getting in touch with my inner betty crocker.

Dinner party! I'm quite proud. It was kind of impromptu. We invited them three hours prior to when they came over, I added tons of milk and corn starch to my clam chowder, and started cleaning. Katie woke up from her nap to find three extra guys in our house. She stumbled into the living room, saying, "Woah! Our house is clean!" I coughed. "I mean... It's like this all the time!"

Left to right: Ryan, Orville (Jordan), Katie, Emily, Rob, Sylvia, and part of Kelly's hair.

I pulled this out of the oven, where it was raising, and was so excited about how beautiful it was that I paraded it around Berea for awhile...

Rob: "So, what kind of wine goes with clam chowder, red or white?"

Me: "Red."

Rob: "I'm on it."

Rob and Ryan showed up at our door with sparkling grape juice. ;o)

We tried to tell Katie to take it easy, but...








Below: THE FINISHED PRODUCT!!

Yesterday (three days after the bread bowls) I decided to make cornbread muffins...

I must just be a natural, because they were delicious, ON THE FIRST TRY.

Hahahaha.

the fall retreat

It was about an hour and a half drive north of Spokane. It was a pretty drive. On the bus, I talked to this guy who was raised as a missionary's kid in Brazil. It was really cool to listen to his view of the culture compared to what I learned in school. He even knew quite a bit of Portuguese.

A band called Canvas came and played for our worship. They were GREAT. I twas hard to come back the next day on Sunday and sit through a regular service. The speaker at this place was AWESOME, as was the worship.

I thought this was a cool picture.

There was a slide there. I didn't even do it until Friday, which is sad, because it was SO much fun.


 It was good to just have fun after getting my mind completely boggled by the speaker.

All of the ladies of Berea got comments all day about being the "Berea Cult," because of our matching tie-dye shirts. "Don't drink the Kool-Aid!" Hahaha.

Two of the ladies that are head of my friend pack here at Moody. Left is Sylvia, right is Kelly.

Hehehehe AWH.

beautiful manito park

Pretty much the best picture of me ever. I think this should have been a senior picture. Katie took it! It was in the Rose Gardens.

This is currently my desktop. Katie takes wonderful pictures. It's of the Japanese Gardens.

From left to right: Sylvia, Kelly the birthday girl, and Emily.

This photoshoot was in honor of Kelly's birthday, by the way.

I'm sitting quite awkwardly.

But it was a cute picture of everyone else. So, being the good friend I am, I decided to post it anyway.

The whole rose garden was filled with beautiful, beautiful flowers!





Below: the English Gardens.

The following day, we came back and sprawled our blankets out in the middle of the garden, by the fountain in the middle, and did homework. It was amazing.

Speaking of the fountain...

The signs never said we couldn't get in it!

There's Katie being beautiful.

The light was PERFECT for pictures like this.

That's Kelly.




She's adorable.

Emily was just coming out of a spin, if I recall correctly.

This is Sylvia.

Did you know that if you steal a coin from the fountain of love, you will forever have stolen that person's love!

This was my artistic touch.


I think it turned out beautifully!!