June 28 & 29

June 28


June 29

mornings of June 25-27

June 25

June 26

June 27

mornings of June 17-24

June 17

June 18

June 19

June 20

June 21

June 22

June 23

June 24

non-dairy milk tasting

Tuesday nights I pack up Ransom & go hang out with the ladies while Andrew has band practice. Sarah, Coralie, Anne, and I had this idea to have a milk tasting. It probably came up because I am one of those dairy free people and my friends have recently tried things like coconut milk & rice milk in an effort to branch out. (What sweet girls, eh?)

Here's the line up: coconut water, oat milk (vanilla), chocolate hazelnut milk, almond milk (low fat vanilla) , rice milk (vanilla), and coconut milk.

We scored each milk with five being the best & one being the worst.
Chocolate hazelnut & coconut milk were the favorites. Rice milk surprised us & ended up being more likeable than we expected. Oat milk was good, until the grainy aftertaste hit, but we think it'd be good in baking & such.

This little boy on my lap was interested in my scoring sheet & pen.
For awhile he just laid in my arms, content to cuddle. Lately he's been doing this with Andrew & I, happy to be held & to look at us.

He gets a five out of five. :)

mornings of June 15, 16

June 15

June 16

party planning as a ministry

This past weekend was a blur of parties. We had three graduation receptions to go to & I had one baby shower to attend. Add these parties to an already busy Sunday (a work day in our home), and hokey Pete did I feel like a party animal by the end!
Hokey Pete.
This post is about the baby shower. It was a glorious change of party pace. A thoughtfully put together celebration put together by my friend Rachel to bless my friend Laryn and her daughter-on-the-way Lux.
Rachel & her husband just moved into their house a couple of weeks ago (if that) and the house is charming. I was inspired and so I took lots of pictures of the party details & also some of the decorative things Rachel did around the house to make it beautiful.

I've been to a handful of parties that have blessed me, even though they weren't for me. A few girls I know, Rachel being one of them, have such a way with party planning that being part of one feels like I'm being ministered to. Presenting food in a simple but pretty way, thinking of quirky not shower-y games to play, making even the little details beautiful, all to make the bride or mom to be know that she is loved & supported and that life is worth celebrating.
I think this sort of thing makes Jesus happy because it's like I feel a part of his joy when I'm a witness to people being blessed in this way.

Mornings of June 10-14

June 10

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June 14

Morning of June 9

Shameless plug for the postal service. :)

mornings of June 7, June 8

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June 8

Mornings of June 3-6

June 3

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June 5

June 6

Morning of June 2