Sea creatures

 For Mom Gabe's birthday this year, we've been texting her a grandkid picture every day of the month. Here's the one from today of Grace giving her a hug.

 And here's Charlie in his workout clothes, complete with tennis shoes that are too big for him and super heavy.

 Everybody loves a happy baby.

 Especially when he's naked.

 And fat.

 Grace's class is collecting toilet paper rolls. The girls wanted to go exploring with them first.

 I babysat my friend's kid on Wednesday morning. Two 2-yr-olds fight A LOT. Notice Alice is a lot happier about this picnic than Ellie is.

 A boy and his toys.

 Twins in plaid!

 Triplets in pink!

 Happy floor time.

 Grace's class went on a field trip to the Seymour Marine Discovery Center without us, so we went a few days later while she was at school, since it was a community free day. Paul touched the sea stars.

 Alice finally agreed to touch one too.

 Jellyfish exploration.

 Charlie liked all the fish.

 Paul touching a shark.

 Me touching a shark - look how much Alice loved it!

 Alice is shorter than a fish.

 The big white whale skeleton.

 Remains of a sea monster?

 Eaten by a whale!

 The big gray whale skeleton looked so prehistoric.

 Charlie enjoying the waves.

 On Friday morning, I felt like I was getting a zit above my lip. By the afternoon, it really hurt, and had a tiny head on it, so I popped it, and squeezed it really hard. Pretty soon, the whole side of my lip and partway up my cheek was numb and swollen. It was so uncomfortable, and hung down low. It looked horrible, like I'd been punched, and felt like after getting numbed at the dentist. I looked online, and this has happened to other people too, exactly my story. So I put heat on it on and off, but it was still pretty bad on Saturday. I had to teach Relief Society on Sunday, so I had Paul give me a blessing, and kept putting heat on it. It wasn't perfect this morning, but by the time I taught my lesson, you couldn't even notice it anymore! A miracle!

 Charlie in the passenger seat. (Note: The car was not moving.)

 On Saturday, we tried to sous vide a rack of lamb. (If you don't know what that means, you don't watch enough Food Network competition shows.) Paul double-bagged the lamb with spices, then got all the air out by dipping it in a bowl of water.

 Alice wanted me to bring her a doll to hold, but wasn't very excited with what I brought her.

 The end result of our sous vide: lamb, sauteed mushrooms, and couscous.

 Yes, these pictures are out of order. This is after sous vide and searing.

Our makeshift sous vide machine - we heated the water, filled the cooler, then soaked the "vacuum-sealed" lamb (and chicken for the kids) for 3 hours. The meat mallet held the bags down under the water so they wouldn't float. Then we seared and cut the meat. Delicious!