Awaiting Me at Home

When I arrived home two weeks ago today, there was my happy family, a clean house,

this beautiful flower arrangement, and a fully-walking baby. It's so good to be home.

Pattern Block Girl

Wine Grapes

Annual shipment of wine grapes arrived over the weekend.

Suseia

She did this for the first time just this morning.

Santiago Cake

 Using this recipe. Excellent flavor and so moist. Will try this recipe next.

Served with these sherries.

Pictures in My Pack

I'm going away on a little holiday, and these are the pictures I'm taking with me.

First

Note: we didn't light the candle until AFTER this picture.

Yum, banana cake.

The box of drawings that BB prepared for M2.

This is a drawing of M2 when she's older.

Heavy Duty

Setting: Drew and G in the car, driving home from confession.
G: Why aren't you going away, Daddy, and Mama staying home?
D: Well, Daddy thought this would be a good opportunity for Mama, and I encouraged her to go.
G: We're used to you going away [on business trips]. It'd be a lot easier on everybody if Mama stayed home and you went away on this trip. I mean 3 weeks is a lot longer than Mama going to a doctor's appt. I don't think the little ones are going to understand.

Clanger

Harvest

A cucumber; two cherry tomatoes.

The remaining fruit from the calamondin tree.

Six peaches. Curse the deer for eating half our crop, the tree was so full and heavy, we feared everyday that the trunk would snap.