This weekend...

I went to Marina Beach.

I almost drowned.

Okay, I didn't.

But, the waves came out of nowhere. Yes, I know they came from the ocean. Duh! They were originally just lapping gently until BOOM, CRASH, BOOM! Causing me & Sam to squeal and scurry away and cause an old man to laugh at our silliness.

This morning, I made oatmeal chocolate-chip cookies for Hero & Boo to take to Grandpa's for the BYU-Huskies Football game on tv. I'm such a nice wife. And mom.

Here's the finished result. You know, cookies just really aren't all that attractive unless they're frosted & decorated, are they? Anyway. These are delish.

Little Man said, "That's mine. That's mine. That's mine." as I was placing the cookies on the cooling rack.

Then, I went out into my garden and spied some lovely RED tomatoes! Hallelujah - the sun ripened the tomatoes!

I harvested them, along with one cucumber. It's not the finest specimen of a cuke we've had but it's still homegrown. Can't get any better than that!

I sliced them up... don't worry about cross-contamination by me using a "fish" cutting mat. We don't eat seafood so I use it for veggies.

Then marinated them in red wine vinegar & oil, sprinkled some kosher salt & cracked ground pepper. Feeling the love? Oh yeah baby!

My house is still a disaster as I took a long nap after lunch (no, I didn't eat any of this). But, when I have pictures to show that I've been a happy homemaker making lovely goodies for my family, I am satisfied and all is well in the world. Especially as my Hero is happy because I made these lovely things for him, Boo & Grandpa to share while celebrating BYU's victory today. I like it when BYU wins... I can get away with long naps.