It's been hot. We've been playing in our little pool. Tanner loves wearing his goggles around the water. They are great splash protection!



















I had a hankering for pot stickers the other night...so I looked up a recipe and made some. Yummmm! Pot stickers are a lot of work, but each bite makes the work worthwhile! :)













And, here's the birthday girl! Older, wiser, and more beautiful!





















And here's what was left of the cake on day two. We like the fish-look! (The cake is a milk chocolate box cake. The filling is a thin layer of vanilla icing topped with marshmallows. The icing on top was per request of the birthday girl--sort of drizzled all over. :)

Here's a collection of photos from our recent vacation:



The girls at the little pond on MHC campus near the Japanese garden.




















Rainy day in Kirtland, Ohio.




















Playing games in the condo.











Beautiful flowers in Vermont. These grew all over. Someone commented that they may be lupines. I have yet to confirm that. I loved them!




















The boys standing at the look-out point in Vermont. Tanner wasn't too excited about the location! :)