Hot Enough to Boil Shrimp

Last weekend our friends hosted their second annual shrimp boil.  It was a warm night with hot food, but it was oh so delicious!  Eliza spent the night with her Gram and Papa so Kirk and I enjoyed a night out together (which may be our last for a while).  Shrimp, corn, Andouille sausage, potatoes, onions, lots of Old Bay, and Bell’s Oberon – hard to top!

There’s nothing like eating off of paper with only your fingers!

Grilled peaches and ice cream for dessert.

Tony found some paper lanterns at a fireworks store and we sent one off.  It was beautiful to see it go up at night, and amazing how far away you can see the flame.

We took a picture of our house church before the two new members arrive.  Laura went into labor four days after this was taken with their son Riley.  We hope that we can join the club in the next few days!  We were also excited to celebrate Tony and Meredith getting engaged!

Baby Day

Eliza was dedicated at our church, Common Ground, this Sunday. It was a beautiful (but rainy) morning with our family and friends. All six grandparents were able to be there and Eliza was a happy baby with all those arms to hold her!











Eliza had an outfit change for our lunch at Taste! She wore my baptism gown. It was made from one of my great-grandmother's embroidered pillowcases.

Travel Weekend

I am out of town most of this weekend, so everyone call Kirk & keep him from getting too bored (although he does get to go to a Purdue football game)! The Riverside Pastoral Search Committee is going on a little trip to visit a potential candidate. This has been a rather overwhelming task over the past 6+ months. I would think (& pray) long & hard before jumping on board this kind of project/committee in the future. Wisdom is the biggest thing that I have been praying for during this time, since it just makes me feel so unsure when all these people have great potential. It has been a great group of people to serve with & walk through this experience together (with much laughter involved). So I will be packing up (I will leave the red heals at home) & heading out for a road trip with these very fun people that I serve alongside. Hope you all enjoy your weekends too!

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