day 20 - flowers and Captain Mark!

Another stop at Hello, Cupcake for Mark. Hello, sweet lemon:

After sweet things for breakfast, I took pictures of 

some of my mom and dad's garden flowers. 

I love these little metal signs people have here 

(including my mom); they write the flower

name in with graphite pencils. So nice and simple looking:

Not sure of this flower's name, 

but it smells so nice and looks like a starburst:

Irises:

Then Mom called me to the back yard; 

there was a deer staring at us. A young buck:

Snapdragons:

I know, 2nd picture of this movie within a week. What's wrong with me?

But take a look at the violet, which is the center one on the right:

Does it not look like this flower?! 

Just give it a singing expression and voila!

California Poppy:

Mint:

Horton Hears a Who flower

(real name? who knows?! Maybe the Whos do):

Then tonight was a surprise BBQ for our good friend Brian Willis. He was surprised by not only a BBQ, but also by us even showing up! It was a lot of fun, and Melanie did such an awesome job! The food and company was so fantastic. Congrats to our new captains!!

don't you love the little last-minute add-on sign? Ha ha. 

Melanie wanted Mark to be a part of the party too; so sweet!