Make Hay While the Sun Shines

The Lord blessed my 32nd birthday with bright sunny skies and 80 degree temperatures!  In Sitka terms, this is a scorcher!  Thank you, God!  Cliff, Christy and I worked in the yard today.  I was half done cutting the grass with our old fashioned rotary grass cutter when I took this picture. Christy was trying to stay cool in the shade by the door.  

This morning my sweet friend, Yvonne, treated me to a birthday breakfast and gave me a homemade bookmark, The Fiddlehead Cookbook and most importantly, her time.  An Ode to Yvonne:  Yvonne, her husband and their four dear daughters are moving out of state this Saturday.  I am excited for their new adventure but will miss her friendship desperately, the Lord has truly blessed me with Yvonne, who is pictured below with her husband.

My precious friend, Emily, the Russian Dancer, made these beautiful earrings for me and gave them to me yesterday at the SURPRISE birthday brunch that she hosted for me!  

Cliff is making steaks for dinner tonight and I can hardly wait!   Yay for the big three-two!