the best of thymes.

This past weekend I got the pleasure of spending time with my dear friend Ashley. I departed Sioux Falls around 7:30am on Saturday morning and arrived just after noon. The drive was surprisingly pretty. Lots of cows and horses of course.Ashley made me a delicious turkey sandwich for lunch, with toasted bread, I might add! We put on our tennis shoes and headed straight out to the Tulip Festival in Pella, IA.The Tulip Festival did not disappoint.

There were tulips everywhere (imagine that)! There was a parade and we could smell funnel cakes as we toured the quaint yet beautiful town.

Here are a few of my favorite non-tulip pictures

It was so good to talk and catch up with Ashley. We first met while working at Church of the Open Door. The funny part is we didn't become close friends until the intervention of facebook! Now I consider her one of my closest friends :)





Ashley was kind enough to let me borrow her camera and I snapped away! In total, we took over 220 pictures!

My personal favorite was the impromptu one I snapped of a little boy in a wagon. The sun was blinding me so I held the camera up and hoped for the best. Here's what I captured!

Ashley and I walked a great deal that afternoon and after a quick trip to the movie store and grocery store we headed home to make dinner and ice cream sundaes. It was an absolutely lovely day.

Sunday I joined Ashley and her husband Larry for church. But first we stopped at a little donut shop for some homemade donuts. They were amazing. We ate at Panera for lunch and we got to spend a little more time relaxing at Ashley's place after lunch.

The trip was oh so short, but oh so sweet.