I Love Food!

Kody Tody Isn't A Toddler Anymore

I'm so proud of this kid.

Not because he is a 12 year old Eagle Scout,

although that is fantastic and incredible.

They were impressed with his confidence and preperation. Even his board of review went quickly.  He gathered toys, bedding, and clothing for a local foster nonprofit

right before Christmas time.

What makes the story incredible is that his Scout troop dismantled in December 2019.

He still needed to be in a troop for 3 more

months and finish a few merit badges.

For some time he had been debating whether to finish or not.

He finally decided to make the decision to pray about it. He did and felt like he needed to finish.  He had a great experiencing practicing to "Hear Him".  Not only that but he acted and quickly too.

I hope this exeprience helps solidify for him the blessings of talking to a loving Father in Heaven and then hearkening to His words.

Great British Bake Off

For Mother's Day, I got their cookbook.  Isabella and I have been trying recipes.

Our first three:
Petite four strawberry shortcakes;

Apple cake:

Sfogliatella with chocolate, orange ginger filling:

Moderate levels of success.  Can't wait to try more!

Puzzle Mania

Q. What do you do during Covid?
A.  Over 20,000 pieces of puzzles.
*some of my masterpieces

South Padre Beach Time

So I would like to return for a longer vacation, probably.  It feels like there is more exploring to do!  The beach is pretty typical, lots of tourist shops, and restaurants, and everyone uses golf carts to get around.  It's about 5 hours away, a little long, but a perfect mid level vacation.

Our little digger loves to make holes, etc...

There were about 12 of us in a 3 bdrm/3 bath condo.  2 kids on couches!

The girls laying out.

The men took over the holes and tunneled caves between them.

Boogie boards, volleyball, sand toys, and so much fun.

Back at the pool and hot tub right outside the condo.

A Walmart run for more supplies.

Where we were within the resort.

Just sitting on the shoreline. Ahhh.

Wrestling with Issac, who keeps thinking every day is the day he is finally stronger than me.

Isabella is missing her bottoms here as she took them off to rinse off sand and Amanda took a picture.

So tired, need to sleep!

Isabella riding in the cart, reliving her youth.

We love finding Whiting streets, especially at the beach.  Heading home!