Mary is a Teenager!

Mary had a wonderful birthday.  Rich's mom went in with us to buy Mary a real opal birth stone ring and she was thrilled.  After we got her the ring we had a girls day at a nail salon.  Mary had her first professional manicure.  We had so much fun.  Mom's birthday was the 25th so she celebrated her birthday with Mary.  Rich made a wonderful chocolate cheese cake from scratch using our homemade sour cream and cream cheese.  To say the least it was delicious!!  On Sunday we took them out to Olive Garden for their birthday dinner.  Rich's sister, Maura, was able to join us for the celebration.  After dinner we came home and opened cards and ate the chocolate cheese cake.  

I am so proud of the loving sweet young lady Mary is growing up to be.  She loves the Lord and her family very much.  She is such a precious gift from the Lord to us and he is giving us the strength and vitality to raise her.   We have so much fun together as a family and we love working together and doing projects together.  We can't wait to see all that the Lord has in store for her!

Ellie, our little pumpkin

Ellie had a photo shoot with our fall mums, kale and pumpkin.  She is such a fun little kitty!

Hi!

The kale leaves are delicious.

I know I am beautiful.

Cutest little profile!

Beautiful Crater Lake

We had a beautiful day at Crater Lake.  There wasn't a cloud in the sky and hardly any wind so the lake was like glass.  We brought a pic-nic lunch and drove all the way around the lake.  Something I had not done before.  The little ground squirrels were so tame and so cute!  We stopped at Becky's restaurant in Prospect on the way back for some pie.

Dad's Birthday

Rich had a wonderful birthday.  On Sunday September 1st, his mom treated us to Road House Grill.

On Wednesday, September 4th, our friends, Dan & Kristine had us all over for dinner.  Rich made a cheese cake and I decorated it with fresh peaches and white icing.  We had a fun evening.

Denman Wildlife Reserve

We had such a beautiful morning at the Denman Wildlife Reserve.  It is so beautiful and so close to where we live.  We went fishing but did not catch anything but had so much fun watching all the wild birds on and by the lake.  Here is a Canadian Goose paddling by.

The reserve is very close to the table rocks.

Mary and her dad casting for fish.

The sun was so bright and the sky so blue.

I just love this little lake.  It looks like it came right out of painting.

These ducklings came right up to us, looking for a hand out.

Mt McLoughlin in the distance.

The mama took her ducklings out on the water for a mid morning snack of water  plants.

There was a half moon in the sky.  Today marks the 50th anniversary of Apollo moon mission returning to earth and splashing down in the pacific.

Our little duck family came found us for lunch.  The mom is sticking her head under the car door.