Happy Birthday to Christie! This is the cake and dinner we had. Mom and Dad Perry joined us and brought some pretty flowers. Dinner was grilled salmon with a glaze that I made up. The cake is kind of creation, too. It resembles a little yellow hat. Not really intended, but kind of interesting. It is angel food cake - two layers. I used vanilla pudding that instead of making with milk, I used a fresh pineapple that I pureed to help flavor the pudding. In keeping with the yellow, I washed and placed our last two jonquil blooms into the side. I think that is what made it look like a little hat.

Here are the latest flowers blooming in our front yard. I am pretty sure they are Hyacinth. Look at all of the different colors.

We have a nice bank full of Creeping Phlox, too!

Some of the first signs of Spring around our new house are in full bloom now. These beautiful jonquils are growing in the flower bed as you come up to the front door of the house. Christie was excited to see so many since this is her favorite flower. She has many fond memories of walking through acre upon acre of these with her grandmother picking as many as she could hold. What a cool way to bring back memories of childhood and start new memories together in our new house.

There are some hyacinths growing around the lightpost too, but they were not in bloom quite yet when I took these pictures. They are starting to come into flower now though.

I guess I better go get some more painting done. The cabinets need doors!

Here is a shot of the finished floor and partial view of the appliances in place. The cabinets are painted, but not accented yet. The cabinet doors and the drawers are still to be painted. We hope to have the countertop people come out sometime this week and measure to get the new countertops fitted. Supposedly, the process is two weeks after measuring before they return with final pieces and install. If you click on the picture for the larger view, you can see the steam rising from the stovetop. That would be the first meal we cooked in our new house. All-Beef hotdogs and potato salad. Oh yeah, and some chips and dip. We went as simple as it gets. Neither of us is real sure we remember how to cook. It seems like it has been so long since we have been able to cook anything.