Retreat

Wishing I was here:

It was warm and beautiful.

It was a great time with God and friends and myself.

A Very Happy Sammy

Fun day for Sammy.

A love award for Obedience.

He was surprised and very happy.

Can you tell?

And a play date with his best buddy at school.

To say Sammy had a good day would be an understatement.

It was a great day.

Full Bloom

I love our backyard right now.

Actually I love our yard pretty much year round, but the spring and summer are just outrageously beautiful.

Show off!

Empanadas

Daniel's class is studying Panama for the Multicultural Fair at school. Tomorrow we will tour all the different classrooms and their chosen countries and get to enjoy some of the local foods.

Today I made some empanadas for the fair and I must say they are quite delicious. I love empanadas but this is the first time I have ever made them. My love affair with empanadas started a long time ago when I was probably in middle school. We used to sell empanadas at a music fair held at our school every year and my Mom would bring home a whole bunch of them when the event was over. They were really good and I still remember them.

They are a bit time consuming to make, but well worth the effort. Yum!

Into the Wild

Another letter from Daniel from a while back, but appropriate for today since Dan, my Dad and the boys are heading up to the mountains for some camping. Good luck boys!

Get Better Card

Back in the fall I was doing something stupid and accidentally cut my thumb pretty good right across the knuckle. I was so mad because a) I was doing something stupid b) because I cut myself right across the knuckle so I couldn't bend my thumb without opening the wound and c) I had a big school event coming up and I needed the use of both hands. I guess Daniel felt pretty bad for me because he presented me with this get better card:
A very sweet card but what is up with the big old bloody hairs!?

Sammy Self Portrait

Sammy is becoming quite the artist. Don't you love this self portrait of his?