Flowers, food and spices

I don't think we could have fit anything more into our Saturday. We started the day in the wee hours of the AM setting up our booth at the Des Moines Downtown Farmers Market. Setup went quickly thanks to all the help from Jamie's parents and our friends, John and Mary.

We were ready to open in no time at all. Thankfully that left plenty of time for a visit to Java Joe's around the corner to stock up on enough coffee to finish waking us up. We're still not used to getting up around 4am. We enjoyed the pre-dawn glow and finished getting ready for a super busy morning. 

Business was brisk and we had a blast helping people put together bouquets. As the morning went on, the wind grew stronger and we became increasingly thankful for all the extra pairs of hands to help hold down the canopy too. To thank everyone for their all of their help, we headed to Jethro's BBQ for lunch. We'd all seen Adam Richman from Travel Channel's "Man vs Food" fail the "Adam Emmenecker Challenge" in an episode last fall and so decided to share the generous meals. So glad we did and can't wait to go back.

After lunch we experienced another "first" together and we all went to Penzeys Spices in Clive. Friends recently told us about Penzeys and we've been eager to stop by ever since.

Who knew there were so many different kinds of cinnamon! We enjoyed opening the sample tins and smelling the differences between the various kinds.

After Penzeys we went home and Jamie gave everyone a tour of the garden. Then we shared dessert together and laughed over stories. It was a great day and we're so very blessed to have great family and friends to share good times with.