Macarons? Yes Please!

You know Rylee loves macarons.  And she knows how to make them herself.

She wanted to put decorations on the cookies, so she experimented a little.

What we learned is that the heavier eye candies sunk into the cookies when they baked if you put them on before they sat.  If you waited and put them on right before cooking, they did not sink.

Either way, they came out looking amazing and tasting great!  Rylee does good work!

What we've been up to

Levi needed a picture taken so I could send it to Callie. Levi wanted to take his bone outside to show his friend.

This is the next door neighbor's dog, Sky.  Sky has been diligently working on this hole for the last month.  

She did finally make it through, much to the delight of Levi and the girls.  Apparently the neighbor was not so delighted. 

They have hammered a board across the hole and later added rocks.  I'm kind of sad about that, I think it would have been fun for the dogs to get to hang out together!

Finishing a run with Marian.  We are training for our race in November and it is tricky to get the timing right.  I want to leave late enough to get the cooler weather, but I hate running in the dark here.  The streetlights are too few and far apart.  And the car headlights blind me.  

Rylee in her new favorite shirt.

Dad sent me flowers on Mom's Death-Aversary.  They were beautiful and made me cry. 

And this was our air filter after 2 months in this house.  Why did I take a photo?  To send my dad, of course!

Rylee decided she needed to eat a baguette.  Just because she could. So she did.

She said she always wanted to sit on a swing and eat one.  We don't have a swing. So she just ate it.But not all of it.  Because that is a lot of bread. Next time, I think there will be a baguette sword fight.

A Fun little Tuesday Trail

Well, it was Tuesday, and even without Callie, we needed a trail.  

We tried one that looked interesting.  And it was fun!

 

It wasn't a very long one, but it had interesting things to check out.

I was also excited to realize it connected two housing areas that Marian and I run through.

And doesn't this look much more fun to run than the street?  So it was a good trail day and we enjoyed it. 

 

The End of the Fun

Alas, the day came that we had to return home.  While all of us would have preferred to stay, only Callie got to. 

Our last selfie together.  Callie wanted a Grand Adventure, so she was staying with Adam and Savannah.

And then she was going to fly out to AR with their family and family-hop for a month. This was her agenda on who she hoped to stay with and when.  And then I would drive out to get her, and stay for two weeks and she would come back home then.  

Rylee thought it was an exciting plan.

And I thought it would be great too.  I just didn't realize that THIS is more how I'd feel when I left her!I was so proud of her for trying something new and hard, but wow, I didn't realize how big the hole in my life would be without her!

Anyway, we left.  We drove home sans Callie and it was fine.

 

Sunday serenity

On Sunday, I ended up taking Delaney to Urgent Care, as she was having some pain. Everyone else went out to enjoy the Sabbath by visiting the Temple and communing with nature.  It looks like they had a great morning.

Dan and the girls at the Temple.

The cousins had to get in the picture too.

One last Temple pic!

The hike was fun with their cousins.

The trail was nice.

The  kids....er... the scenery was lovely.

And look!  Callie managed a shot of our amazing hosts!

Doesn't it look like fun?

Just a quick break to rest the feet.

And look- Fall is coming!  Look at the leaves changing colors!