sweet + whimsy life: Everyday Life- Week(s) 18, 19, 20

Sorry for the silence! May has been a busy month for us with lots of family time, graduations, bridal showers, lots of planning and preparing for Eugene to start school, alot of house cleaning, alot of dirty dishes and unwashed laundry, and alot of working for me (or so it seems). But despite the lack of posting, as always-- life was lived, pictures were taken, lessons were learned and God has been so good.

There's still alot of uncertainty in what lies ahead for Eugene and me, but we're learning to be flexible and stand confident in the face of change. Eugene has been able to get more days off from work to prepare for school, so it's been super sweet being able to spend more days with him (even if most of those days off are spent driving to LA and running errands.) I have an evergrowing appreciation for every little blessing we have in our lives and we're both learning to really embrace each day for what it brings. Although there's alot of unanswered questions and alot of decisions that are yet to be made, we have perfect peace in that our God is a good God and that He is most glorified when we joyfully place our full trust in Him....so try we will. Please pray for us!

Anyway, here's what the last three weeks looked like. I tried to cut some out because Eugene said 50 pictures on one post would be too much. Sorry for the delay!

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The uncertainty of whether we're moving or not has caused me to love and appreciate my job so much more. I love the hospital I work for and absolutely adore the staff. I am SO blessed. Each night I have to go into work, I really go in so excited to do what I love with the people I love being around. Consecutive nights of work in a row mean a cluttered mess on the dining table. For some reason, these two always go hand in hand.

Collecting Jars for my friends with weddings coming up. This is Ally's Bag :)

More slow cooking goodness. This was oriental chicken wings.

We visited my parents house alot this month because of Mother's Day and my sister's graduation from Art School. My mom works for a company that grows orchids (I think) which makes for a beautiful set up in front of her kitchen window.

Our pets at home.

My sister had an art show the day before her graduation and it was superb. More on her soon, but in the meantime check her work out here: www.audreyjl.com

Art shows are so fancy. Even the lighting of their hallways are so fancy.

Speaking of fancy, their commencement ceremonies are also extremely fancy. So proud of my sister!

Sometimes all it takes is just cups and cups of ice water and some good greek yogurt to get you through a night shift. :)

I've been wanting a kitty for a long time, and Eugene had been largely against it.. but when we went to LA to go apartment shopping a neighborhood cat won Eugene over. He's more open to it now. :) Must be more than coincidence!

We stopped by to visit Eugene's parents at their ice cream shop during one of our LA trips. We never leave emptyhanded. So sweet!

I got a card from a patient's family last week. She had been there for a while and I had worked with her for a majority of her stay and really grew to love her and her family so much! My job is so rewarding. A huge blessing. Great grace..

I love spending time with Eugene anywhere.. but it's definitely extra special when sushi is involved. :) Especially when we get special rolls on the house!

We joined the bandwagon and watched the very anticipated "Avengers" this month as one of our date nights. (Thanks Lee & Esther for the movie tickets!) Of course we had to get ice cream before.

For small group this year we read "Life in the Father's House" by Wayne Mack and Dave Swavely. It was an excellent read and a helpful resource! This particular small group session was filled with questionnaires about spiritual gifts and a very chocolatey bundt cake.

A few of my friends are getting married this year and I'm so excited for them to join the wives club with me! :) Bridal showers are my favorite!

For mother's day, some of the ladies set up a luncheon for the mom's at our church. It was SUPER cute. (Props to Sara for all the hard work in planning!) It was full of hor d'oeurves, strawberries, flowers and sunshine. It was just lovely and it was so awesome being able to show our moms how much we love and appreciate them!

There's truly something special about strawberries and lemonade together.

Beautiful bite size goodies for our beautiful mommies. Great job, girls!

As for my mom, she planned her own Mother's Day dinner. We were trying to convince her to let us take her out somewhere but she was already prepping dinner by then. She totally would..