Selah and Luke's Wedding

Yesterday, my dear friend since early childhood - Selah, married my amazing cousin - Luke. What a thrill it was to not only watch and encourage them both during their friendship turned relationship, but also to watch them draw closer to God as they drew closer together, and then finally witness and support their matrimony.
Since I was so busy helping her prepare for the wedding, I didn't get many photos myself, but here are a few - giving a glimpse of it... If I get time, once I get the real photos, I might try to post some more...

Had to throw this one in there....I was asked to make their slideshow, and started multi-tasking while Oma finished altering the hem of my dress.

Love the memories of just the 4 of us here, early Saturday morning.... Talk about triple prepping!!
Not only did Selah get pampered, but she made sure to pamper us--doing makeup AND even some of our hair!!
She was the perfect example of self-sacrificial, even though this was HER big day!! I love you Sis!!

I felt honored to be able to be there for Luke and Selah's first look in Ramsey Park...
What a beautiful bride!!

Sorry, the photo was a little blurry... Shortly after their First Look...

Baby, it was cold outside!! I can't believe I didn't bring a coat....
What a gentleman!

This was adorable...I love Luke's face....

Proverbs 30:18 & 19d - There be 3 things which are too wonderful for me, yea,  4 which I know not:
.....the way of a man with a maid.

What a wonderful wedding party we had!! The biggest unique thing with Luke and Selah's wedding was that  of the 14 bridal attendants,  only 3 of us were truly single, everyone else was married (except 2 who were dating each other, and another who was engaged)!!

A fun photo of a bunch of my friends and I at the photo booth....

"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife:

and they shall be one flesh."

~ Genesis 2:24 ~

There is so much more I could say, but, as the best man started his toast: "In conclusion..... ;)", though I 'lost my childhood "best friend"', I'm just so blessed to have gained another cousin, and be encouraged by another couple who is striving to serve God!!!

Praise you Jesus, and may their marriage be a glory to You!!!

REMINDER: It Isn't Spring Anymore/Yet!!

Well, pride goeth before the fall, I suppose...or as it really goes in Proverbs 16:18, "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall."
So, I was emailing a friend the other day (who had a bunch of snow in her mid-western State), joking/boasting about our gorgeous Spring weather here in the Northwestern State of Idaho, and (as I knew would happen) snow came last night!!!

Not that that was a bad thing, but...well, I suppose it was "bound to happen" as they say! LOL
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I just have to share this praise with ya'll....yes, it does have to do with Packing...

Yesterday morning, while trying to decide what to wear to church, I thought, "I really need to find some good layering clothes, & some good woven short-sleeved shirts!!" (It was the perfect day to wear a turtle neck under a short-sleeved woven shirt). Also, for the last many months, I've been trying to find some inexpensive flannel long-sleeve shirts, but to no avail as of yet...

Well, last night, we went to the Schumann's home again, & had a wonderful time fellowshipping with some other families there. Selah just happened to have cleaned out her closet, & had around a half dozen shirts that fit me; of which (Praise the Lord), there were amongst other things, some short-sleeved woven shirts & flannel long-sleeved shirts.

I know that you probably think it's just a trivial thing; but to me, it was another big reminder of how I can trust God to supply all my needs...heretofore and in the future!! There have been some other even bigger 'miracles' (to me) that have happened in the last few weeks, that I look forward to sharing in a future post.

But my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

~ Philippians 4:19 ~

Schumanns, Dolly, & Scrapbooking...

Me & Dolly

Tonight, I went to the Schumann's place: some very good friends of ours. Selah (a very dear friend) just had a calf born (Dolly) to one of her best milkers (Precious), 4 days ago.

This afternoon, Selah separated Dolly, to start bottle feeding her, so while I was there, we gave her her first bottle feeding.
Fortunately, it didn't take more than 5 minutes for her to realize what she was supposed to do...
Isn't she cute???

Selah & Precious

Selah surprised me by giving me a scrapbook and supplies, so I can scrapbook The Trip when I get back home in September!!! I'm SO excited...