Fresh Bread and a Bird's Nest

Two days ago I finished trimming the hedge in front of the house and I found a bird's nest! It had three of the cutest little eggs in it. I was sad to cut away their home but I stashed them back in the hedge in a safe place and hoping the mama bird doesn't abandon them.

Yesterday I made my second successful batch of bread and it was very tasty. I felt like such a homemaker with my fresh bread in the window sill.

Project Deck Railing

Today we went to Home Depot to get the needed materials to begin rebuilding the railing on our deck. We're really excited to fix it up and paint it so we can start having some BBQ's and pork burgers. I made some turkey burgers tonight for dinner and we enjoyed them outside since it was such a beautiful day.

Finger painting

Today Chloe had fun finger painting some masterpieces :)

Chloe fun

Yesterday we had such amazing weather again that Chloe and I went outside and did some yard work. Chloe had lots of fun playing in the dirt and sliding down the hill over pine needles. It was so nice to get out into the sunshine that we didn't retire for the day until just before dark. I also was able to be super productive by cutting Chloe's hair, giving her a long bubble bath, cleaning the whole house, organizing Chloe closet, and doing laundry. It always feels great after a productive day and some fun in the sun.

Cake Auction/Pasta Dinner

Tonight we went to the Pasta Dinner/Cake Auction which was a fundraiser for our stake's Young Women. It was really fun and there were about 30 cakes there. The food was great, the place was packed, and the auction was especially fun. One of our stake's own members is a professional auctioneer who was fabulous as he auctioned off all the cakes. Apparently he auctions off livestock for a living but it was pretty obvious by his clothes and cowboy hat. He was a man who fit the part. The frog cake I donated sold well and we came home with a raspberry lemonade cake with fresh raspberries on top. It was delicious! The first picture here is of a fun set of cupcakes that were meant to resemble a TV dinner tray containing chicken legs and all the fixings. Way cute!

Frog Cake

I just finished another cake. This one is for our stake Young Women's fundraiser tomorrow night. They're hosting a spaghetti dinner and cake auction as well as a bake sale. The inside has the "Darn Good Chocolate Cake" recipe with the chocolate pudding mix and chocolate chips mixed in. My favorite! Chloe had fun being creative in all the powdered sugar. Of course, she ate it as she played.

Lizard!

Today while I was walking around the side of the house I almost stepped on a lizard! I didn't see him until he was practically under my feet and he scurried up a nearby bush where I got to watch him for a minute or two. He was at least 6 inches long and a really cute little guy. I googled lizards in Georgia to see if I could find one that looked like him so here is the picture I found.

The weather today has been so amazing that I opened all the windows and took Chloe to our neighborhood park. We just got back and I'm about to start making some beef stroganoff for dinner.