Miscellaneous and a Birthday

This is our dog, Fell-Over.

When the dog is found sleeping on her side, we say she "fell over".

She found a nice piece of exposed grass to nap on.

One of us in the house had a birthday this past week.

That would be me.

I turned 41.

That's 41 God-given years on His planet.

I'm thankful for that.

My birthday also marked 8 months since my surgery.

My how time flies!

My awesome husband made me a cake from scratch after he got home from work.

We did use store bought frosting... because we could. ;)

I'm not a big fan of "selfies".

Nolan took this.

I got a monopod, among other things, for my birthday.

I promptly named it my Dufflepud.

(Only true Narnia fans would understand.)

I can't wait for warmer temps so I can go out and take a bunch of pictures!

I'm not going to say which child this is.

You can guess.

This is our dog Linus, I mean Pepper.

The giant chunk of snow was the left over bottom of a potential snowman.

It had holes drilled in it from all sides.

(Just in case you were wondering about the weird snow block.)

This is Pepper after she realized she was being watched.

I think she was watching the school bus.

She waits for it every day, which is funny considering

our children don't even go to public school.

Faint morning sun pillar.

Another science activity.

This shows how warm & cold water molecules move at different speeds.

The boys drank the green water when we were done.

Last but not certainly least, Connor had his first ice cream cone!

I found a package in Lafayette that were safe for him.

We didn't tell him about them.

We filled it with ice cream and made him close his eyes.

The first thing he said was, "Is it safe for me?"

Yes, son.

He loves the ice cream cones.

We've bought more ice cream in the last week than we have in months!