🪨 Lil Treasures #237: Ramen Noodles, Conway Fitty + Rock Bottom
We're talking mission trips, Gen-Z and the ministry of ice cream sammies
Beloveds it is Friday and therefore we reap what the Internet hath sown. I have brought in the harvest and we have a bounty.
Here we goooooooooooo!
🎬 There’s a trend going ‘round the internet of “when Gen-Z edits a video” and this particular version is my favorite one so far.
🥵 Like this girl, I think I appreciate the great Alan Jackson’s power with words to a great extent now, because we have entered the soupy part of summer and it is one hundred percent “hoochie coochie” hot.
🤠 I will never party in the club the same way again thanks to this treasure from "Conway Fitty". Along those same lines, what were you clubbing (err, dancing) to in your high school/college years that makes you instantly feral again anytime you hear it? Please drop your fave nostalgic bangers in the comments!
🖼️ A couple of weeks ago, we had the chance to see the art of Dr. Herbert Jung at Samford. Herbert was the grandfather of our dear friend, Alan, who is the dean of Health Professions at Samford. This is the coolest story, and we loved getting to experience it with our whole family. Cy was also very into it and made us take pictures of him with his favorite pieces, which I will share a sampling of with you now.
👰 Who doesn’t love an excuse to play dress-up, especially when it’s a pretend wedding to celebrate with people you love? It is so sweet the way this bride made her flower girl feel a part of her special day, even when she couldn’t be there for the real one.
🙏 We’re discussing The NOs of Mission Trips on this week’s episode of Faith Adjacent! If you went on a mission trip or two growing up and have the matching t-shirts and traveler’s diarrhea stories to prove it, this episode is for you! Y’all this one was wild.
🥑 It’s a bajillion degrees outside and we are ABSOLUTELY NOT turning on the oven in my house, so I’m attempting to make everything into some sort of cold salad-type dish. Next on the docket is to try and make this fiesta avocado corn salad!
🥶 I got chills listening to the The City Choir perform this powerful/hilarious song.
🍜 This little girl’s reaction to the the best gift she ever received sent me into outer space. Also, a lesson for us all - if someone asks for something (even if it’s weird) for a birthday/Christmas/etc, just get it for them! Give the people what they want! I mean, this is precious beyond words.
🧠 The mental load is a pain for us all, especially when it comes to trying to teach our kids how to help carry it without giving them a list (and adding more to our mental energy by doing so). This post gives some helpful solutions for how to guide your kids into taking ownership, specifically if you’re packing up to go on vacation. Make the children responsible…I mean, if we can.
🛹 This is me trying, skateboarding - edition.
⚽ It’s a good day or another Enneagram meme roundup, this time with some Ted Lasso sprinkled in.
Say hello to this week’s memes 👋
Stay cool out there, my people! Let me know how you’re surviving these long arduous weeks of hoochie coochie summer in the comments, please! I’m out here melting and could use your tips of brilliance. See you here again next week!
As someone who has spent significant time in east Africa, the Ugandan choir singing that particular song is very on-brand for their culture. I love it so much.
I have zero tips for this Hoochie Coochie summer blah…but the grandma meme immediately took me back to my grandma hiding oatmeal cream pies in the back of her cupboard for us. She would sneak them for us when my mom wasn’t looking☺️🫶🏼💕