bandwagon blogger

Yup, that's probably what y'all are thinkin. Everybody else is doing it so why shouldn't we. Well that's probably true, partially. But it sure makes it easier to connect with people we don't see everyday (AKA Mom and Dad in AB)

Anywho, we'll try and keep this thing going, and maybe even spice it up a notch. Don't worry, nothing too dramatic, after all, I'm just a level headed mennonite.(Ya, right)

So maybe you're wondering what the deal is with the blog name, visibletreasures. Well, we scratched our heads long and hard (i tend to do that when i have ticks), because we wanted something at least a little catchy. On one hand, it keeps you updated on the precious people in our lives, especially our little girl. On the other hand we wanted something that related in some way to our faith in Christ. Aren't our lives as Christians supposed to visibly reflect the treasure that we havein our relationship with Jesus.

Just a few thoughts from an overtired guy, hyped on coffee (LeRoy)