Day 371: Sofa

This is the sofa where I spent most of the day, in Mom's hospital room. If you look closely, you can see Ashley and Mom in the window reflection.

Day 370: John Wayne Adventure

For Father's Day, we bought Dad a cardboard cutout of John Wayne, because really at this point, what do we get him? And then I got the brilliant idea that we should take John Wayne to locations throughout Midland and take pictures of him with us. I'm going to put them into a photo album for him.

Day 368: Rodney

Day 367: My Birthday

This is what I posted on Facebook: Friends and family, thank you for all the birthday wishes today, but I have decided to remain 30, sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Day 366: Piano Recital

Kayla was the star of the piano recital. She played 5 songs: 3 solos, the opening duet with the teacher and the closing duet. All the other kids did 2 solo songs and only one other kid did a duet with the teacher. On top of that, Kayla played without sheet music, including "The Entertainer". I was uber impressed and gave her flowers after the performance.

Day 365: Pool Party!

Day 364: Strawberries!!

Yesterday I went strawberry picking with Dennis. Together, we picked about 15 pounds. I put the medium-sized ones in the dehydrator and the small ones in the freezer. The large ones are in the fridge for eating fresh with fruit dip. The ones that were already starting to turn a little were used to make strawberry bread and jam (I used honey instead of sugar and I cooked them longer in hopes that they will last longer). I also made strawberry butter to go on the bread. And I made strawberry cream cheese cobbler and even though it's yummy, it doesn't look pretty, so I didn't take a picture of it.