Friday Highs and Lows

Highs

-Street ministry tonight!
-BBQ's. It's hot, hot, hot outside.
-Sending off a sister to Costa Rica. Psyched to hear her stories!
-Posting my website on facebook booked me a wedding! Hooray!
-Tofu soup. I'm not a big fan of tofu. Like.. at all. Sometimes it tastes like I'm biting into a buttery sponge. BUT when a Chinese friend makes it the way she was taught growing up, it is quality business.

Lows

-Emergency room bill. Yikes. Can they charge that?
-Allergens floating through the air like they just don't care. And they don't. Unruly minions.
-My handsome husband is being worked like a rented mule. I am so proud of all his work, but his schedule has been a bit chaotic as of late.

Sometimes, daisies

Sometimes, a daisy is all it takes to make a day wonderful.

Also, I'm finally 'opening' up my photo site today.

It's been there for more than a year, but I'm finally announcing it on facebook.

Zach has been encouraging it forever, but I never really felt comfortable sharing it with people I know. Insecurities with my editing, mainly. But today, it'll be out in the open.

Here's to hoping that people are interested in getting their picture taken.

Any Seattle dwellers interested in a shoot? 

I did it; claiming my blog.

Follow my blog with Bloglovin

For awhile I was in denial about google reader shutting down.

Then I realized that no mater what I think, it's still going to happen.

So I finally imported all the blogs I follow to Bloglovin.

You should do it too, if you love your reads. 

Some things people just don't get. I am one of those people.

Left photo: From husband's perspective (I'd like to think): If you're trying to impress me with an invisible hand puppet ... it's working.

Right photo: Flip your hair, they say. You'll look gorgeous, they say. (Yeah, could be. Or you'll look like a psychopath.) 

Get with the program, K. The more you touch your hair, the frizzier it gets. Also, don't be alarmed, but the light fairy just swooped in front of the camera at the exact time the picture was taken. You now look like a Norwegian ghost.  

Left photo: Quick, look adoringly into the distance and talk to Jesus.  

Right photo: Make a "I just tooted" face, but pretend it's okay and say you look like Bob Marley.

 Note to self: 

Attempted dreadlock turned out longer than the rest of your hair. Fix that ish out.

When someone tells you that you look like a gypsy from Indonesia, it's a good day.

Toby's in surgery today.

This little man is at the hospital as I type.

He's getting surgery to straighten his fingers out.

Prayers would be much appreciated as this brother gets worked on. 

Thank you!

(He was born with a finger and a thumb. The finger was split in two, so now he has two fingers and a thumb. The scar tissue from the surgery, however, is preventing proper growth. Here's to trusting the doctors that it's the last operation!)

Father's Day

My dad use to be an avid hiker in his younger years.

Now that he's older, he still loves it, but doesn't venture outdoors as often as he'd like to.

Which means that Father's Day typically results in some sort of a hike.

This Father's Day was a simple, yet beautiful hike over at Deception Pass.

Although I didn't get any good photos of the view from the summit, I DID spot a whale.

I wasn't sure what it was sticking out of the water, and then when I looked again,

POOF, it was gone.

 

After this, Zach and I spent some time with my in-laws at their house.

The boys went out to see Iron Man 3, and the girls stayed back to watch a sap-tastic-tear-felt-drama/comedy combo film from the 80's. In all, a success.  

Business Cards

It's getting crafty up in here.

Does anyone know of an etsy shop that design stamps for business cards?