ICEBOX CAKE???

I have been hearing about an old fashioned dessert called "Icebox cake"...made of graham crackers and pudding and I guess it tastes fantastic. So I thought I would hunt down a recipe and give it a try. To be honest it didn't sound like it would be that great...but was I wrong! I made this dessert on Sunday night ( recipe suggested to keep in fridge for 2-3 days) and on Tuesday we had it with everyone..they loved it and so did I!

THELMA'S CHOCOLATE ECLAIR

1/2 box (8 oz.) graham crackers

2 pkg. (3.4 oz. each) instant vanilla pudding

3 1/2 cups milk

1 (8oz.) cool whip

2 squares (1 oz. each) semisweet chocolate

2 T. butter

1 tsp. light corn syrup

3 T. milk

1 tsp. vanilla

1 -1/2 cups confections sugar

Cover bottom of 13x 9 baking pan with whole graham crackers, set aside. Combine pudding mixes and milk. fold in cool whip. Spread over graham crackers. Top with another layer of crackers. In a saucepan, melt chocolate and butter. Remove from the heat and add remaining ingredients. Spread over top graham cracker layer. Cover and refrigerate. Dessert is best made 2-3 days ahead of time. Yield: 12-15 servings.

My Upbringing.... quite the Adventure!! Part 1

Several weeks ago I was visiting with my mom and we got on the subject of all the places we moved throughout my childhood. I grabbed a piece of paper and began to scribble down everything she and I could remember about where we started and little details of what we did there.
You see my dad and mom were called into the ministry shortly after I was born. My dad decided to go to Bible College in Springfield , Missouri for 3 years and then the Adventure began!
I thought it would be kind of fun to make a log of where I have lived . You would not believe how many times I moved as a child!! I have a most unique childhood. A lot of my memories are of being in the car traveling to another destination...in our brown paneled Station Wagon.

It all started when I was about five years old...we moved to Vancouver, Washington. My parents were supported by a missionary board to be church starters. We were there about 8 months moved to another small town close by to start another church but could not start one.
So we moved on to Everett, Washington to start a church in Richmond, Canada. We lived in a Big White house but were only there 3-4 months...the people were very non receptive to a new church. At that point my folks moved us to Sunnyside, Washington. It was a small established church and my parents really liked the area...the fresh fruit and vegetables. I have a funny memory of us three kids regularly walking down the block to a local restaurant and inside the lobby taking advantage of their "free" peppermint toothpicks! Apparently we did not have too many snacks at home! Did my mom know we did this??
Anyway, we lived in Sunnyside for about 3 years. The church could barely support us financially at this point so we moved on to Pueblo, Colorado and my dad and mom helped a large church with their childrens ministry along with the bus ministry. I am about 9 years old at this point and one important thing I remember here is I made my first profession of faith during a VBS my parents were leading. So we were here maybe one year and then back in the car we go to.....
Mobile, Alabama. My dad got a lead from a friend of a small church there that needed a Pastor, so we kind of just showed up...the way my mom described. I guess there was another man there also trying to take the church but my dad was able to take possession of the church.
We lived in the actual church building...it was very interesting. My sister and I slept in the nursery in bunk beds, my parents had a room across the auditorium to sleep in as the Master bedroom. Oh, but this is the funny part, we actually made a living room off of the church auditorium and they put a curtain around it to block it off..it consisted of a couch and television.
My parents meet a very dear woman here, Mrs. Bradford. She was very generous to us in the years after we left, God used this woman to meet our needs time and time again. She will receive a very big reward in heaven for her givingness! We only stayed a year. Once again financially could not stay.
On to Keokuk, Iowa. What I remember most about this church was watching the movie "The Burning Hell". Wow, it was scary! How come we don't show movies like that anymore??? They had many people saved on one Sunday. I also remember making another profession of faith...assuring myself that I was making the decision to follow Christ. Well, we were there only a year and then on to....? part 2 coming up!