pieces of the puzzle

My mom made the most enormous cakes!  Layers of cookies and ice cream frosted with chilled whipped cream.

the time I turned 30 in Yosemite

My welcoming view of Yosemite.   It was also a full moon that night and the enormous giant rock walls were all lit up.    My little power shot can’t quite handle those kind of night shots, so I have it recorded in my memory.   On my birthday morning ‘I was actually the first one up for a change.  This very vocal bird woke me up squawking right over our tent.  I was pretending it was singing happy birthday.

This was just before a bear came strolling through.  Julie was scared on the ground.  I felt brave because I was on the wall where it couldn’t get me.

Im smiling because we are done.

I have avoided Nutella for a long time, but Julie had some and every night of the trip we made amazing treats with it.  I seemed to be the only person who never tried this genius concoction.    A flour tortilla with nutella spread over it, a little peanut butter spread on with Cheerios on top all rolled up.  I added banana to mine on the second night for variety. Happy Birthday me!  Did I mention that John Hur is the best boyfriend ever?

I can’t resist.

I love john’s little shirt in this.  Hes so cute!  I’m sure I would of had a crush on him then too.   The funny thing is we look about the same age here, but I’m probably about 4 and hes about 8.   He said he didn’t grow much for a long time.   My mom always told me to watch out for those late bloomers.