Things that make me happy

Little girls in Sunday dresses:

A clean kitchen. Don't laugh; it took 2 hours of my life this afternoon to get it looking this way!

Ice cream for breakfast (this is how I found Nate at 7 a.m. a few days ago):

Tomatoes fresh from the vine:

Silly boys:

The sight of this clementine growing on the tree in our backyard (you Californians may not understand the fascination, but growing citrus trees in my own yard is a new and exotic experience):

Fresh basil from my garden. Combine this with the ripe tomatoes, a little olive oil, some salt, pepper and a dash of red wine vinegar and you have heaven on earth.

My pretty little pot of flowers. They just make me smile every time I see them.

Taking pictures right alongside Brenna. She's getting a close up of my favorite regional flower:

I took a close-up too:

This picture loaded sideways, but you can still see what makes me happy. Pretty flowers, palm trees, and (strangely enough for central Cali in July) bright blue skies. *Sigh* I love blue skies. So much prettier than our usual brown.