Vacation Days

Hey,
I am taking 4 vacation days next week--hoping I can arrange to talk with all of you sometime during the week. The latest work sprint (IES proposal for 1.6 million dollars) is submitted.
Relieved!
Love Y'all!

Baking

I love baking cookies. There is only one small problem. The cookies sit on the counter staring at you saying "Look at me, I'm a sweet little cookie. I know that I am tasty, and you will love me. Just look over here, I am Yummy, Yum..murf um eee...." And then they are gone.

A perfect evening

Friday was a beautiful evening here in the Intermountain West, and we took full advantage of it. Bets had bought an enormous and most delicious watermelon and we decided that pizza on the bbq was the perfect compliment. Seeing it was our first try at the pizza, we decided to just enjoy the backyard and dine outside.

The pizza was amazing (recipe here). We tried pepperoni and also bbq chicken. I recommend both. And the watermelon was extra juicy!

We also added three new members of the family.

I found these on a research trip and the kids were super excited to see them. The larger monarch caterpillar is forming its chrysalis as we speak. We are excited to see the butterfly in a couple weeks.