May 28, 2010 121/365

Ryan does not like me to take pictures of him. Usually, we can find a way to compromise. We fished at Farish today. Ryan caught a Rainbow Trout.

May 23, 2010 117/365

A happy birthday party! I brought her home to this little house twenty years ago!

Now...what you can't see is the part of her birthday cake that isn't so pretty! I don't know what it is about this girl's birthday cakes, but for the past three years, the cakes I have made for her have not been so successful. One year, she'd asked for a carrot cake. I had used the same recipe I used when I won a baking contest. It fell....badly. The next year, she asked for a cheesecake. It was a mess. I think it burned. This year, she wanted a marble pudding cake. I had just made a HUGE marble cake in March for Quincy's birthday party. It was great. Amanda wanted pudding in between the layers of her cake. It slid off the stand and crashed in big crumbs all over the kitchen floor. We ended up using the two lower layers that didn't hit the floor. It's a good thing she is such a good sport!

May 22, 2010 116/365

Dear Ryan,

It seems like only yesterday, I walked you into your Kindergarten classroom and turned to walk home with big tears in my eyes. Now just look at you! Wearing your red mortarboard and gown and tassel, you look so handsome and so grown-up. You did it, Hunny! You completed high school!

I was so filled with emotion this morning, that I started crying even driving into the parking lot at the school.

I love you and I am so proud of you!

Now go get a job!!!!

XOXO

Love,

Mom

May 20, 2010 114/365

Store run for mommy! We all love to drive this truck.