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Cutting Sadie’s Hair, Painting with Chocolate, and Drawing

Sadie has been asking for a haircut for a few weeks now. She kept saying that she wanted her hair to be my length. I couldn’t find an opening at our local hair salon that worked with our schedule, so I did some research and cut her hair myself.

I think I took off about four or five inches?! I washed her hair, combed it, and then separated it into three sections. I just cut straight across for each section and that was that. She was happy with it and it looks much less scraggly at the bottom! Is it perfect? No, but it’s good enough! (more…)

Father’s Day 2024

It was so fun to celebrate Father’s Day in the Outer Banks this year because I was able to spend the day with Jimmy and my dad!

Grandpa and baby in swimming pool

We started our day off at Son Rise Church of Christ in Kill Devil Hills for morning worship and heard a great sermon on Philippians 2 about Christian unity.

After church, we hung out by the pool for most of the day and it was the perfect way to spend a summer afternoon! Mordecai got a little more brave with the pool–yay!

Baby boy sitting by pool

I used Mordecai’s nap time in the afternoon to do some recipe testing. I’m considering making red, white, and blue challah for my July bakery menu!

Red white and blue challah

In the evening, we grilled chicken, steak, and fish for dinner and then the boys went to the Oregon Inlet and drove Jimmy’s truck onto the beach and went fishing. They didn’t catch any fish but saw a fox?! They said the water was warm and the beach there was really peaceful.

Black Ford Raptor on Outer Banks beach

It was a memorable and special day with the men in my life 🖤