it's been a while

We celebrated Luke's birthday over three weeks ago, but it's been a while since I have updated things here . . .

I truly have the most tender and loving of husbands. To think how gracious the Lord has been to bless me with him . . .

I attempted to do a cake in the shape of a waffle maker for the birthday occasion. Luke's most highly ranked food is waffles. I remember back in the day of being "just friends" Shay and I making this very involved recipe for waffles that Luke gave me. I still remember the looks that Shay gave me as we beat the egg whites until they were stiff and let the batter sit for 45 minutes to let the yeast do it's work. They were looks of: This is such a pain. I really love you to be going along with this, my dear friend. You must think a lot of this "friend" you have to make a recipe for something that you have never been crazy about to begin with.

Family photos. I so love my "second" parents.

Funny how my parents are the same height and (because I grew 1/2 inch when I was prego) Luke and I are now the exact same height. It seems more obvious than normal in this picture . . .