Blueberry, maple, pecan salad

Salad

    Baby spinach

    Pecans

    Orange pepper, sliced

    Blueberries

    Red onion, sliced (optional)

    Bleu cheese, crumbled (optional)

Dressing

    1/4 cup maple syrup

    1/3 cup apple cider vinegar

    1/2 cup mayonnaise

    2 tablespoons brown sugar

    3/4 teaspoon salt

    1/4 teaspoon black pepper

    1/4 cup olive olive

In a blender, combine the first six ingredients. With the blender on low speed drizzle in the olive oil. Continue blending for about a minute until the dressing is creamy. 

Refrigerate dressing. 

Parsley

Through a glass

Snack

My latest yummy discovery--tomatoes with fresh basil and balsamic vinegar topping smoked mozzarella cheese on a wheat cracker.

Littlest one

Garden

Orange

Sisters

Blueberry time

Carmen's girls

Cherries

 Mom, Lauren Mae, Naomi and I drove north to cherry land last Friday. We went to Rennie Orchard where three of us picked over fifty pounds of cherries in less than an hour.

Laughter

Black raspberries

Waterbaby

Wet volley

My siblings were determined not to miss the opportunity to play volleyball with the Girard siblings, so despite a downpour they sent the ball sailing back and forth across the net last Saturday.

Cooks

Blueish

Tea party

Rainbow

Hay day

Kaelyn and kitten

Tea time

My friend traded her friend three dollars worth of garage sale junk for these teacups and now I am ready for a tea party.

Working hard

My desk at work

In May and June I was hardly working. Now, I am working hard.

I began teaching again last week. Right now I am teaching 8 credits, tutoring for 4-6 hours a week, and taking 3 credits toward my masters degree. 

When I have time to pause I remember to be thankful for my work because it wasn't that long ago that I didn't know if I would have a job in the summer.

Camping

Garden

Sparkle

Round and round

Baptized

Last week Naomi took a plunge and was baptized.  

Drop

Teamwork

Brian gives Libby a lift as they work with Dad and Naomi to secure a side of the canopy during a rainstorm. 

Salad

with poppy seed dressing.