A New Chapter

 On February 19th, 2015 little Daisy entered the world to forever change our lives (oops I'm talking about a dog!) This part yellow lab/american shepherd has been such a great addition to the Shiry family! She's so well behaved and was easy to train - still we have the odd accident, but all in all she's a good one! All the kids love her...well Jacob is learning to love her!

My dear brother Micah asked me what design I wanted for my cake - when I showed him a sketch I had done he literally went right to it! It was so cute! I was doing some paper work at my desk and I would hear him mumble under his breath as he was baking!  He would make little comments about all the work and length of time it took just to bake off a few cakes! Makes him appreciate more baking and cooking now!  Working on the design together!  He did an incredible job Et voila - the final product - He was so proud of it and I was so proud of him! He stuck at it right to the end - did the red rose all by himself and made suggestions about the design all the way through - this guy has a good eye! Was special to work on it with him!

Well... not me! While Amy and Matt were vacationing in Jamaica there was lots of excitement happening here at home!  They were gone over my birthday - had lots of friends stop in and show their love! Little Jack LOVES flowers - we learned how to sniff them this weekend!  PD Day to boot - McDonalds provided some great entertainment!The boys are getting big enough now to climb everything! They love it!  Was one of the coldest days of the year and yet they still wanted ice-cream - go figure!  Comfort food!  Lots of willing helpers! In the Cadi on the way home from church! Was a great weekend - thankful for some extra time to spend with these adorable ones that have come into my life! 

December 19th, 2014 began our 12 days of Christmas trip!   On one of our layovers - I got super cheap tickets, but that meant a few layovers! I didn't mind too much...  First day there we travelled to a town a ways away where they sold a lot of wool products - neat to experience. This town was definitely not so well off. Missing the kitchen - Manny pulled 5 ingredients out of the cupboard and fridge and we made these cookies!  At the mall overlooking part of the city!  Suppose it became Lyd and my thing to take a picture with every character we saw!  On a walk by a lake! Pretty & Chilly "Going down town, spreading good cheer"  In Taxco - "Cheers"  In the mine - our tour guide was incredibly cute! Was about 8 years old, but don't mess with him - He know's his stuff!  King-Kong - Was a big smelly costume:)  Another restaurant overlooking Taxco Manny and I being goofs - you can't see ...

Canada Day - July 1st - calling for thundershowers, but blessed with beautiful weather! So thankful for all the help at setting up everything - many hands make light work! Let the party begin The Welcome Wagon  The photo booth - lots of great photo's taken here!  The plank race  Corn Hole  Ping-Pong Precision  Three-legged Race  Mega Jenga  The Haywagon Ride - Thanks Mr. McNabb for being so generous with your time and equipment! Lots of adorable kids - so great to see so many out, but hard on my heart!  Love these girls so very much!  Lots of canoeing, swimming, splashing    A great couple, love them so much Fireworks to conclude the evening! So thankful for everyone that was able to come out - over 150 people! So many people that I wasn't even able to say hi to everyone So blessed to re-connect with old friends and make some new connections!