Here Mom reads her card before opening her gifts.

When Mom first arrived we began her visit by taking Rocket to the animal emergency room.  (He's OK now.)
Then she met my friend Eron and watched me get a massage (I did offer to let her take my place!) 
Then we had surprise late-night visitors (neighbors who had locked themselves out.)
The next morning we attended the 6am Spin class at my gym (Mom was a hit with the gang at class.)
We took a break to change clothes and open gifts, then headed to 90 minutes of Hot Yoga. (Mom did GREAT!)
Then we had lunch at Pei Wei and shopped all afternoon.  What a great 24 hours!!

This is the pretty new bedspread that Mom got for us.
Feisty graciously offered to model its high comfort factor by relaxing on it for me.

On July 9th & 10th, I set up my first-ever booth to sell my product, 
"Memorize Scripture - On the Go!"  It was a hit!  32 units sold in two half-days. 
I met lots of people who are interested in this so I have high hopes that it will help many people. Yea! 

My summer garden has been less than successful this year.
The only thing I've been able to grow are some green beans and a few 
of these extra-long cucumbers.  I have lovely tomato plants but not a single tomato!

In late June we attended Dragon Kim's Tae Kwon Do cookout - good fun!
Here we have Master Kim surrounded by Erics

This is what you call "giving someone the turd eye"

It's a girl!  Yes, we have yet another new addition to the family.
This sweetheart is named Feisty.

Eric was quick enough to catch this cute 
shot one morning before work

I already have a ton of Rocket pictures on the site, 
so one more can't hurt anything!

My friend Ellie and I enjoyed a very nice
meal at one of our favorite restaurants - Big Truck Tacos - 
before she headed back to Korea for the summer.

We were honored to host our new friend Warren at our house
one night, shortly after he got back from 16 months in Africa
on a mission trip.  What a great guy!

We got a wild hair and decided to see the 
Trans Siberian Orchestra in late May.  
We had front row seats and were surprised that we were very entertained by the show.
And we also learned the true definition of "wild hair"! 

 The climbing crew - heading off to Horseshoe Canyon Ranch in Arkansas.
It was beautiful when they left, but it snowed after they got there and they were almost snowed in.

At Todd Lannert & Shani Long's wedding shower we enjoyed catching up 
with our old friends Ryan & Erin + Skye & Kambria.
And naturally, by "old" I only mean that we have known them for a very long time!  

Mom was in town in March for a conference
and spent one night with me - always a treat!

My Korean friend Ellie was brave enough to cook some of her
favorite Korean dishes for us one fine March evening.

One of Rocket's favorite things to do was to hide in the Monkey Grass
and hunt things from the camouflage.  Imagine his dismay when he discovered
that I had come through and cut it all down!  Don't worry Rocket, it will grow back soon.

I attended another Blue Star Mothers packing day in early March.
I think it went very well.

Eric bought me this picture in 1998 when we lived in New Orleans.
Who knew it was a portrait of things to come?!

Can't you just hear the music
playing, "Do the Hustle!" 

 This is what happens when you try to 
paint in a house where a kitten lives.

He went EVERYWHERE before we 
discovered what was going on.

Yes, even on the hardwood floors.  
Thankfully it all came off!

Birthday girls - Ellie's birthday was on
the 1st and mine was on 12/24 so we
were having a belated celebration.

I've always had a jigsaw puzzle set up in this room, but
I have turned it into a cozy reading room now.  I love it!