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Happy Birthday

Lillian Morgan Dean!!!

Here she is...7 years ago.

And here she is now...blowing out the candles on her 7th birthday cake.

Lilly wanted a sea shell cake. So, I made the shells out of candy melts and the fence was made out of popscicle sticks darkened with black cocoa. The top tier was was a crazy rainbow swirl cake. The bottom layer was a dark chocolate cake with cherry curd filling. I was not the best tasting cake I ever made but Lilly loved it and I was happy with the way it looked on the outside.

Sweet Land of Liberty

We celebrated this 4th of July with family and with neighbors. In the morning, we drove up to join Steve's brother Jim and his wife Lynette at their traditional party by the lake. We came back home for the evening festivities on our street -- a hotdog party followed by a bicycle parade and fireworks. It was a great day and for the occasion I baked cookies and brownies. Kyle finished the parade with a bang!

Hello Kitty!

Say hello to the newest member of our family. Her name is Molly (a.k.a. Molly Malone, Molly McButter, Molly Brown and Good Golly Miss Molly). She was alone in the woods at my Mom's house and decided she wanted to live in Mechanicsville (like all the cool people do). She's a great cat and is making herself at home. She is spending her nights sleeping on the end of Lilly's bed.

Unfortunately, this is how Molly spends most of her day.