Rich's Birthday "Cake"

So for Rich's birthday this year, Rich said he didn't really want a cake. Turns out he doesn't really like cake cake like I do, so I decided to make him a Cheesecake instead. It actually turned out really well. I was a little surprised :) Here's my (his) beautiful cherry cheesecake!

Plant Update. . .

My plants have been coming up like crazy the past few weeks since the sun has come out and warmed things up. We also got some hanging baskets and filled them with some petunias and they look so happy outside. Some other good news, the potato plant has come up and just the other day, a second sprout came up too! Here's some pictures of our pretty, little, growing "garden"!

My growing plants

Potato sprouts!!

Hanging plants

Our little porch...pots and all!

Rich's Birthday Weekend

So for Rich's birthday I took him over to the beach and we went camping. We haven't done that in a while and it was so much fun. We went to Lincoln City, OR and camped at a place called Devil's Lake. It was really nice. Most of the camping spots were completely flooded, but we found one that was partly sunny and dry (and away from the boy scout troop!). We set up camp and then just had a wonderful time. We went to the beach and had a great time in the sun and walking around some tide pools! Overall it was just a great weekend. We took way too many pictures but I'll post a few (and by few I mean like 20...) of my favorites!

Tide Pool Shells

Starfish!
Sea Urchin
View from inside a cave
Rich at the campfire
My fire stick
Devil's Lake
Viewpoint stop!
Feeding the Squirrel a muffin. He kept wanting more!

Inside Devil's Punchbowl

View of Devil's Punchbowl. That big hole on top is the punchbowl.

This sequence is for Robbie...and well any other surfer:

That's right, take your boat home and go get a real board. There might be a little animosity between surfers and sea kayakers...

(Note: This was posted by Rich)