Earthpaste Giveaway Winner!

It's time to reveal the winner of the Earthpaste Giveaway!  Thanks very much to everyone who participated.  If you didn't win and are still interested, I encourage you to give this product a try anyway.  You can purchase it several places online, and HERE is the official website. I have been very impressed with the quality of Earthpaste, and it's certainly opened me up to new flavors of toothpaste I'd never enjoyed before.  Previous to this I was strictly a spearmint girl!



According to the Random Number Generator the winner of this latest giveaway is...

Entry #3, Erin!

Congratulations, Erin!  I will be contacting you soon.

14 weeks

our first basket! (this year)

Last week our family received the first CSA basket of the year!  (CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, find out more by clicking HERE.) This is our fifth year of participating in such a program.  We love it so much; it's wonderful to get a chance to have all of this fresh, local, seasonal produce.  I love that we're helping to support a local farmer.  And it's great to be encouraged to try new things - I am very much a one of getting stuck in a rut as far as which foods I buy.

We will receive a weekly basket of goodies throughout the growing season - roughly from June through September/October.  The amount of produce in each week's basket varies according to the season (for example, although this week's basket was plentiful, the fullest basket is yet to come).

Our first basket included:  two heads of lettuce, broccoli, pod peas, a ton of Walla Walla onions, a green pepper radishes, beet greens, kale, and Swiss chard.  Bounty!  We're so thankful to be able to do this again. 

To nourishment,

sweet 16

 It's been 16 years since we said "I do."  Actually it was "I will," and there's a funny story behind that - but I'll spare you.  Let's just say there was no hesitating on that day.  We loved each other and we were ready to pledge our lives to one another.

This man has been such a blessing to me!  I am honored to be his wife.  Over and over he extends me grace, and he is so considerate and respectful.  He's turned out to be an amazing father (but I knew that he would be) and an even better husband, partner, lover, leader and friend.

I've loved my life these past 16 years, and I pray we'll have many, many more years together.  I have my heart set on growing old with this guy.


Happy Anniversary, Dearest.  I love you more today than I ever have before.  And given our history, that's saying something!

summertime...sort of.

It may not be officially summer just yet, but around here it's feelin' pretty summery.

Now if only the sun would stick around for more than a day or two at a time!

barefoot & pregnant

interpretation

The whisk I'd been using to mix ice cream fell on the floor.

Me:  "Poop!"

Elise, age 3, peering closely: "Is that poop?"

Me:  "No, it's not poop.  I was just unhappy about the mess I made on the floor.

Elise:  "That chocolate, not poop."

Me:  "Yes, you're right.  It's chocolate."

Elise, supremely confident:  "That not poop on the floor, Mama..."