Kenapocomocha :)

All day yesterday I was looking forward to dinner. Why? Because we were going to Kenapocomocha for their Tuesday night pizza night! What is Kenapocomocha you ask? Well, let me enlighten you!

Kenapocomocha is a community owned coffee house in our sweet, little town. The name is actually very clever. Kenapocomoco is the Indian name for the Eel River which runs through town, change moco for mocha and you have a very creative play on words! Normally the shop closes at 4pm, but Tuesdays are special days: pizza days! They make their individual pizzas to order with all local ingredients. the dough is made and baked on site, as the basal is grown in their herb garden that you walk past while entering the coffee shop. The pepperoni comes from Hawkins's Family Farm, which is also local. Let me just say, this is top is cozy and the pizza was delicious!

Given it's location, we could have easily walked (and were planning on it). But, I was not feeling well and we needed to go to the hardware store afterwards so we opted to drive. I think the next Tuesday we join them for pizza night we will definitely walk for some exercise and fresh air!

Here are the pictures I snapped during our evening:

Love the location of the coffee shop!

Lovely side salad with made fresh daily ranch dressing...yum!

One word: D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S!

Overall, we love it and will be going back! :)

PRAYER REQUEST!!!

Naomi with her Mom and Gene last Thanksgiving in Florida

Please be in prayer for a family member of mine in Florida. My cousin Naomi was hospitalized on Sunday after being found passed out in her yard. Her liver and kidneys are failing and she has been on dialysis since Sunday, and is showing some kidney function improvement. Right now she has a team of 6 doctors working with her to determine a diagnosis. Today they were calling an autoimmune disease specialist in as well. She is very sick and needs many prayers for strength and healing, we are also praying for the doctors to find wisdom and give an accurate diagnosis soon so that treatment can begin!

Her CaringBridge website is this: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/naomidavies

Thank you so much for all your prayers and support! We serve a healing God!

"Is anyone among you in trouble?  Let them pray. Is anyone happy?  Let them sing songs of praise. Is anyone among you sick?  Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.  And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up.  If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.  Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective."
James 5:13-16

Vacation Wrap Up {Fri & Sat} Pt.2

Did you miss the first part? Get caught up here.

Friday was our first and only full day at the beach. It was blissful. Pure joy! That is, until I become a spokeswoman for Red Lobster. Oh yes!

My Dad had taken the day off of work to join us at the beach, and Aunt Barbara made an appearance too! The morning started out hazy, but by afternoon the haze and fog had burned off to reveal beautiful blue skies! It was so pretty and peaceful...I may or may not have just laid in the sand for four hours. I bet now you are understanding why I become a lobster?

View of the condo from the beach!

We had dinner plans at Aunt Catfish's, which if you are in the Daytona Beach area you MUST eat there. It really is so delicious and we love the atmosphere. We showered and changed for dinner...I felt fine. Half way through dinner my sunburn hit me like a ton of bricks! We sat at a comfortable corner booth inside and all had some fresh Florida seafood except for Mom because she does not like to eat anything that swims! Dinner was delicious as expected!

 Stephen's Mexican Shrimp & Grits

 My Coconut Shrimp and Sweet Potato Fries

We finished up the evening with a photo session on the condo balcony, it was the perfect day at the beach...minus the 3rd degree sunburn!

Saturday, we packed up the condo and headed home to my parent's house. I say we packed, but I honestly did not do anything because I felt so sick. I am not sure if it was because of the amount of sun I got on my backside, my lack of sleep, or my high blood sugars or what but I felt so icky. Thankfully, after some ice water, rest and medication I started feeling well enough to eat something (mango pineapple smoothie, yes please!) and stop at the outlet mall in St. Augustine for a little retail therapy. Stephen and I scored great deals at the Gap Outlet! We got, 2 pairs of shorts for me, 3 sweaters for me, a flower headband for me and a hoodie for Stephen all for under $50.00! I was really happy about our savings and the additions to our fall wardrobe for next season!

Saturday evening I finally got to meet Hunter's girlfriend, Jessica for the first time. We double dated with them to MoJo's and had the best BBQ dinner. I love MoJo's and actually find myself craving their BBQ Turkey Salad all.the.time. I forgot to take a picture of our food, but I promise it was so good!

After dinner we had a couple errands to run and stopped at Rita's (#2). We found out that my Aunt and Uncle were watching fireworks at the mall in OP so we headed that way. Turns out that the OP Mall was putting off this fireworks display and we had awesome seats in the back of a cemetery. It was kind of spooky and cool all at the same time to get in a cemetery after dark. Thankfully, we had a quilt in the trunk of my car to make ourselves right at home!

Too be continued...

Part Three is coming soon!

Man VS. Food

If you have cable you have probably seen the show I am talking about; Man Vs. Food. It is a great show on the travel channel that The Mr. and I used to love watching together while dating. Me in Florida, him in Indiana...when you are in a long distance relationship you have to get creative and find ways to do things together regularly. Phone television and movie dates were pretty frequent for us. I never though that The Mr. would do something like Adam Richman though. The Mr. proved me wrong and surprised me last weekend while in Pierceton, IN!

Yesterday I posted a long and detailed breakdown of our weekend, but I left out on pretty big part. The Mr. might even say this was the highlight of his weekend...you never know :) So here we are, in Pierceton getting some lunch. I tell The Mr. that I saw a sign on the front of the building advertising a 5lb burger. Neither of us saw it on the menu, but went our waitress came to take our order he asked about it. The conversation went something like this:

MR: Do you guys have a 5lb burger? I think we saw a sign.

WAITRESS: Yes! We have a 5lb burger. Do you want to do the challenge?

MR: There is a challenge?

WAITRESS: If you eat the entire burger in an hour it is free, but only one person has been able to do it.

MR: Sure, I will try!

ME: You know I am going to blog about this, and take TONS of pictures!

MR: Yes, I realize that.

WAITRESS: It takes about 30 minutes to cook because it takes up the entire grill.

MR: Okay, I can wait.

So my food comes out. First my side salad then my BLT. I eat and wait for his burger. I could see the excitement and anticipation on his face while they were cooking it. We could hear the guys in the back shouting things like "get me a whole tomato for this thing!" and things like that...it was too funny! I think the entire restaurant was excited that he decided to do this :)

I saw his burger before he did because he had his back to the kitchen...my first thought was something along the lines of  "oh my goodness!" The thing was HUGE! Once the plate was set in front of him the waitress took his picture and explained that it would either be posted on their Wall of Fame, or Wall of Shame and set the timer. He started eating and I started snapping pictures. I think the story is best told through the pictures:

Looking happy and anxious to take the first bite!

This thing was so BIG. Bigger than I think either of us imagined!

Digging in...yum! Our waitress told him he had to eat the bread but he was saving it for last as part of his strategy. :)

Yum Yum Yum

Bacon, tomatoes, onions, pickles, cheese, special sauce and lots of lettuce.

He is still going...

Yum!

The top of the bun was a big as my head! Wow!

Just for a size comparison...

Is it just me or is he looking a little full?

Half way! Woohoo!

It was as big as Stephen's head too!

So so so much bread and that's coming from a girl who loves carbs!

You know the bread that you make spinach dip in? The round sourdough loafs? This was one...so heavy and dense!

He is happy with what he accomplished in 28 minutes :)

Stick a fork in him, he is done!

What he did not eat had to be put in not one, but two to-go boxes!

In the end, The Mr. stopped eating after about 30 minutes. He did eat half of the towering burger and some of the top bun. Thankfully he stopped before he was miserable, because we still had some shopping to do :) I asked him if he was able to enjoy the burger and all and he said yes and that it was surprisingly really good. We both are interested to see how they cook a burger patty that big! Because he did not finish the burger in an hour, we had to pay our bill and his face is now on the wall of shame. He can try again though...maybe next time we go antiquing!

Have a great Tuesday friends & family. Up tomorrow my Easter cupcakes that turned out not so Eastery.