Weekend Wrap-Up: Matthew 5:16 Day & Mother's Day Edition

This weekend was another fun filled & busy weekend and I wish it could've lasted longer!!

 

 

Friday morning coffee in hand!

 

I sent this pic to my girlfriends Friday morning because I was ready to see them Saturday night! (and I was parked at a stoplight when I took this picture my friends already pointed that out lol!)

 

Friday evening my uncle John came over to help my dad mow (so sweet) and I had to snap this picture after they were done!

Saturday morning was Matthew 5:16 Day and we were up bright & early preparing for that!
Susan wanted to send these pics to Britt because she was graduating and we were proud of her!!


Matthew 5:16 Day is something my mom felt called to start in our hometown about 4 years ago. Matthew 5:16 says "In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." God has put us on this Earth to shine His light and do good deeds for others without them asking us to. Some of the good acts we do include: planting flowers at senior citizens' homes, washing cars of the staff at nursing homes, handing out flowers at road blocks, a car wash for anyone who wants one, free baked goods at gas stations, praying at the high school, and many other things too! It is free and most people try to give money if they get their car washed or money for baked goods but everything is free!

 

Ash dropped the boys off to me because she was working and they really wanted to help. We snapped a selfie while they were finishing their breakfast!

 

We were assigned to plant flowers at the city hall but when we got there, there were no flowers! So I called mom and she said that they had ran out of flowers so we headed to the car wash where Noah was!

 

Washing the cars of the staff at one of the nursing homes!

 

He said this was the best Matthew 5:16 Day ever!!!

 

 

We ate lunch at Bravos with some of the other helpers after the event was over!

 

Fast forward to that evening when Eric & Susan were having a grad party for Britt! 

 

 

Abby & Brenda :)

 

 

 

 

The only pic I got of Britt!

 

Her cake was so pretty & yummy too!

 

Negas (neighbors that go to Vegas together)

 

This pic is blurry but I love these girls and the laughter we share!

 

Late at night (like 11 o'clock) they wanted to see our new house so I showed them :)

 

Congrats Britt! And to Megan and Leah too (they graduated also!)

We are all graduated now! Britt, Megan, & Leah are all heading off to grad school in the fall, Allyson is taking classes to receive her Bachelor's in nursing, Kylie is planning her wedding and studying for her nursing exam, and I am moving into our home! We are all at different stages in our lives but we are so grounded in our faith and each other :)

 

 

 

Sunday was Mother's Day and I thought this quote was fitting! We headed to church, mom wanted to go to Evansville, we ate at Cheddar's, and then Noah and I split up to go "house shopping!"

 

A few pics of mom and I in the past couple of years.

 

Circa my junior year of high school!

 

Gas station coffee :)

 

I didn't take any pictures with my mom but she knows that I love and appreciated her. Mom I hope I can be half the mother that you are someday!

 

Have a great week and hopefully by the end of this week we will be moved in!!

Say a few prayers for that!

St. Lucia: Days 7 & 8...And Friday Favorites

So Wednesday was our last full day and we decided to spend it by the pool...doing nothing so I only have one picture from that day.

 

 

And the only reason I have this picture is because Ash texted and wanted 1 last pic of the ocean and we happened to be eating at the Bistro (which is on the ocean) so I obliged!

 

Thursday we had to leave the resort to get to the airport around 11 am so we ate breakfast at the Bayside and finished last minute packing! We loved Saint Lucia!

 

Almost all week there were cruise ships docked here, those boats are so big!

 

That island is gorgeous!

 

I sent this to friends when we landed in Atlanta!  I loved our honeymoon and having just "us" time but boy was I glad to be back in America!

 

 

And now for Friday Favorites! I missed last week since we got home at 2 am and I was sleeping but I am glad to be back for this fun link up!

 

 

I love linking up with Andrea, Erika, & Narci (almost) every Friday!

 

 

At work we celebrate birthdays every month and mine so happens to be in May so on Monday they had cake and ice cream and the birthday gals got flowers :) This is a FAVORITE from this week and I can't wait to put it at the house!

 

Tuesday evening Eric and Susan came over to visit and they have had this recliner stored at their house for us. Mom wants to shampoo it before we move in so I went with them back to their house to get it. Before we left our house mom said she was going walking so we thought it would be really funny to drive by my mom walking with Susan in the chair...we got to my house and her car was gone which meant she drove in town to walk so we didn't get to show her :( But I took a picture so I could show mom later! My FAVORITE was when I sent the pic to Jill & Abby (her daughters) and they died laughing!

 Sigh, this is probably my FAVORITE of all time :)

 

Yay!!! Last night we started getting ready for Matthew 5:16 Day!!! This day is one of my FAVORITES of the year because we get to shine God's light and do good works to please Him! Some may not know what this day is (I didn't a couple of years ago) and I would love for you to email me (blakewalke93@gmail.com) with any questions you may have :) Tonight there is more prep for this big day and tomorrow we get to shine Christ's light!

Some of my girlfriends & I last year before we headed out to our workplaces!

 

Have a great weekend!!

 

St. Lucia: Days 5 & 6

Day 5 which was Monday went headed to another resort, La Toc, so Noah could get his golf fix in :) Noah plays almost every sport and this is the first time we have ever gone golfing together!

 

 

 

 

 

La Toc was beautiful!

 

This is what I did while he golfed :)

 

 

 

Their beach was beautiful!! He was done golfing by 930 am and we had originally planned on eating lunch there but it was hot and I was in pain from my sunburn so we headed back to Halycon. The rest of the day we did absolutely nothing, we napped and then tried the Italian place for dinner. At this point I was disappointed with the food and thought I would dislike this place too but I was wrong!! We ended up eating there every night for the rest of the trip!

 

 

 

Mario's :)

 

They had yummy cocktails, a buffet of appetizers, soup, main course, and then dessert!! SO much food but it was my FAVORITE!!!

Tuesday was zip lining!!!

 

The rainforest!!

I had never been zip lining before so why not do in on an island in a rainforest for my first time??

We were the "red team" hence our red helmets and there was another couple with us too.  We were assigned a guide who went in front of us and took our cameras with him. That was so nice since we didn't have to worry about holding the line, our harness, and a camera.  He got some great pics and a few videos!!

 

 

 

 

Yea this is me pulling myself at the end because I didn't make it to the platform! They call it the walk of shame!

 

 

We had so much fun! It was seriously a workout! We zipped 12 lines, the highest being 250 feet in the air, and the fastest line was 30 mph! The rainforest had snakes and tarantulas but thankfully we didn't see any! The tour bus that picked us up from the resort also had a guide on it and he had a tarantula in his hand after we were done zip lining but I stayed as far away as possible!

 

 

On the way back to the resorts he told us stories of previous people who knocked workers out because they didn't brake in time and we are glad he didn't have stories to tell on us (because I may have flew into the tree a little)!  He let us try a chocolate seed (the left pic that is yellow), a love apple (the right pic with a red color) which was a mix between a apple and a peach but it was sweet, and we tried coconut too! They were all yummy!

 

 

 

Dinner at Mario's again that night :)

 

So hopefully this video works because it shows our guide zip lining with the camera in his hand!

Back tomorrow for our last two days!

 

Check out days 3 &4 here.

 

See days 1 & 2 here.