Happenings in the lives of B&K Henry

Recipe: Bang Bang Chicken

2010-11-18T18:57:00.002-06:00

I forgot to post this!!! Bang Bang Chicken, now keep in mind I've put two recipes together for this and it was YUMMY YUMMY! This is a spinoff of Bang Bang shrimp from Bonefish, but my husband is allergic to shellfish, so I wanted him to try this.

Bang Bang Chicken

Ingredients:

10 Thawed Chicken Tenders
1/2 Cup of mayonnaise
1/4 Cup Thai Sweet Chili Sauce
3-5 drops, Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce (Do not compromise this. KEY ingredient. It's the bottle w/ the rooster)
Panko bread crumbs (yes they carry these at Walmart)
2 eggs, whisked
Vegetable Oil

Heat oil until hot, dip tenders into egg then bread the chicken in Panko bread crumbs, fry until brown/crispy. Continue through all chicken, drain on a paper towel.

Mix the mayo, Thai Sweet Chili Sauce, and Hot Chili Sauce, this should make a peach/redish mixture, and you simply coat the chicken in this. Taste test your sauce so that you can make it as hot or as sweet as you want.

I served this with Garlic Mashed potatoes and asparagus with Mary B's biscuits, hope you enjoy!
I wish I had a pic, sorry!

2010-11-18T18:28:00.007-06:00

Fat Booth

2010-11-18T18:28:00.006-06:00

So what's been going on ay? I've been doing some fun stuff!! haha, ALWAYS.

Last weekend, my good friend Leslee Hendrix married her love, Jordan Williams. She is now Mrs. Leslee Williams! I was so excited to be in her wedding, her colors were Garnet and Gold, and turned out so beautiful. My mom did my hair and did such a great job. They went on their honeymoon to Sandals in Jamaica, which just reminded me of Brandon and my honeymoon in Cancun, I loved it so much. So, CONGRATS to The Williams!

Lets see, I started sitting for one of the Doctor at work's kids. He has two kids, a boy and a girl and they are so cute!!! I will be doing that once a week, and I'm really excited about it! I'm excited about the Panorama at Olive on December 10 and 12. My coworkers are threatening to heckle me while I'm singing with the choir. Dear Lord please don't let this happen. lol. We are singing with two other churches which I think will be really great. You should come if you can!

I finished reading a book today, The Help by Kathryn Stockett. It was the next book on the list for the book club I'm in at work. We only meet once a month, but you'd be surprised at how fast that comes around! http://www.kathrynstockett.com/ you should definitely read it. It was a great book.

I'm of course stoked that Auburn is undefeated, and all we have left is the Iron Bowl! I hope all this nonsense about Cam Newton is just that, and that nothing else comes out. I hate that for Auburn and all the fans that are so excited for the wins. WAR EAGLE.Brandon went with the high school boys from the youth group and a bunch of manly men camping. Brandon doesn't get to do this much as he's married to a scardie cat. I was happy that he got to go. Since all the men were out, some of us wives went out to eat and to a movie. We went to Tuscan Oven and to see Morning Glory. Tuscan Oven was delicious!! All 4 of us got Sweet Tea, Salad, and all liked pepperoni pizza, YUMMY YUMMY! Morning Glory was "ok". I really wish they wouldn't have premarital sex in movies, it sends such a bad message. I understand if its Rated R, blah blah. I just i dunno hate it.

Speaking of Yummy Yummy, did you know there is a facebook app called Fat Booth and takes your picture and adds a few pounds. Here is one my friend at work did:I know this is so mean, but omgsh, if we can't laugh at ourselves who can we laugh at? A patient called today and I asked him how he was he said, "I can't look this good and feel bad!" Haha what a great attitude, lol.

We are trying to train Tux and Tenley better, they are very bad kids, I mean dogs. We are way to lenient. And while I'm on this tangent, WE ARE NOT HAVING KIDS YET. lol, there I said it.

I will try to update soon ok Emily??

See ya!
-Krista (Brandon Tux and Tenley)

Football, Fishing, Fun!

2010-09-30T18:51:00.003-05:00

Last Friday night, we of course went to the Pace game. It was Pace vs Tate! Unfortunately, my mom was overcome with kidney stones last week, and she and my dad didn't make it to the game. (She is doing better now) We had some guests sit with us who were visiting with some of our reserved section neighbors. This little boy was so funny! He would lick his hand and then ask me to give him a high five, I told him no! We started talking about our kids, Tux and Tenley, naturally! And, the little boy, Parker I think his name was, said that he had a yorki-poo but that she was getting a haircut. Later, his dad put his hand on his ears and said to us, that his wife had GIVEN THE DOG AWAY 3 months AGO, and told Parker that she was getting a haircut. omgsh.

Saturday morning we woke up bright and early and went deep sea fishing with my boss and his son, and our friends Sarah and Ted. Ted of course had to stop by Dunkin' Donuts. Where he always gets his blueberry coffee and blueberry everything else. So, for those of you that dont know, I cannot read and ride and have never been deep sea fishing until this. I usually get motion sickness on a roller coaster... you see where this is going? I was fine riding out, but once we started fishing and all the rockin and rollin' You guessed it... I "TU'ed" as Britt and Leslee would say... haha (friends of mine with phobias to throwing up) I wish I would have done it earlier because it made me feel alot better. We caught ALOT of snapper, but it wasn't snapper season, so we threw them back :( We caught some trigger fish, amberjack, a sucker fish, and many more! Here is me with a big snapper! Good times...
Sunday, we went to Sunday School, I I sang in the Choir, oh BTW, I joined the choir at Olive. :) We went to church and I can't seem to remember what else we did.......

This week we've been working, and catching up on TV shows. I got my hair did today and picked up my bridesmaid's dress for Leslee's wedding!!!!

I'm excited to watch Grey's tonite, and tomorrow starts the weekend for the High School retreat. My momma has been kind enough to watch our kiddos for us. I will take some pictures of that this weekend and post them!

See ya later,
Krista (&Brandon)

Back to school...new shows!

2010-09-16T20:25:00.004-05:00

So Brandon started school a few weeks ago. Tuesday and Thursday nights and Saturday mornings I'm home with the pups. Therefore, I should be able to read my Bible more, and to post on my blog more right? haha. I've decided I'm going to do my laundry on these nights so that weekends are free for fun things! I want to start doing more crafts and things. I will update you guys on these things as I do them.

I'm so excited that college football has started back! War Eagle! Auburn looks pretty good this year, they scared me last week on that Thursday night game... whew, we pulled it out and beat Miss State. I'm excited to see what else is in store. Of course, back to school also means Pace Patriot Football! My parents still sit in the same seats at Pace, so Brandon and I get to capitalize on their tickets!! woot! My dad did say that we need to save our money and get our own. I figure 6 years of mooching has to end sometime. There is not much like a Friday night in Patriot stadium talking with friends and family and watching high school football. We love seeing our sweet "Connection Group" kids at the games. That's hip lingo for Sunday School in case you didn't know.

Speaking of Pace, Brandon was a sub today!!! I think he really enjoyed it and is exciting to get some more sub jobs. I really liked that he got to see the high school I went to. He is subing tomorrow as well for the lovely Mrs. Cassevah. :)

Next week I'm looking forward to some new TV Shows. I'm really into Glee, excited to see Raising Hope, and Grey's of course. Brandon and I started watching Survivor last year, so we rented Season One, its' been great. The Nicaragua Survivor started this week, its on TiVo right, but eventually we will watch it! Speaking of TV, I heard Gilmore Girls might be made into a movie, lets all say a prayer about that tonite. ;)

Until next time,
KRISTA (&Brandon, Tux and Tenley)

Man, I gotta get better at this blog thing!

2010-08-26T18:58:00.006-05:00

Ola Friends. WOW. So much going on. Let's update, like before glee starts.

What you missed, read fast.

Brandon got a new job as a orthopaedic sales rep, everything was going great, then his boss turned out to be a super crazy person, they told brandon it wasn't working out, gave him a 60 day notice, yest, 60 days. Then a week later they said brandon was doing great, and that it was their management issues! forget about that 60 day thing, even though brandon didn't change a thing. then a few weeks later everything came back crazy again, and brandon decided that doing unethical things, being disrespected constantly, and lied to, wasn't exactly the job he was offered.

therefore, brandon is looking for a new job! :) He has currently signed up to be a substitute in Santa Rosa and Escambia counties, while starting an 11 month program at, Pensacola State College (PJC for your old schoolers), to get his professional teaching certificate. As I've told him a million times, he would be a great teacher and coach!

This is our new nephew! Brandon's sister, Angela and her husband, Derrick had a little boy, Zac!

Tenley this may be TMI, but Tenley had her time in the "heat". OMGSH We were not aware of the situation here, she had to wear a diaper for over a week. She has no tail, therefore, the diaper just slid off her fat booty. So, we were constantly having to pull up the diaper or we would find Tux helping her get it off. ay yi yi. Needless to say, she is getting "Fixed" asap.

This is where Tenley decided to destroy her pillow in her kennel.

Tux is enjoying being a big brother/boyfriend to Tenley. ;)

I (Krista) have still been working at The Andrews Institute as a Surgical Coordinator, learning lots! I recently joined the Choir at Olive, man Leo is intense! You have to go to practice 4 times before you can sing on Sunday! This is a long was from GtR at Immanuel. haha.

I'm excited for college football to start! Can't wait to cheer on my Auburn Tigers, and hope that they beat those Rebels when the time comes. We miss all our friends that moved away! Most recently, Clif and Emily Rateike. Clif is in the Marines, and they just moved to North Carolina. After that they will be going to California love. It's so sad, it seems like everything we get closed with a couple they have to move! :( Boo.

I've recently taken on the challenge to read my Bible in a year, I am so excited. God has been showing me so many things through Genesis. I have decided I want to do this every year. It helps me to recollect things when the time comes. I've also started reading Radical, by David Platt, so awesome I totally recommend!

So I said a little more than the intro to Glee. That's all for now, I'll leave you with a video of our fam!

Friends in town means fun!

2010-06-06T21:06:00.005-05:00

Our friends, Ben and Courtney McHone came to see us all the way from Asheville, North Carolina!! Brandon knows Ben from middle school. We were so happy they could come and stay in our guest bedroom we decorated!

When the weather was good we went to the Beach, which was hit and miss because of the rain and the oil...We went to Pensacola Beach and Navarre Beach. I am really starting to like Navarre. Here are some pics!

We had to take them to local favorite restaurants to eat and places to go. This was our first time "hosting" full on guests! So give me a break if you think that I should have showed them other things. lol.

One day, Brandon had to go into work :( So we were on our own until about 1:00, so I took Ben and Courtney for lunch to Bass's (Kwik Burger) in Milton. YUMMY! My parents ended up buying our lunch so it worked out perfectly. lol. jk.

We ate at La Hacienda!! Of course, I mean Brandon did have his "Bachelor Party" there. What can I say, he loves the salsa and Chilaquiles! We didn't get pictures there :(

We ate in a couple nights. We went to Music in the Park, now called, Evenings in Old Seville Square, and ate at Tuscan Oven, of course. Gotta get the Mozzarella appetizer.

The last night they were here we decided to go to McGuire's. I had the Mahi which was delicous. I never know what to eat there. I got a kick out of Ben and Courtney freaking out over the menu with all the different burgers etc. We sat in the room with the infamous Moose. We did NOT kiss it. There was some drama with some military guys, but we left before it got to heated, but the manager was called. Here are some pics!

I will update more soon with some Golf and Tux and Tenley pics!

I shot a 127! haha

2010-05-25T14:05:00.002-05:00

This past weekend was a blast!! On Friday night, since my dad and brothers were out of town on a Men's Retreat with LTC, my mom had nothing to do. So we invited her over for a lovely dinner of frozen pizza! haha, then we went to go to Iron Man 2. It wasn't as good as Iron Man, but still entertaining. Brandon thought that it was the same story line as Transformers 2, which made perfect sense. (Bad vs. Good, the bad dies, but then comes back to life) lol.

Saturday, Brandon and I went to the Stonebrook driving range to practice up on our golf skills, since we were playing on Sunday. It was pretty hot out there, but I didn't do horrible. Brandon and I did some shopping for his work stuff and then we watched Three Men and a Baby! haha. I had never seen that movie so I put it on our Blockbuster Total Access list, and there is came in the mail. I'm sure Brandon was THRILLED to see that title. But, he was a good sport and watched it with me.

Sunday, we went to Sunday School, (Brandon teaches the 12th Grade and I'm the secretary) and church at Olive. Then rushed to play golf at Marcus Pointe at 1:00. This was my FIRST ever 18 holes of golf experience and I shot a 127, not horrible, I was proud of myself! Plus- we thought it was hot on Saturday, that was NOTHING for Sunday. Then we went home to enjoy the LOST series Finale. I was disappointed to say the least. Parts of it I liked, but I really thought with all the details the series had, that the ending would be more intricate. I knew it wasn't going to be as this final season wrapped up, but nevertheless, it's over. :(

Hope your weekend was as good as mine!

Until next time,

The Henrys!

I'm a horrible blogger...

2010-05-18T08:46:00.002-05:00

Ok guys, yes, I'm a horrible blogger, I never have time!!! I should make time... I know.

Things going on Lately-

Brandon got a new job, and has been working hard! He is working as an orthopaedic rep for tools/parts used in surgeries. He gets to go into surgeries and answer any questions that the surgeons have... This week is his 2nd week. I am so happy for him.

Tux and Tenley are getting along great! They just play non stop!

We have some friends from North Carolina coming in town the week after Memorial Day, Brandon and I decorated the guest bedroom in honor of their arrival. (Frankly, we didn't want to spend money on it in the past) It looks great! It's a nautical theme, I will post some pictures soon.

With Brandon's new job, he went to a training/conference in Jacksonville this past weekend, so I was home alone... Friday night I went to the Pace Baseball game to watch the last game at home before they go to STATE!! Next Monday at noon they are playing in Port St. Lucie. Wish them luck! On Saturday, I worked with my dad and brother throwing sod... yay. I did get a delicious lunch out of it from the Shrimp Basket. Saturday night, I got the honor of hanging out with Ms. Leslee Hendrix. We went to Ichiban and shared some yummy sushi and fried rice!!!! Then went to see Letters to Juliet which I really liked. Ashley Jones Thorsen was in town as she went to her brother's college graduation in Auburn, WAR EAGLE. So we met up with her later and talked... good times. Brandon came home on Sunday!!!! We did the normal sunday routine and then watched the SURVIVOR finale at Ted and Sarahs. FUN...

Until later... I will miss you until I return! ha

Long time no talk?

2009-10-25T18:44:00.002-05:00

Okay okay, I never post on here. I will get better! We got a new laptop now, as our old one could only hold a charge for a minute. So I will be better!

UPDATES:

Family: Brandon and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary in June by spending the day together in Malbis. We went shopping, ate out, and saw a movie. I love being married, and couldn't have asked for a better "match" than Brandon to put up with me and my hair-brained antics. Brandon, Tux, and I spend our time lately watching college football, eating snacks. Brandon is teaching 12 Grade Sunday School now, which is exciting. I get to cook breakfast goodies for them every 3rd Sunday. Tux is growing so big! He is about 50 lbs now. We are thinking about getting him a little brother or sister in the future.... Brandon wants another boxer, but we will see. Brandon and I went on vacay with the Ringls the last week in September. We had a great time in Orlando! We went to Sea World, Aquatica, Islands of Adventure and Universal studios. We also spent some well deserved relaxing time by the pool and in the hot tubs! We went to Brandon's parents Halloween party last night, and found out that Brandon's big sister, Angela, is preggos! She is in her 14th week and so I have added her to my prayer list. My brother, Matt, is building his first house, and is ecstatic! I cannot wait to see the finished product. Brandon and I went over there last week to help him clean up before an inspection, which he passed!

Work: Brandon is still working at NWFHG, he likes it but is praying for a change in his life to do something more related to his degree. I started a new job in June at the Andrews Institute. YES! Still having to drive to Gulf Breeze everyday. But, I enjoy it. My title is Medical Assistant (Clerical) / Scheduler and I mainly work for Dr. Paulos, on Thursdays, Dr. Andrews. Dr. Paulos is a knee and shoulder specialist if you are interested, let me know I will get you in! I am trying to get Brandon a job there in research, which is right up his alley! Please pray!

Sports: I still love Auburn football, and yes we stink. But we have tickets for the game next week and I can only hope that we beat Ole Miss so that Brandon won't rub it in on the 3.5 hour ride home!

Etc: Our house is coming along, we need visitors in our guest bedroom! We have added our touches over the last year and are just so proud. I am growing my hair out! YAY.

I will try to update more often!!!

MISS ALL OF YOU WHO ARE FAR AWAY NOW! :(

Easter! and Tux...

2009-04-14T09:49:00.008-05:00

Our lives have been consumed with Tux lately, since he doesn't have all his shots, he can't really go anywhere... he is so cute!

Tux playing...

Tux lounging in his backyard...

Tux snoozing next to daddy...

Tux wearing our stuffed Boxer's, Slugger, hat!

Also, this was our first Easter married, so we decided to take a family photo! My mom was supposed to take these, but she forgot her camera. Therefore, this was taken on my camera with a timer, and we have a cool timer that will take 3 pics in a row. I thought it would be funnier to show you ALL the pics...

Happy Easter!

Grandpa...

2009-04-14T09:45:00.002-05:00

If you know me very well you know that I listen to music constantly. I was listening to my Judds CD this morning and this song came on. A classic, but I really got to thinking how true it is today.

Grandpa, tell me 'bout the good old days
Sometimes it feels like this worlds gone crazy
Grandpa, take me back to yesterday
When the line between right and wrong
Didn't seem so hazy

Did lovers really fall in love to stay
And stand beside each other, come what may
Was a promise really something people kept
Not just something they would say
Did families really bow their heads to pray
Did daddies really never go away
Woah oh, grandpa, tell me 'bout the good old days

Grandpa, everything is changing fast
We call it progress, but I just don't know
And grandpa, Let's wander back into the past
And paint me the picture of long ago

Did lovers really fall in love to stay
And stand beside each other come what may
Was a promise really something people kept
Not just something they would say and then forget
Did families really bow their heads to pray
Did daddies really never go away
Woah oh, grandpa, tell me 'bout the good old days
Woah oh, grandpa, tell me 'bout the good old days

Mhmm, mhmm, mhmmm, mhmm, mhmm,
mhmm mhmm

Mhmm, mhmm, mhmmm, mhmm, mhmm,
mhmm mhmm

Did families really bow their heads to pray?
Did daddies really never go away?

Tux Henry, like Tuxedo....

2009-02-23T19:23:00.002-06:00

So, if you know us, you know that we've been wanting a puppy forever! But, we've always said we were going to wait a certain amount of time, etc, etc.

Well, on Saturday we went to look at puppies!!!!! We drove to Bonifay, FL (Hoomes County) to visit two litters of puppies. And after much thought and the hour and a half drive home, we decided on a little guy....

We think we're going to name him Tux because he has a white chest and white on the ends of his little paws. In about 4 weeks we will go pick him up! He and his brothers and sisters were born on January 23rd! Yes, that is MY BIRTHDAY! YAY!!!! Here is a pic of Tux:When we get him, I will DEFINITELY update with more pics of our son!

xoxo,
krista

Happy Valentine's Day!

2009-02-14T16:14:00.002-06:00

Today, Brandon and I have been married for 8 months! wowsers.

I've been cooking an awesome meal (hopefully) today for us tonite. Then we are going to see a movie. :)

The Menu:

Salad and Rolls
Bacon Wrapped Asparagus
Mashed Potatoes
Roasted Cornish Hens
Fudge Marble Cake for dessert!

Hope it's yummy....

i can't find my battery charger for my camera, so no pictures.... hopefully I will find it soon!

Have a great day! Spend some time with the one you love.

xoxo,
krista

no need for titles

2009-02-09T14:56:00.002-06:00

i guess you could say we've just been living life. last week we did our normal things, chuch, crossroads, chosen, etc. Wednesday night Pastor Ted started a 4 week long "study" with the couples that got married at Olive within the last year. We are doing a study called "Love Busters" This should be really good for us! Brandon admitted to the class that he was OCD and that he maybe should tone it down. LOL. Anyway, we've only been married for what going on 8 months. We have A LOT to learn about each other, etc. should be fun.

Thursday night we ate some yummy lasagna at Brandon's parents house. His mom has been trying out new recipes on us, we love em! delicious. After tha, we went to BCM and saw some old friends. Blum was speaking and Rachel invited us, so... we went. I think I either caught something from BCM or work, either way, I started to get sick:(.

Friday night, we went with Brandon's coworkers to Chilis to say goodbye to some people who were leaving and to celebrate someone's birthday. It's kinda cool because I used to work there before him, so I get to see people again! I went to bed at like 9 oclock!!

Saturday I sat on the couch! Watched a couple episodes of LOST season 4. We went bowling with Brandon's parents, their friends, Steve, Amanda and Ava and DANIMAL. (aka Dan Benigno) There was a special of buy two hours get one free, we used the free one that day!!!! wow 3 hours of bowling... me and amanda cut out during hour 3. We got there about 4:45 and left at like 8:30, we la ha'd it up then went home.

Since I was still sick on Sunday, we didn't go to church. I watched more LOST and we went to bed early. Brandon and my bro Matt worked on the hot tub getting it ready to use! And Dan came over to get it going electrically. We are excited!!! Steve and Amanda really want us to get it going, (m&e amanda said she always wanted you guys to) haha

I stayed home from work today, just trying to feel better. Pray for me!!

Valentine's Day is next weekend, I'm thinking of how to celebrate... wish me luck.

xoxo,
krista

It's been a long time coming down...

2009-01-28T18:54:00.002-06:00

Well we've been busy. Between Christmas, going out of town, dealing with family, first Christmas as a married couple, etc. etc. We've been just busy little bees.

Work has been busy for both of us, but we are so thankful to have jobs!!

so, this week...
I celebrated my 23rd birthday last Friday on January 23! Yes, that's right my GOLDEN BIRTHDAY! In my family that means you get a cookie cake. Work threw me a party and I got a cookie cake there too! For lunch that day I got to eat at Tra Fertelli (Three Brother's) and I'm sure I spelled that wrong. Anyway, it was delicious! My wonderful husband 'dinner and movied me' that night. We ate at the Tuscan Oven!!! (Matt and Elizabeth we know you miss it) Which is amazing! We didn't get our normal waitress, Amanda, but we did get a waiter that had a striking resemblance to EDWARD CULLEN. I told him that, he said, "Who?" Then Brandon and I went to see "Revolutionary Road." Which should have been titled, "Horrible Movie."

***SPOILER ALERT***
they fight and fight and fight. and just when you think its going to get better, they fight some more. then he cheats on her, then she cheats on him. THEN SHE DIES!!!!!!! Let's not call this a good date movie, or golden birthday movie.

Saturday I went shopping with my mama mia. She's my favorite shopping partner! Then that night we went to Bonefish. Our table had 3 Bang Bang shrimps! YUM YUM. We went with my parents, my brothers, and Brandon's parents. It was a great dinner. Later, we went to a coworkers house and played Cranium and we taught them MAFIA, which they really got into.

Sunday morning we went to church and it was the last week of Pastor Ted's talks on the youth of our Nation. So, all of the Chosen girls wore our shirts and sat in the front to make a statement!

Brandon and I watched some movies on Sunday afternoon! We love our blockbuster total access!

Right now, I am just wishing the next 55 mins will go by fast! LOST IS COMING ON!!!!

xoxo,
krista

Chosen, Dave Ramsey, and sports

2008-10-06T20:21:00.003-05:00

Well our lives have been busy. SO BUSY- not time to take pics! Sorry Tara! When people tell you that when you get older you just get busier, that is so true.

For the last few weeks I've been working with Whitney and Christi Tyner on the Chosen high school girls ministry from Olive. Well. the "Pace" class. This has been great for me. I have always wanted to teach high school just because I really enjoyed that time of my life. These girls are great, they have such a thirst for God and they just want to learn! Please pray that this goes well and the girls learn alot.

Brandon and I started a class on Sunday afternoons call FPU, Financial Peace University. It's so great, Dave Ramsey uses his life experiences of getting out of debt, building wealth, and retiring with dignity to teach others. We are taking the class at Pine Terrace Baptist Church in Milton. It's a 13 week class, so a big commitment! We are learning so much. It so awesome once you get your finances together how you can give more to ministry and furthering God's kingdom. Not to mention, retire, something I thought our generation couldn't do!! Brandon and I like it so much, we are most likely going to teach the class next spring.

College Football, MLB Playoffs, NFL, Pace High! Our weekends have been consumed with Sports lately! Every Friday night we've been going to the Pace games. My parents have season tickets and that is so fun. Not to mention, my buds in the Press Box that I visit every time I come back. So nice to have a "home." I remember going to the games as an elementary school student. MEMORIES, and WOW time flies. Every Saturday we invite whoever wants to come over to watch some college football. WAR EAGLE!!!! My tigers lost last week, but thats okay. I'm still a fan! Brandon's so happy that Ole Miss is actually winning ;) jk honey.

We are wanting to go camping one of these weekends. Hoping to give you an update on that and some pics of our adventure!

Until next time!
xoxo,
Krista and Brandon

Hello Mrs. Lady!

2008-08-29T11:15:00.003-05:00

Hello All! I have been lacking in the posting department, please forgive me. We've been busy busy bees.

Last Friday we had the Harrod's over for dinner, and it was so nice to have them. We ate steak! yum yum. Then we had alot of Olive friends over to play Mafia, which was fun. I wasn't in the Mafia the whole night!

Saturday was rainy and we kept waiting for the bottom to drop out but it never did. So we headed to Pensacola and had tacos with Sarah & Ryan- a ritual we are trying to start. Oh! And we also watched American Gangster, yikes.
Sunday we overslept and missed church, and when we finally woke up, I made some pancakes and bacon, YUMMY and we watched Perfect Stranger with Bruce Willis and Halle Berry. Wow, a great movie, a little twisted with that guy from The other sister, but good nonetheless. Then we went to my parents and hung out for awhile, went into Pensacola and bought up Bed Bath and Beyond and went home and had a nice dinner, just the two of us.

This week has been fun Brandon accepted a new job at NWFHG, where I worked before SG. As an EKG tech and all around diagnostic testing assistant. I think he's really excited since he will be working from 8-4:30 and no weekends! :) Not to mention it's a step in the direction of healthcare which is his love.

I am going to be working with the high school girls on a Bible study called Chosen this semeseter. Whitney and Christy are working with the girls in Pace and Mrs. Sturgeon is doing the Pensacola girls. EXCITING :)

My aunt Marla is in town for her high school reunion so we went to Bonefish last night. I had never been there, it was sooo good. That bang bang shrimp, yummy!!! I just realized I talk ALOT about food.

Well until next time,
xo,
krista

We have moved! :)

2008-08-06T11:13:00.007-05:00

We are settled in and trying to make our house a home. Here are some pics, they say it all! Sorry for so many, I wanted to show Matt and Elizabeth!

We love it! :)

Entrance to our neighborhood- Covington Woods

Front View

Covenant and Black Ash... I know what you're thinking ;)

Guest Bedroom

Guest Bath- Thanks Sarah for the shower curtain we love it!

Dining Room- my parents gave us this! :)

Office

Our computer desk tucked in the closet

Living Room! Awesome entertainment center, couches etc...
Master Bath! :)
Shower and linen (this is to the left of the tub)

His and Her's sinks

Master Bedroom

another angle..

Brandon's special room...

Kitchen!

View from Dining Room to Laundry and garage

View from front hallway

Hope you liked the tour, you should come by and see us! We are wanting to have a housewarming party sometime soon. We have peacocks that walk around the neighborhood in the morning and at dusk- so that's interesting!

Jessica's bachelorette party/lingerie shower is tomorrow night and I will be making some of my Tastefully Simple things! So excited! Then her wedding is on Saturday!!

until next time,
xo,
krista

Hey look out for that moving van!

2008-07-29T14:29:00.007-05:00

Hi all my wonderful readers!

Brandon and I are closing on our house on Thursday...TOMORROW! I'm so excited, we will be moving in this weekend!

We have had some hiccups along the way.. but that's okay! I have rented a U-HAUL Truck for this Saturday at 8 AM. I have experienced God's blessings and His ability to wrap His arms around me in the last few weeks. Amazing how He takes my fears, worries, and throws them so far away. I love Him for it.

Please pray that all our furniture comes in, and that we love it. And that we can finally get a TV for Brandon since we do have NFL Sunday Ticket this fall. (and this fall only since we are new to Direct TV) Let's just say we are so happy to finally start our lives in our house. Not to say the Value Place hasn't been good to us... :)Next weekend, my good friend Jessica Lindsey is getting married to Matt Barnes! I'm excited to be one of her bridesmaids and have another good friend be married and live in Pensacola. Then on August 16 Charity and Jonathan Butler are getting married, I am so jealous of her! She doesn't have to change her name!

Well... until next time. I will talk to you all after I move in!!!

xoxo,
krista

WOWSER!

2008-07-14T11:09:00.007-05:00

Hello All! Long time no talk! Sorry, we've been busy!

Weekend Update: 4th of July! Brandon and I were both off for the 4th and although we were supposed to lay our wood floors, that didn't happen, we got to have a fun weekend together. Friday we mainly spent our day looking at furniture for the house. We don't have any living room or bedroom furniture so that's what we were out for. We were hoping for some Independence Day Sales!

We fell in love with a living room from Home Place in Pensacola. See our entertainment center below:
We are hoping to put our wood floors in this week, get the trim up, get the sprinkler system installed, throw some sod and move in by July 26! We will see...

If we do move in by the 26th, then I owe my dad a new pair of Costa Del Mar sunglasses for his birthday. haha

On Saturday the 5th, I got my haircut, and we shopped for some more furniture in Milton and found our bedroom suite at Badcock's. We then had a cookout at my parents house, swam in the pool, and watched Charlie Bartlett. Which was interesting....

Our week was fairly busy, with work, softball games, Crossroads, work, cleaning the house, work, best buy, etc...

Weekend Update:
On Friday Brandon and I had to attend a mortgage class in order to get a mortgage from our lender. It was mostly boring, with some interesting times. We ate lunch at New York Nick's downtown so that was fun. We went to Tuscan Oven for dinner and saw Wall-E . We didn't like Wall-E all that much... just FYI.

Saturday we worked at our house trying to get it ready to put the wood floors in. We are so excited to get done and moved in! We will definitely be having a party once that happens. Saturday night an old coworker of mine was getting married so we went to her wedding at the NAS Officer's Club. It was really fun a very interesting wedding/reception...bad dj...whew.

Sunday we went to Church and then did laundry, made homemade pizzas and funnel cakes at Brandon's parents. Then we over to Matt and Elizabeth's parents house for their "Bon Voyage" party. We are really going to miss our movies, dinner (mainly Tuscan Oven towards the end there) and just plain hang out buddies. We wish you guys the best in Texas!

Well until next time... have a great day!

xoxo,
Krista (and Brandon)

Moving in with the husband...

2008-06-24T15:37:00.000-05:00

Well, I've lived with my parents since... forever. I just moved somewhat into an extended stay hotel with Brandon this past Saturday. Things are going well. We have some of our stuff there, not too much, as to overcrowd. We think that this will make us appreciate our house EVEN more than before. Plus, it gives us a nice story. :)

I am sad to report that our very good friends Matt and Elizabeth are moving to Houston, Texas. A great opportunity for them to move on with their lives away from Pensacola. Brandon and I were so excited that Matt found a job he wanted and then we both looked at each other and said wait, we have no friends!! But, we are happy for them, and are excited to visit the Houston area to see them.

Well I think I have two readers from this blog, and they have both already seen these pictures. But, I'm going to post them for the off chance that someone else looks! A couple of pics from Tara's blog from the wedding. This one is from our rehearsal! We were so excited! (brandon was a little mad at me for not communicating with him throughout my bachelorette party!!) But, he got over it when I smiled! haha jk.

This one is from the Church on the BIG DAY!!

I will be uploading some pics from the honeymoon. We had a great time parasailing, driving boats, eating out, laying by the pool and beach. So relaxing!!

More to come,
krista henry

It's almost here!

2008-06-09T10:58:00.000-05:00

So, alot of our friends are married and we got jealous and decided to do it too! just kidding... It's going to be so awesome!

I know its not ALL good ALL the time. But hey- i love him and that's the greatest feeling in the world. As a little girl, I never thought I would get married so young. But, I mean Brandon was just the complete package for me. God has blessed us in so many ways!

Speaking of blessing, here is a pic of our house being built. It is supposed to be ready sometime in August. We are going to be living in an extended stay hotel until it's complete! I will keep you updated on the changes with it.

WE ARE GETTING MARRIED THIS WEEKEND!!!! WAHOOO.

Mrs. Henry... i gotta start learning to write that. Think of us next week in Cancun! I will post some pics from the wedding festivities when we get back.

Weekend wrap up:
On Friday night we went to the Tuscan Oven with Matt, Elizabeth and Tara. I love that place, the fried mozzarella is to die for. After that we went to see Don't Mess with the Zohan. Hmm. interesting movie that I covered my eyes for a few times. Don't waste your money, rent it if you seriously want to see it. I must say, not one of Adam's best.

Then Saturday I got my hair highlighted so it would look good for the wedding. My mom and I ate at Chilis before shopping at Target for some last minute wedding items.

Sunday we celebrated Father's day since I will be out of town next week. We went to church with dad and took him to lunch at good ole Texas Roadhouse.

I eat out alot.

Well until next time,

xo,
krista

Here comes the bride...

2008-06-05T09:52:00.000-05:00

So on Saturday Tara took my bridal photos, they are AMAZING. It was so hard to pick one that I wanted her to frame for the wedding. My mom and Elizabeth came to "assist" they were great!
After that my parents, Brandon's parents, me and b all went to look at the new house being built! It's all coming together, they are finishing up the framing and roof. So exciting! After that we went out of eat at Texas Roadhouse... sooo good. Every time we go there it makes me want a moose above my fireplace!! ( we don't even have a fireplace)

It looks like we can't stay in the camper before the house is built. Brandon has asthma and there is a chemical inside the camper that makes it worse... don't want my baby getting sick!

The wedding is next Saturday, which is insane to me. I want it to come so fast! I can't wait. It seems like these last few weeks have been dragging! I just cant wait until we don't have to leave each other every nite, and I don't have to drive 30-45 minutes to see him. We will have our space, our time, our decisions. ahhhh... can't wait.

Things are coming together... yay! Can't wait for that honeymoon in Cancun, we're gonna have a blast!

until next time,
xo,
krista

Weddingdaze!

2008-05-29T11:34:00.000-05:00

So the thought on the forefront of my mind is our wedding!!! 16 days until, I am beaming. It's so weird though because I've never lived with anyone but my parents and brothers. Brandon and I get to be together alot! I'm just trying to take it all in so that I can remember it 50 years from now!

My bachelorette party/lingerie shower will be the Thursday before the wedding which is fun. I can't wait to open all my fun lingerie!

We are going to Cancun on our honeymoon which is so fun, because I've never been there. We're excited for it just to be us for a whole week.

I've been getting together the finals details of the wedding, and paying the final bills!!

Our slab is being poured today which is extremely exciting, our very own house!

I'm going to try to be better at posting on this thing!

xoxo,
krista

This crazy life of mine...

2008-03-04T14:55:00.000-06:00

dude- didn't know there could be soooo many issues with wedding dresses. BUT- i found that out rather quickly! basically i had to choose another dress becuase the first one couldn't come in by June 14 becuase of, get this, the CHINESE NEW YEAR. Apparently, like 80% of dresses are sewn in China. Who knew? Either way, I found a second dress and love it! ( I almost couldn't get this one either) But it's on it's way!

School is insane. I should be studying for a test tonite right now.... but, im not. I cannot wait until Spring Break! My mom is taking me to New York City! Sooo- excited!

I am going to crossroads tonite- see you there!

xo-
krista

Neutrogena eye tints...

2008-02-08T11:05:00.000-06:00

So- I've found a wonderful product at Target yesterday. It's AMAZING. They are eye tints by Neutrogena, and I used to use a product like this from Clinque but it wasn't as good. It can be used as a base for eye shadow or on it's own. The feeling on your eyes when you use this product is, ahhh. I can't really describe it. You have to get some yourself! It comes in two tints so you can choose.

Act fast! All Neutrogena products are 10% off right now at Target on 9 Mile Road.

-krista

LOST, Dnow, and life

2008-02-01T16:03:00.000-06:00

Wedding Planning Update- I found my dress!! I have ordered it, and am in the process of ordering invitations and confirming my quote with my florist. I'm falling more in love with Brandon every day. I'd like to keep it a semi surprise so I'm not going to post a picture! If I've already showed you, you're important to me. ;)

LOST Season 4 premiere was last night. Can you say amazing? It's unfortunate that since there was a storm in the Milton area around 7:00 pm, that we missed the 7:00-8:00 recap! Sorry Matt and Elizabeth... Either way it was awesome.

Brittany asked Brandon and I to do a Disciple Now for her dad's church last weekend. I have 7th grade girls and Brandon has 9th grade boys, and one 7th grade boy. It was a good time. I learned some things that even I need to work on. Always learning! The whole theme was stepping out of the boat and trusting Jesus. Easier said than done right?

I had my 22nd birthday last week too. It was great! My parents took me to dinner and gave me some new Vera bags. Brandon took me out to Zea's the next night and we saw a movie with Matt and Elizabeth, Juno. Which I really liked.

I really can't wait till I'm done with school! Pray for me until it's OVER!!

Until next time,
Krista

Wedding Dress Blues

2008-01-14T10:33:00.001-06:00

I know that sounds weird- But, I've got em. I can't seem to find one! I thought this task would be much easier. I mean I like this lets buy it! No- girls it's not that easy. I've haven't gone to a lot of stores, but I have looked through the internet. This weekend I'm going to go to two stores and maybe find something! (crossing my fingers) Everyone says I only have until the end of January to order since my wedding is in June. Whatever...

I will keep you posted. ;)

New Blog

2007-11-27T10:34:00.000-06:00

So- I was an avid live journal user for a few years and haven't done this in awhile. But, I remember loving it. Stay Tuned for more...