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What’s Up Wednesday! June 2026

Y’all, I could not believe it was already time for a What’s Up Wednesday post–June has gone by fast!

What We’re Eating…

Nothing ground breaking, but just lots of repeats of things I normally make. I feel like I am much better at cooking during cold weather because I can cook heartier things like soups and casseroles, but summer months are so much harder for me to cook!

We have enjoyed some picnics for lunch in our backyard!

What I’m Reminiscing About…

Last June 🙂

And this June :). They have all 3 grown so much in a year!

What I’m Loving…

I’m not wearing much make up these days, but I can’t get over how amazing this blush is! It’s cheaper than what I was using, clean, and the pigment is so good that it only takes a little. It will last for so long!!!

What We’ve Been Up To…

Harrison and I made homemade lemonade that the boys enjoyed.

These two are still thick as thieves 🙂

Some car naps

For June’s meeting, my book club met to discuss two books–Our Perfect Storm (loved) and The Shippers (didn’t love). Since The Shippers was technically our June book pick, we held our meeting at my friend Kaylen’s pool and she was the ultimate hostess decorating with the theme of a cruise ship. We also brought dips to eat since we were going to “take a dip in the pool” and it was a fun meeting! I’m already looking forward to next month’s book pick.

Harrison had a dentist appointment and I laughed because he looks so relaxed–which is the opposite of me at the dentist ha!

We went and saw Toy Story 5 on opening night! It was Banks’s and Merritt’s first movie, and at one point, both of them were in my lap during the movie. It was a cute movie and Toy Story is so nostalgic for me, so I will always love it.

And LOTS of time outside doing this!!! Unless it’s raining or chilly…which I feel like a lot of June has been that way.

What I’m Dreading…

Always school starting back…I love being home with my babies!! I really love being with them all the time.

What I’m Excited About…

We’ve got an overnight trip planned for July and I’ve got something really fun planned for August!!!!

What I’m Watching/Reading…

WOW WOW WOW!!!!! I am obsessed with this show! Dustin recommended it so we started it Sunday night. We watched one episode Sunday night and then one on Monday night. Last night we stayed up extra late and watched two episodes haha! If we could have stayed up later last night, we would have watched more. IT’S SO GOOD Y’ALL!!

I’m currently reading this Tessa Bailey book, and I’m undecided about how I feel (I don’t hate it but I’m not obsessed with it). It’s a cute and easy read and I’m halfway through.

I’m reading this next and I cannot wait!!!!!

What I’m Listening To…

Merritt is obsessed with Tangled and she wants to watch it all the time.

What I’m Wearing…

Lots of athleisure!

Resharing this picture again because these are my favorite shorts ever! I have them in a few different colors and they are so comfortable. I also like to wear them to run in :). I bought this color back in February and this color is sold out now, but they have lots of others!

My best friend came to visit and you can see I’m wearing the same shorts and this tshirt that I love that’s like a “fancy” tshirt 🙂

I also bought this tank top, and I plan on getting a picture in it soon! It’s such a good tank for day to day errands and also working out! I bought mine in Oxford Red to be patriotic this summer 🙂

What I’m Looking Forward to Next Month…

More time together at home! Plus our trip and some fun get togethers we have planned!

Friday Favorites!

Happy Friday, y’all! I was just talking to my dad last night about how busy our summer has felt but we haven’t really done anything. We’ve got swim lessons twice a week, library once a week, Harrison had VBS, and some appointments…so we’ve been busy, but haven’t gone anywhere yet.

Today I’m sharing a few FAVORITES with. y’all!!

one

Monday, I published a post on how I do my daily quiet time. I don’t know about you, but if something happens and I can’t do it when I wake up and have to do it later in the day, I can really tell that my day is thrown off.

two

I got a new blush about a month ago and I really like it! I’ve been slowly moving all of my make up products over to a clean version. I used to use Nars blush, but it was very easy to make the swap to a nontoxic blush. I’ve used both Milk and Ilia blush sticks, but the last time I had to replace a few make up products, I wanted something a little cheaper than $30 blush. I saw a new-to-me clean brand and decided to try it. The color I got is Happy Hour and I love it! It’s very pigmented, so use a little at first and build from there. It gives you a very sun-kissed look and I’ve found that it stays all day.

three

Harrison and I made homemade lemonade earlier this week out of my Cotton Country cookbook. Banks even pitched in and helped by removing the stickers from the lemons. When it was time to taste it, both boys were HUGE fans, but Harrison did say it was a lot of work for a little bit of lemonade haha!

four

Excuse the slightly blurry picture from Harrison, but my best friend (who so rudely lives 3ish hours away), was in town for just a little bit on Wednesday so she swung by my house for about 30-45 minutes. We talk all the time via Marco Polo, but it was so nice to see her in person!

five

I snapped this picture yesterday while we were outside playing. Yesterday, I received some really disappointing news. I had made plans in my head for one thing and found out those plans weren’t going to happen. I know in my head that God’s plans are always greater than anything we could plan for ourselves, but I had a hard time just really accepting that. That is, until I watched my kids playing with the water table yesterday and was reminded of how my idea of motherhood and plan for myself was NOTHING like the actual way I became a mother and had children. If my plans would have come to fruition, then I would not have Harrison, Banks, and Merritt–which goes to show me (and remind me again) that God’s plans truly are way better than what we could ever imagine for ourselves. And that real life reminder helped me feel a little better about my disappointing news yesterday 🙂

I hope y’all have the best weekend! Apparently, it’s going to rain AGAIN here….ughhh!

How I Do My Daily Quiet Time

Happy Monday, y’all! It’s a rainy start to our week here, but that’s okay because it’s SUMMER and we don’t have anywhere to be….except swim lessons 🙂 And those will probably be canceled today.

I know I’ve written before on my blog about my quiet time, but I’ve never dedicated a post for it and I don’t know why because it’s a pretty important part of each of my days. In case you are confused on what I’m talking about, a daily quiet time is a time each day that Christians set aside to spend intentional time with the Lord by reading their Bible, maybe a commentary book of some sort, and praying.

Just to give some background info, I did not grow up in a Christian household (please note: this is no judgment toward my parents; I’m just simply stating facts and not faulting them at all), so I did not have this modeled for me. I wasn’t introduced to the concept of quiet time until I was in high school and my youth minister would randomly ask those in my youth group how our quiet times were going, so I started reading my Bible daily so I could be ready for when he asked me ha! I didn’t know what a true quiet time looked like until college when I lived with my best friend and had it modeled for me in that way.

I used to do my quiet time at night but I realized that sometimes I was so tired at night that I would cut my quiet time short because of that. Maybe 5 years ago (I can’t remember…maybe 6?) I decided to start doing my quiet time in the morning and I haven’t looked back since!

Today I wanted to share how I do my quiet time in case you are like I used to be and don’t have a model for it! I also want to add that you will go through different seasons of life where your “quiet” time isn’t necessarily quiet. There have been times where I’ve either had a newborn or even recently where Merritt is up super early, so my quiet time is done with her beside me watching tv. Instead of me getting aggravated that my quiet time is interrupted for the day, I remind myself that I’m modeling for my children what the life of a Christian looks like in hopes that one day their lives will look like that, too.

First, you need to find a “spot” in your house where you do your daily quiet time. I LOVE doing mine in my bed because my bed is so comfortable and soft. It helps that Dustin is an early riser and once he’s awake, he’s up and out of the bed, so that’s why I can do mine in my bed. Sometimes I do it in the living room, and once our upstairs playroom isn’t used as a playroom anymore (aka toys everywhere), I will probably do it up there where it’s really quiet.

Next, you need all of your materials. For me, that’s…

my Bible–I use the ESV Gospel Transformation Study Bible where the commentary points to Christ and the gospel. I would also recommend just the ESV Study Bible, too!

a study book–I am currently going through The Bible Recap each morning, but there are lots of different study books to choose from! I love Warren Wiersbe’s commentaries for the books of the Bible (this one is for Romans), and with those, I’ll read a few verses and then read the commentary on them. Sometimes I will do a study during Lent and Advent, and other times I will read through my Bible and read the commentary in my Bible.

Bible highlighters–these are made to highlight in your Bible without bleeding through and they are the best! I have this pack but they also now make pastel colors and once I’m done with the ones I have, I plan on buying those next!

a pen–these pens also don’t bleed through so I use them to write in my Bible and in my book

After I make myself a cup of coffee, I start by praying and asking God to open my heart and mind to His word. Then I read the scripture assigned for the day and then read the commentary in the Bible recap book. Then I write down my prayers in my book as I pray and I’ve decided that once I’ve finished doing the recap at the end of the year, I’m going to get a special notebook for writing my daily prayers down because I’m really enjoying doing that.

That’s it! It doesn’t have to be super fancy and some days, I get to spend true quality time with God and some days I have kids running around :).