Julie and Julia

So after watching the Movie, Julie and Julia... I am absolutely in LOVE with the idea!!   I love Cooking so much!! I would love to cook a new recipe for a year... 365 different kinds would be AMAZING!! ... I should have gone to Cooking School.. lol.. :)
I find myself daily watching the Food Network and now googling new recipes every day...
So I decided tonight to begin in the empty cookbook my sister gave me and filling the pages with recipes that I add my twist too and by the end of the year, I am going to have a full coookbook!!
:) Yes can you tell I am enjoying being married...It is true..this is my favorite thing to do since being married.. (cooking everyday).

I will keep you posted on how my cooking Cookbook is coming along. :)
Until then... Back to research I go!!

and I just made a Blog Page... this way it is like a Cyber Cookbook...
http://www.cookingwithjessica1121.blogspot.com/


~The Turners~

DAY AT THE BEACH

We had a fun day at the Beach!!! :)   I took Princess over to the beach with our new friends.. Tassi and her little puppy Elvis... We went to the Isle of Palms Beach and went for a walk..  We walked for over an hour and wore out our little ones!!! It was such a beautiful day outside today and I enjoyed the company.  It was such a blessing to spend some time with a new friend...
Here are some pictures of our day!

The Oyster Roast with ECBC

The Oyster Roast was so much fun!! We enjoyed meeting so many new friends. The social was Friday night, but I now have pictures!!!  We are really enjoying ECBC, and the people. I am excited about new friendships!!
The other girls are so nice, we are planning some more socials, and events for us girls. Next Tuesday we are gathering at Meg's house to help her redecorate!! Our Sunday School teacher is a professional Event Planner and Interior Designer!! The best part is that she is going into our homes for FREE, and having girl time while helping us decorate!!
I am really excited about having a GIRL'S NIGHT!

Here are a few pictures from the Oyster Roast....

Our Dining Room~~

I have found myself getting excited as each room is completed in our Apartment!! :) Last night Patrick hung the Mirror in the Dining Room, so it is now COMPLETE!! :)
We enjoyed the dining room, and I made Ham Steaks, Mac n Cheese, Green Beans, Stuffing and Corn Bread.. Oh and Salad!!
It was really good, however I can not get the hang of making the Corn Bread in Patties yet.. I am trying, but last night.. um NO SUCCESS... lol...

Here is a picture... Other rooms are still in the process!!

~The Turners~

OUR LIVING ROOM!!!

I am so excited about our Living Room!!! Thank you to my Parents for giving us the set!! It matches great with his Recliner and the rest of the Red House!!
I have a few pictures of the living room... We have not hung Pictures yet, because we are still in the process of ordering our Pictures from the Wedding... But for now, YAY 1 more room is done in the apartment..

Tonight's goals, hanging the mirror, some pictures in our room, and then working on the guest room..
Hope to post pictures tomorrow of our room, bathroom, and the dining room!!! :)

~The Turners~

My Little Buddy!

I have been enjoying having Princess home since Christmas!! She keeps me lots of company... Today we cleaned the apartment, while she found a new favorite spot on the back of the couch to hang out, while mommy cleaned!!
I thought I would share an updated picture of her for you all to see.. She is getting so big!

~The Turners~

Here is a picture of her in her favorite spot :)

Our Apartment...

So far we only have the Kitchen and Guest Bathroom complete, but here are some pictures of them!! I am loving having a bigger Kitchen, and finally putting out some things.. I love RED! And I love how the kitchen has turned out...
Our guest bathroom is NGU Colors :) ... wasn't done on purpose but funny how it worked out... We have Red furniture in our living room now, a pretty much Red kitchen and our guest room is black, and red with the bathroom, white, black and red too..
Guess we are Crusaders at heart, or just years there, put the colors as some of my favorites...
I will post more pictures soon, after some things get hung on the walls, and I clean up a little bit more!!

Also,
We went to church today again at East Cooper, and really enjoyed the Service.. We are really enjoying too meeting new people and having friends...

~The Turners~

Lots of Driving!!

Well this weekend has proved to be very busy already...
Friday night we enjoyed a wonderful evening with the newlywed class at East Cooper Baptist Church.. We had an oyster roast.. it was so GOOD!!! We got to meet some wonderful young couples, and find some great new friends.
We will be visiting back there on Sunday for Church!

Today, was exteremely busy, but good!
Patrick and his Dad left Charleston around 7am to head to Jacksonville. They picked up our Red Couch and Chair for our living room. My Parents gave us this living room set, after they got a new set right before Christmas. WE LOVE IT!! and now we have Living room furniture..  When Patrick's Dad arrived this morning to get Patrick, he dropped off our WASHER/DRYER and a DESK for our Guest ROOM!! YAY for our house and all the furniture!!! :)  Mr. Turner was such a blessing to us, by getting this stuff today... THANK YOU !!

While the men were traveling towards Florida, I left at 6:30am for Greenville. Erin Wall was a Co worker of mine, and she was having a baby shower!! Pate will be here in a few weeks, and I was so excited to go celebrate with her, and all the other co workers. I have missed them, and it was good to be in Greenville and get to visit back with the Admissions office, Financial aid office and Registar office... :) These are some great ladies and friends, and it was good fellowship for sure.. Before leaving the area I had to make a stop by my other family, the Deyton's and see little Emma!! She is growing so fast!!

Then back to Charleston for all of us it was!!

The Living room looks complete and I am enjoying washing clothes after not having a washer/dryer for over a week now!!!  YAY!!!

~The Turners~

a few pictures at the Shower..

2 Months!!

Two Month Anniversary Today!!! ... I can't believe how quickly 2 months have flown by. But then when I stop and see what all took place with Wedding, Honeymoon, Settling In, Christmas and Moving, I can begin to see where the 2 months went :) . It has been a lot of fun already, getting to see one another daily instead of the phone and travels. It is a huge blessing to be married to such a great man and to spend every day with him!! We have been enjoying Charleston, and seeing so many things!  Tonight I am making Steak and Potatos and then pop a movie in for a great evening together!!!
Happy Anniversary to us!!

Weeknight Fun!!

I am enjoying Greatly being married to a high school coach. Last night we attended the high school's basketball games, and spent some more time with our wonderful friends, the Grants. We have become very close to them, and I have enjoyed getting to know another Coach's wife, and having another newlywed wife to talk to as well. She is a wonderful encouragement to me, and has great advice after being married for a year to a football coach!!!..
We had a blast at the game, and tonight we will be back up at the school. Patrick tonight has to take tickets for the game, and I will go sit and help him. I am enjoying getting to know the other staff and families at the school. This school supports Patrick alot, and that is wonderful to see!!!
We are getting excited as well to attend the Sunday School Social this Friday night!! I am looking forward to the fellowship, fun and bible study!
Everyone have a wonderful week! Will post soon and I promise I am uploading pictures soon as well!!!

~The Turners~

Blessings!!!

We are so thankful for all the blessings that continue to flow our way. We honestly don't deserve it, and we want to thank everyone who has helped us with so much. We thankfully are settled in the apartment, and have realized as we finally unpacked all our Wedding gifts, honestly how blessed we were. Also, for all the furniture pieces that have been given to us. As we approached this move we knew we would need to buy a washer/dryer, a dining table, full mattress set for our guest bed, coffee table, some things for a guest bathroom etc. We are so excited and humbled by all the amazing gifts. We now have a guest bathroom completely decorated and set. We were blessed with a dining table by his parents, and through some friends and other people, we were able to have a brand new washer and dryer for a price we are still amazed by. Thank you, THANK YOU!!!..  God is continuing to bless us, and we are so thankful!!
We are in the process of still seeking a full mattress set and coffee table, but we are finding on Craigs list that might be possible as well!!...

~The Turners~

New Place~~

We are loving our new Apartment.. We moved 2 car loads on Thursday night the 14th and got our key!! We were so excited!!! Friday the 15th was a day of moving car loads and packing up the apartment. We got mostly everything over there but the large furniture.. On Saturday was the fun day, hehe.. Patrick's parents came from Loris, and helped us move the furniture. They brought us our dining table and helped us set up our new place.. It was such a blessing!!! We spent Sunday afternoon after church unpacking some more, and we finally finished on Monday the 18th. I will post pictures soon, I think Patrick is going to hang things tonight!! :)
I am in love with my Kitchen and finally having a pantry... :)

We also visited a great church on Sunday.. East Cooper Baptist Church.  We went to a 9:00am Traditional service, and then Sunday School in the newlywed class. We met some great new friends, and are going to go to a social oyster roast with them on Friday night!
Posting pictures and updates soon...

PS. Princess loves her new home and has become a huge Daddy's girl!!!

~The Turners~

Moving Day 01-14-09

We are excited today that we are moving into an apartment here in Charleston!! We have loved the Condo, but financially and space wise, this move is a great opportunity for us!!! We had planned on moving the weekend we got back from our Honeymoon, but due to jobs, and not sure where we might be, we waited until now. We are still seeking the right Job and situation for our Family and for God's will, but until any doors open we are calling Charleston Home and this relocating is a huge Blessing!!  We were blessed to live here for almost 2 months of our married lives, while Patrick has lived in the Condo since the beginning of August! It was a furnished Condo with all expenses included with the rent, which was a help, but we have now been Blessed with furniture and wonderful gifts from so many of you from the Wedding, that we can now furnish our own place. We are Blessed beyond measure and so grateful for our friends and family who have provided things for us. I am so excited about this move, and for the future that Patrick and I have ahead of us. Please continue to pray for him, as he seeks jobs and positions as they come available.. I am learning as the wife of a football coach, not only the game, but that our home is between us not location. We will be getting our key today at 3pm and signing our lease, I am excited because neither of us have lived here, so this is new and ours together!!! We will then be moving things in this 5 mile relocating between our 2 cars until Saturday. We are so thankful that his parents are coming to move our big furniture, and provide us with a dining room table as well! We will be getting our living room set from my parents in the following days, a small trip to Jacksonville will occur!! :)
Thank you everyone for praying for us.  I will write soon with how the move went and about our new HOME!

~The Turners~

Visiting Churches

Last Sunday January 3rd, we visited First Baptist Charleston. It was really neat to see this old building. It was founded in 1682 I believe.. The church is 327 years old, but the building has only been around since the 1800's. It was built like many of the churches you would find in the New England area of the country. It was all wood inside, and had the wooden doors to open to enter each pew. It was very Historical. We enjoyed church greatly. We attended the early 8:30am service. Everyone was very nice. We found however that this might not be the church we will join, so we are still looking. We are keeping our options open, and seeking God in His direction of where we will get plugged in at.

This Sunday January 10th, we visited Northwoods Baptist Church in North Charleston. It is a growing church with some recent new additions in buildings. The chruch itself was beautiful. We attended the 11:00 am Non Traditional service. It was a great service, the Pastor was very good. It was more of a laid back casual service, but was nice. We are going to continue visiting some other churches in the weeks to follow, as we continue to Pray about where we might be able to be used.

The journey of church hunting has been very good for us so far, we are learning about the culture and lifestyle here on the coast and we are finding where our fundamentals and stands are with a home church. It has been a great building experience so far as Husband and Wife to step out and search together and find what we are going to stand for as a family. :0

~The Turners~

New Friends

Last night we got to have over some great friends. It was the first time we entertained together as husband and wife. We had such a great time. I made Calzones, Pepperoni, ham and cheese, and we served Salad and Bread Sticks. I enjoyed getting to share recipes and talk girl talk with such wonderful people. We look forward to hanging out with the Grants again very soon!!
Princess seemed to enjoy the company, but we found her off in the guest room sleeping the entire time... she is not exactly the social butterfly afterall :).

~The Turners~

Ab Circle Pro Week 1

So Patrick and I bought us for Christmas the Ab Circle Pro. It has been 1 week today since we began this workout! The Machine itself is not hard at all, remembering to do it however, is a little bit of the challenge. I can't lie I missed a day and had to do double this weekend, but I have been faithful so far each day or night to do 30 sets of each workout. It is a lot of fun, and so far, I haven't been on a scale but I can tell it is already changing!!
Let's see what this coming week does for us... It is a 2 week .. loose 10 pound challenge!!

~The Turners~

Cold Winter

It is very cold today, and has been most of this week!! From what we hear it is never this cold here at this time of the year. This morning as I walked our little Princess outside it was 25 degrees.. I believe the high today is only 45, however tomorrow, January 7th will be no higher then 37 all day! So we are definately feeling that Winter Weather, we thought we had left behind us in Greenville. Guess Not :) ...  Stay Warm everyone!!!

~The Turners~

Relocating in Charleston

We will be relocating to a new Apartment on the 14th of this month!! We have loved the Condo, and our landlord has been such a blessing.. God has opened a door for us to move into a 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment and the rent is a blessing too!! We will be packing up and setting up house again! I can't wait to actually have a pantry and more cabinets. It will fill like Christmas again to open all our Wedding gifts and finally get to put them all out in the new place. I am sure Princess will like it as well, and a room all to herself :) . Please pray for us as we move and settle in and Patrick continues this Semester as well. He will begin coaching Baseball soon, so pray it is a smooth transition, all in time for Spring Football :) . I love him more everyday, and I am so blessed to have him in my life! Right now I am just a stay at home housewife, but I will be looking for a job in the next few weeks, please pray for me and that job hunt as well!

~The Turners~

New Years and My Birthday

We got back to Charleston on the 29th and spent the next few days unpacking Christmas and getting Princess familiar to her new home!! We had a few days before Patrick went back to work to have a small vacation together. We celebrated my Birthday on New Years Eve. I turned 26 this year... wow.. I feel old :) . We enjoyed Princess keeping us company as well. Patrick did a great job on my Birthday, we went to downtown that day and looked around the shops and ate lunch. Then we came home and got ready for dinner. Patrick took me to Outback and then home to watch the ball drop at midnight!! I enjoyed being married this New Year's Eve.. it was a great Birthday!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I pray God continues to bless us this coming year, 2010 is going to be a great year, with new challenges, memories, moves and friends.
We rested on New Years day and watched our teams play in their bowl games. Florida State played and honored Coach Bobby Bowden in his last game coaching.. it was a great win for them! We then watched Florida play in the Sugar bowl that night, for Tebow's last game as well.. They had a great win too... So all together it was a great Football day in our house!!  We also got to Meet Emma Deyton.. The Deyton family blessed me with a place to live while in Greenville, and they are like another family to me. They welcomed little Emma on November 30th 2009. She was so sweet and we enjoyed their company on the 3rd.


~The Turners~

Christmas in Jacksonville with My Family

We left on Christmas eve and headed down to Jacksonville. We finally caught back up with our little puppy Princess, my sister had been watching her since before the Wedding for us. Thank you a million times Rach and Bryan!!! We woke up Christmas morning, and had Christmas with my Parents, brother, and my sister Rachel and her Husband Bryan and their beautiful baby girl Jadyn, who was born June 4th. It was a great Christmas in our home with two additions, my Hubby Patrick and little Jadyn. It was fun to see her open her gifts and spend the day with  my family. I have learned in just a year how great it is to be an Aunt. Jadyn is so much fun to watch and play with, I do wish I saw them a lot more. I plan to make sure she knows she has a fabulous Aunt!! Once again we had our traditional brunch on Christmas morning, Rachel did a great job and so did mom making the dishes, we did not go hungry for sure. That night we went to Ocala and had Christmas with all the Coram's. It was a lot of fun. We got to spend some time with Amy and Justin. Amy is my cousin and she was married on October 10th, she is not only my cousin but best friend. It was nice to see them. We traveled back to Jacksonville that night, and got to spend Saturday watching the boys play video games, and see little Jadyn some more before Rach and Bryan left for Augusta.  It was fun to spend a day or so with them, next time it must be longer. Patrick and I stayed and visited with my family until the 29th. We went out to eat to celebrate my upcoming birthday and watched Avatar and Christmas Carol. We also got to join them for church on Sunday morning, it was a wonderful service both morning and night! Monday was shopping, and playing Scrabble together. For the Record I bet Patrick at Scrabble and I have witnesses. This will only happen once, but I enjoyed it still. It was a wonderful Christmas in Jacksonville as well!! Memories and Traditions keep growing and we loved every minute of it.

~The Turners~

Christmas Time in Lakeland with the Turners

Christmas was so much fun this year, it was different to be married and share Christmas not only with my family and traditions but with my Husbands. However, as different as it was, it was also a lot of great new memories, traditions and a lot of fun! We began our Christmas by stating for Patrick and I we will split our time each year with our Families, rotating each year so our families can see us on Christmas day! 

This year we started Christmas on Sunday the 20th thru the 24th with the Turners. We had a great time traveling to Lakeland and making fun memories. We had a blast staying with Patrick's brother Matt and his wife Rayna for the Holidays. Patrick's parents, grandma and our nephews and niece were there as well. It was the first time we were all under one roof, and it was a so fun :).  Matt and Rayna were so sweet to open their home for the Holidays this year. They had a new addition this year, little Logan was born in June. I have 3 beautiful niece and nephews on the Turner side, and I enjoyed spending several days with them.. 4, 2, and 6 months, so it was never a dull moment for sure!!   We played games at night, Scrabble, Balderdash and Phase 10. It was fun to sit and enjoy some vacation time with the family and all of us let out our fun sides for a while.. We ate amazing there as well, as Rayna prepared some great meals!!  Christmas eve was fun, we opened gifts that morning. Patrick and I were so blessed with so many wonderful gifts from his Parents and  Matt and Rayna. We enjoyed watching the kids open and enjoy theirs as well.  Then we headed to the park and enjoyed some time with the kids and playing. It was such a nice Florida day too. Christmas was very fun this year, and look forward to seeing all the family again soon. 
   
~The Turners~

Our First Christmas

Christmas Day for Patrick and I was celebrated the Saturday before Christmas. We enjoyed a day of making new traditions. He sure did a great job this Christmas, I got a beautiful new watch, some very beautiful shirts and stocking full of bath smells and lotions.  He seemed to rack up as well :) We had a great day then just shopping around, as everyone one else was out trying to finish up their shopping lists!  Then we headed home to have some Chocolate Chip Pancakes. It was a fun relaxing day before heading towards Florida!... I am so blessed with an amazing Husband, and this Christmas it brought so much more meaning to Christmas and family and God's ultimate Blessings and Mercy on our lives!! Merry Christmas Everyone!

~The Turners~

Charleston South Carolina

After our Honeymoon, we headed towards our new home, in Charleston South Carolina.  Patrick had been living there since August. He coaches football and teaches at James Island Charter High School. Charleston is a very historical city. We are finding our way around and loving the chances we get to site see a little bit and find out about all this history here. At the moment we are living in a Condo, in West Ashley. It is a 2 bedroom, 1 bath condo. We do like the location alot, we are just searching for the right place to call home for a while, if God continues to allow us to stay here. For the first few weeks home however, unpacking, settling in and Christmas shopping was on top of our list. Christmas came quickly after the Wedding and moving in. We enjoyed some of James Island and toured Christmas lights, and found our way to the mall to finish up our shopping all before heading to family for the Holidays!! My favorite part so far together has been putting up our Christmas tree, and enjoying the new memories of being married this Christmas season!

~The Turners~

Disney World

After the Wedding we got to spend a wonderful week at Disney World. It was an incredible honeymoon. We stayed at Disney's Port Orleans Riverside Resort, called the Magnolia Mansion. It was so beautiful there!! During our stay we got to visit all 4 parks, and eat some amazing meals as well. Disney World has grown and changed so much since either one of us had gone, and we enjoyed it very much. It was fun to actually sit back and ride rides, play games, and enjoy the time together the phone could not provide while dating. Disney World is definately a magical place!!