My life, recently,...

The last few weeks have consisted of so many random things. I've been a baking fool, I've babysat more in the last week than I have in years, I've had baby showers, I've been sick, I've been quite busy.

I babysat two little girls yesterday for four and a half hours. They are 3 and 1 1/2 and so much fun. I was wondering how to keep them entertained or at least not fussy for that long, but it worked itself out. We went for a walk, we gather hay and made a "hay okay" (which is translated, hay bouquet), we watched 102 Dalmatians, we ate lunch, we had a tickle fight and a dance party, we snuggled and we made little rainy day crafts. It was so refreshing and so good for my soul. I need to get back into children's ministry!

Over the last two weeks, I've baked three dozen snicker doodles, four dozen chocolate chip oatmeal cookies, four loaves of banana bread, and a dozen apple oatmeal scones. The last two baked goods were made to use up our fruit before we leave. Also, the scones are probably one of my favorite things I've ever made.

I had a baby shower for my friend, Liz, three weeks ago and it turned out very nicely. Since I had no clue what I was doing I called my mom a lot during preparation and then winged it on the day of. A few days ago, Liz and I had a mini shower for our friend, Courtney, who is also pregnant. It was a nice time to get together and we handmade Courtney's presents, which is always so much more fun!

And now I'm wide awake, bright and early on a Saturday morning. The past week was so exhausting that Patrick and I fell asleep on the couch last night at 8pm, woke up at 9:30pm, went to bed and I woke up at 7:45am. Refreshed! There's a lot I need to get done this weekend and I'm so glad that the Lord allowed us to get so much rest for the next few days. Did mention that I'm going to Europe in three days?

Here are some random pictures, taken with my new camera of course!

The first batch of chocolate chip oatmeal cookies....


My very cute Piper...My incredibly handsome husband...

The perfect tea time...
Liz, me, and Courtney at the Commonplace for Courtney's mini shower...