Best Friends + Lattes = A Great Day!

The other day, one of my dearest and best friends Sarah came over! We shared some great talks...and great coffee! Well, great lattes. :) She brought over one of my favorite coffees, Dunkin Donuts Strawberry Shortcake. It's ridiculously expensive but so ridiculously good! So we ground it up, brewed it strong and steamed some milk (with extra foam, of course!) and it was wonderful!

Because Diana was being a crazy person we also went on a walk (we were also slightly crazy, after the lattes and all. Im not even taking into consideration the morning coffee!) So we went on a walk a walk and it was awesome...well. Mostly.

(I had written a big long thing about this but just decided not to) Basically, we were in an uncomfortable situation that involved several men blocking that trail. God kept us safe, nothing happened and the police were called. And I'm not allowed to walk on trails by myself anymore. So from now on, we're just going to stick to the sidewalk from now on. We will not be taking the road less traveled. Unless, of course, I have my big strong hubby with me :)

Starting Summer With a Road Trip!

Well, mini road trip anyway :) After getting the Jeep we had to try it out. So, on Memorial Day Sunday after breakfast we loaded up the kids and headed out the door with a map and no plan! It felt like the freedom I felt as a child during the summer with 100 acres of woods in the backyard and all day to play.

We put on a few hundred miles just driving this way and that, through farmlands and little towns. It was overcast, but the cloudy day added to that mellow lazy day feel. The type of day where you pop in a great cd and feel like you could just drive all day, so that's just what we did. :) We just drove!









When we were little, Dad always told us the big white thing was the Jolly Green Giant's golf ball, Daniel and I figured it was a weather station. That's not what we told Diana and Ellie though. ;)









There were so many people proudly displaying American flags!




Off the beaten path... a little bit :)


I love my hubby :)





Little one nibbling on lunch


Diana loved getting out to run!




Yummy lunch picnic!







Cool old buildings :)



Small town festivals...









Coffee break at Alterra :)





Hubby got a red eye coffee with a triple shot of espresso! Me, a latte :)






Coffee was the perfect end to a perfect day to a chilly summer day. The whole weekend was great and the best possible start to summer, I can't wait for the rest of the year!

Morning Latte

As a wedding gift my hubby and I received an espresso machine. I think we used it once right after we first got married but, for what ever reason, ended up putting it up away. Well, while cleaning the other day I found it again and decided to use it! It's been up there for the better part of 2 years so it needed a good cleaning, but I have fallen in love with it! I just started using it yesterday and have since made 4 lattes (one of those was for the hubbs) and they are so good! I love the rich espresso scent and the sweet foamy milk. Im finishing my morning cup right now, I had to wait until after feeding Ellie of course. That stuff travels quickly to breast milk :)

On another completely different note, I was reading my bible the other day and some things stuck out to me. Now, of course the bible has countless lessons to teach and is the true word of God, the only 100% reliable teaching guide on what is right and how we should live. But Our God is an Awesome God and I think it's really "neat" (for lack of a better word) that not only is the bible a way for us to grow closer to Him and learn how to live, but also a history book and an example of how humans really are all the same and have never really changed (sadly)

Anyway, I was reading about Abraham and the time the three visitors came to visit him to tell him that Sarah was to have a son (Gen 18:1-19) I was reading through where the men were talking to Abraham and that Sarah was at the entrance listening to them.

Then the Lord said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son" Now Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, which was behind him. (Gen. 18:10)

I couldn't help but to smile... "how wifeish!" I thought. I could just picture the men getting together with Abraham and them all talking and Sarah not being able to control her curiosity and wanting to know what was being said. I can see her trying to find a spot in the tent where she could hear the best. I see her in my mind kind of straining her ears trying to catch everything.

How many of us women are like that now? I know that when hubby gets a phone call or I see him talking about something to someone that I don't recognize my first thoughts are "who was that? What did they want? I wonder what he's saying?" Not that that's a bad thing, I just smiled at the thought that our wifely human curiosity has been the same for over 2000 years and is the same in every culture.

Well, my quite morning is almost over, so time to get off and get busy!