The Cordle Fam

I took this from Carrie’s blog. Our cousin Amy had her baby yesterday.

The doctor’s discovered today that Amy has galstones. They are trying a few things to “dissolve” them before they talk surgery. She’s still pretty weak – and last night had an allergic reaction to the morphine. She hasn’t been able to see the baby b/c she can’t sit up for long periods – so they were working on that today. Ashlynn is doing good. Thanks for all the prayers!

PTL! About an hour ago mom and I got to bring Nee Nee home to the apartment. She seems to be doing fine! Thanks everyone for all your prayers.

Well. It’s been quite a while since I have posted. Everything is going great here! I feel like all we do is work though. We have only been to the beach three times since we have been here. But. we are still having a great time!!! We absolutely love all the girls we work with and have had so much fun getting to know them! 

I have to work today from 9:30-5 then I’m off to Jackson for a week! I am so excited and ready for a little break from work! I will give a more lengthy update later!

Love and Miss!!

Hey everybody!

Just thought I would update everyone a little bit. Bailey and I are loving our job! Where else can you wear a bathing suit and sarong to work! It is great. The only bad thing is we work outside all day long. Very hot and very humid!!

I am beginning to feel very old. We have been so exhausted from work that we have been going to bed around 10:00 every night. We then wake up around 7:30 every morning , drink a cup of coffee, have a little quiet time, and head to work.

Anna and Nicole are coming tonight and staying till Tuesday! We are so excited!! Hopefully we can wake up and lay out before work at 1.

Love yall and miss yall!

This is our adorable house for the Summer- thanks to Bailey’s grandmother! (Yall will be happy to know that the pots were knocked over before we even got there yesterday). We are having so much fun and are so thankful God has given us this wonderful opportunity!! We had orientation today and both PASSED our drug test! yay! We start work tomorrow!

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Please pray for Bailey and I as we leave tomorrow for the beach for the whole Summer! It will definitely be a new experience for me, but I am so excited!!!!!

I am going to post as often as I can to keep everyone updated! Love yall!

ooh. and get excited about a really great post coming your way very soon!

Bo and I made dinner last night with a Rachael Ray recipe! It was very good so I thought I would share it with yall!

Parmesan-Crusted Chicken Breasts with Tomato and Basil and Potatoes with Peppers and Onions

Ingredients

* 1 1/2-2 pounds fingerling potatoes or baby red potatoes
* 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and cut into thin strips
* 1 cubanelle pepper (an Italian mild green pepper), seeded and thinly sliced
* 1 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced
* 4 large cloves garlic, cracked away from skin
* 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
* 3-4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), divided
* 2 cups shredded parmesan cheese, available in tubs near the deli counter at the grocery store – make sure to get shredded cheese, not grated
* 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (6-8 ounces each)
* Coarse salt and pepper
* 4 Roma tomatoes or small vine-ripe tomatoes, seeded and chopped
* 15-20 leaves fresh basil, cut or torn into a chiffonade

Preparation

Pre-heat the oven to 500°F.

Cut fingerling potatoes into halves or quarters, depending on thickness of fingerlings – thin, small fingerlings may also be left whole, while larger potatoes should be quartered to speed cooking process. If you are using small red potatoes, halve or quarter them in the same way.

Cover a large cookie sheet with foil. Place potatoes on the cookie sheet. Combine with peppers, onion, garlic and crushed red pepper flakes. Coat the potatoes, peppers and onions with EVOO, just enough to coat vegetables in a thin layer, 2-3 tablespoons. Season liberally with salt and pepper.

Place potatoes in the oven and roast for 20-22 minutes, until potatoes are just tender and peppers and onions are crisp at edges. Toss mixture with tongs, turning the potatoes after 15 minutes. When the potatoes are cooked, transfer them to a serving dish and peel the foil off the cookie sheet and discard for super-quick clean up!

While potatoes cook, prepare the chicken: roll out a 2-foot piece of waxed paper or foil near the stove top. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat – your pan must be very hot when the chicken is added. Pile the shredded cheese on the work surface created with the waxed paper or foil. Season your chicken breasts with black pepper but no salt; the cheese will add enough salt to the taste of the dish. Press the breasts firmly into the cheese. Coat both sides of breasts with as much cheese as possible.

Add 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil to the skillet, one turn of the pan. Set breasts into the skillet and cook for 7 minutes on each side, until cheese forms an even, golden casing around the tender chicken breasts.

While chicken cooks, combine the chopped tomatoes with basil in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper, to your taste.

Drain off any excess oil from chicken as you remove it from the skillet. Top chicken with big spoonfuls of raw sauce and serve with potatoes, peppers and onions.

We have just gotten back from a week of the beach and the lake. Top ten things I am thankful for that occurred on our adventure:

1. Lots of fun and laughter- with the Adams (Jeff sister family) family at the beach and the Beer and Hutchens family (My family) at the lake
2. Mary Joy and John Hayden loving on each other- especially JH sharing his ice cream with his little sis. Lots of Cousins to play with made the vacation that much more fun.
3. Inside heated swimming pool- praise God for who ever invented it
4. Romantic Evenings with my man
5. Reading the book the Shack- God really spoke to me and touched my heart in a cool way. My continual prayer is that I will be able to see people the way God sees people and love the way He loves them (including myself), this book is a part of that journey for me. Oh to love the way He loves- God please do this supernatural work in me!!
6. Being able to watch a Kite Surfer surf near our condo- Jeff wants to learn how to do this- so it was fun to see it up close
7. My nausea is beginning to taper- I think I felt the baby for the first time. So exciting
8. JH and Jeff going to see the Blue Angels they had a blast while MJ and I caught some rays on the beach- MJ looked fabulous in her bathing suit. People would just stop and stare at her cuteness
9. My husband and my children make me laugh- Jeff and his crazy stories, JH and his obsession with certain things, his own wonderful language,and his desire to watch a fishing video over a disney video- he knows the proper terms for certain baits. Mary Joy’s way of just enjoying life and her ability to charm a complete stranger.
10. God’s provision and protection for and over my family- The blessings are abundant!

Love, Joy

Yesterday at 2PM I took last exam for my Freshmen year! Mom, Bo, and I packed up my dorm room and I said my goodbyes and headed home! I did well on all of my exams so I was very excited!

I am now at home and Mom and I are going to be getting things done that need to be done before I leave for the beach.

Well. I have to go unpack the car now. ENJOY this beautiful day!

After writing a paper on Time Management you would think I have learned a few things, but tonight I just can’t seem to get myself to study. I can take one night off- right? Anyways. I thought I would catch everyone up on my life. This past weekend my friends Bailey, Caitlin, Blakley, Ramsey, and I went to Tuscaloosa. I know you are wondering why Tuscaloosa? Well. Blakey’s friend from home was playing Tyler Horne(an old friend) team in baseball so I figured it was a good time to go. I hadn’t had a chance to watch Tyler play since he has been at school and it was a lot of fun.

Tuscaloosa is defiantly a different place than Auburn, and it made me realize how much I really love Auburn! It’s still crazy to me that I am in college, not only am I in college I am about to finish my Freshmen year. I remember thinking how old Bo and Anna were when they went to college, and how I couldn’t wait to be that grown up. I only have one more week of classes then Finals and I am done with my Freshmen year of college. Wow this year really has flown by!! Sitting here reflecting on my past year it is clear that I have learned so much ! God has taught me so much about myself and I am so thankful for everything and everyone he has put in my life this year.

Today. Bailey and I talked with our boss for the Summer. I really am living at the beach this Summer!!! Ahh! I am so excited, yet so scared at the same time! I think this Summer is going to help me realize that I do have to grow up and start being independent. I’m not going to be able to drive to Newnan when I desperately need mom and dad or need to just do laundry. Nor am I going to be able to call Bo and drive two minutes to his apartment just to get away for a little bit.

Well enough venting. I am going to try to get a good two hours of studying in before i go to bed. Love you all!!

oh yeah. The HALF-MARATHON is this weekend!! Please start praying for us!!