Birthdays and Puppy Tricks

Happy 9th Birthday to Lori!  

and another fun shaped cake!

Looks like it was a garage party!  

And another Easter Cross at St John's Lutheran Church.

Still orchards out there, we aren't sharing facilities

with another church yet.

Teaching a new dog new tricks!  Shake, Buffy, Shake!

Looks like we cemented some rocks into place around

the little garden area.  And we still have those flamingos!

Easter Traditions

Every year at Easter, our church puts up a cross 

(covered in chicken wire to hold the flowers)

There were always flowers of some sort at the house to bring

Look close in the background, much of the church property

was an apricot orchard which appears to be in full bloom

and what's another Easter without hats, gloves, 

matching purse... I'm betting our shoes were white too!

We attended St. John's Lutheran Church in Sunnyvale

in fact, Lori was baptized there.

Another year, and it's hat's, gloves, white shoes, too

Mom has the hat, but us girls.... 

no gloves, no hat, and black shoes?

Good thing the Fashion Police weren't around this year!

I remember Lori's coat, it was so soft

(and I think I resurrected Mom's hat for a 

Halloween costume in the 80s?!)