Novo Chamado na igreja

eu e Nathan fomos responsaveis pelas atividades da nossa Ala por dois anos, e hoje fomos desordenados desse chamado. Sou grata por ter aceitado esse desafio, pois em minha cabeca eu nao tinha criatividade alguma, mas mais uma vez o Senhor me provou que podemos exercer qualquer chamado desde que coloquemos nas maos Dele e facamos nossa parte. Sou muito grata pelo crescimento pessoal que tivemos, pela oportunidade de conhecer melhor os membros de nossa nova ala atraves das atividades, servicos prestados. Quando nos acostumamos com o chamado o Senhor nos da outro...pois 'e foi isso que aconteceu, Nathan esta trabalhando com os rapazes por um tempo, nos dois tinhamos 2 chamados, agora cada um de nos temos um. Hoje fui ordenada segunda conselheira na organizacao das mocas, estou super animada, pois trabalhar com as mocas 'e sempre divertido, e nao faz tanto tempo assim que sai dessa organizacao :)
Estou super animada!!

What now???

Spring is gone and all my favorite shows are gone as well...no more Castle, 30 Rock, The Office, Community, The vampire Diaries, Glee and American Idol...That's right I have my whole week planned out during the fall...Now that we have more channels I need to find some good shows, cause I dont wanna watch "the real housewives of orange county/NY/NJ/Atlanta..." or "Toddlers and Tiaras". I need some new shows to entertain myself, any suggestions???

Ok, 6 months is a long time...

January - May
It has been 6 months since I posted something in our blog, my mother in law called yesteday and told Nathan we had to write something, 'cause the last thing in our blog was "brazilian chrismas cookies" haha she is funny, isn't she? Well normally I would say that "nothing has happended", or " we dont' have news" but things are actually happening...nope, no babie Poindexter on the way...but Nathan got a new job, he is officially a bread man now, yep he bought his route. Heavenly Father blessed us big time on this one...there are over 20 routes in this area, and they hardly open because is such a good oportunity, thennn one route 5 minutes from where we live opened up, and of course Nate got it!!! He is really happy and of course I am very happy for him as well. No boss and he makes his own hours, it can't get any better than that...



Also we finally got a 2nd car which is pretty awesome, 'cause now we don't have to ask for rides, I dont have to start riding a bus (which according to Nathan is not like in Brazil, things can get really creepy in a bus here), and I dont have to start walking to work...how lazy did I become? I love my car!!



We also hosted Easter this year, it was the first time we hosted something for the family. Snow (Diane - Nathan's mom) brought a very nice surprise, the new addition to the family: Gia Poindexter. No, she didn't have a baby, Gia is her Chihuahua, she is adorable, so friendly and sweet, and I can't forget to mention how protective she is, if u got close to Snow she would bark until your ears bled..not kidding, yes I am...or am I? We made some carrot cupcakes, they turned out pretty cute, just the fake grass didnt taste so good, next time I will use coconut, I also made a delicious cheese cake, I love making desserts and cute things, so I was in heaven preparing for the big day. Suzy made the most adorable Easter baskets I've ever seen, she is so thoughtful, she filled the baskets with our favorite treats!!! Thanks Suzy!!! Our friends Becca and Jamey came as well, we had a great time.












The following month we had Corey and Jordan visiting us, we had a blast. Jordan is such a sweet girl, I am so glad we get along so well. I love her very very much, so glad to have gained another niece!!! Their trip was short, only for the weekend, but it was fun to have them here for the first time, hope next time they can stay a little longer!!

to be continued...

Recitas p minhas amigas -

Ola amigas brasileirissimas!!! vou comecar a colocar as receitas p biscoitos com fotos p vcs verem como deve ficar...
Este sao os "Chocolate Surprise cookies"


2 3/4 xicara de farinha de trigo (sem fermento)
3/4 xicara de chocolate em po (meio amargo)
1/2 colher de cha de bicarbonato de sodio
1 xicara de manteiga
1 1/2 xicara de acucar mascavo
1/2 xicara + 1 colher (sopa) acucar (branco/ cristal ne?) - dividido- a colher de acucar sera p rolar os biscoitos antes de assar
2 ovos
1 colher (cha) baunilha
250 gramas de caramelo - 1 caramelo p cada biscoito, esta receita da aproximadamente 40 biscoitos

Preaqueca o forno 190C, asse por 10 a 12 minutos
rendimento : 3 1/2 duzias

Combine farinha, chocolate em po, bicarbonato e fermento em um refratario; deixe la sentadinho olhando p vc...

Bata manteira, acucar mascavo, 1/2 xicara do acucar comum, em velocidade media ate leve e fofo ( 'e assim que descreve em ingles - light and flutty haha); acresente ovos e baunilha. Graduamente adicione a farinha a amiguinhos que vc combinou anteriormente. Cubra a massa; leve a geladeira por 15 minutos ou ate a massa estar em ponto de enrolar (?).

Colloque aquelha colher de acucar + 1/2 xicara de amengoas quebradilhas em um prato. Faca as bolinhas, lembrando de colocar o caramelo no meio, enrole ate cobrir o caramelo. Para decorar pressione um lado do biscoito na mistura ( acucar e amendoas). Leve ao forno asse de 10 a 12 minutos...me mandem fotos...

Fazer biscoitos 'e uma de minhas paixoes aqui nos US...foi colocar mais receitas p vc meninas!!! Muitos beijinhos
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Ps: quando vcs estiverem fazendo biscoitos liguem o som bem alto com suas musicas favoritas...e 'e para dancar tambem, mesmo que seu esposo (se vc for casada) ache que vc esta ficando doida :) eles vao adorar os biscoitinhos feitos com amor!!!

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Christmas preparations...

Working at Ups is great until christmas time :O for the past 2 weeks I have been working 6 days a week, almost 10 hours a day, no time to eat, sit or pee....its horrible...so yesterday I finaly got a break, having the day off, so when I woke up I was so excited to put the christmas decorations up -6 days before christmas :( - Since we had no time to go shopping I used everything we had from 07 cause last christmas we were living at the LIneberrys...so here is how it turned out


And Steven has been such a good fish, I had to decorate his bowl as well...I think he likes it...

Cookiessss

I really enjoy baking...earlier today I just felt like baking some cookies so here they are.. It brought me such good memories, cause baking and listening to christmas songs made me think when I first got here in US, I used to go over to the Olivetti's house and help Jutta babe with her christmas cookies and her no special occasion cookies haha ...I miss her very very much!!! Thanks for teaching me how to make delicious cookies Jutta babe!!! Love ya...

Christmas party 09

Ohhh my goodness...has been so long since I blogged, I forgot how much I enjoy it!!
Last night was our ward christmas party, and oh boy we worked hard on this one...We woke up at 7a.m and worked non stop until almost 9p.m...I cant believe we have been serving on this calling for more than a year now...this was our 2nd christmas party, and we had a huge turn out...so many people goshhh...I was so happy everything worked out just fine, I always get all worried, and nervous and ofcourse Nathan has to put up with my craziness hahaha...poor Nate...
I was so upset cause I brought my camera and SURPRISE, no memory card :( so frustrating...but no worries, a lot of people brought cameras WITH memorie cards in it...so I will get some pics to post here, cause a blog isn't a blog without pictures!!!


So many things happened lately, last week Nate's parents and sis came for thanksgiving, we had a wonderful long weekend with them, and for the first time, in my almos 3 years of US, I experienced the black friday madness hahaha I was so excited with all the cheap stuff. I think I am gonna start a black friday fund, so I can buy more and more cute stuff next year...we had thanksgiving dinner at Suzy and Mike's house, everything was great, we were encharged of desserts, so we made a pumpkin cheesecake, cookies and pie...the cheesecake was sooo darn good :)
On saturday Snow ( Nate's mom) took Suzy and I to a Spa here in town called Indigo, it was so awesome, Thanks Snow!!Then we all went to the movies to see The blind side, it was a wonderful!!
Nathan's parents are so loving, I feel very lucky to have great in laws...