July 2019 and my instant pot

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Photo time one Sunday morning.  I did Hanna's hair.  Notice the vertical pony tail.  


Missy is in the early stages of potty training.  Heidi thinks my yogurt gave her diarrhea.


Mister is curiously destructive.  He's not malicious, but things get broken just the same.  He can be so charming when he wants.  Like, he'll ask, "Daddy, how was work?"



I wrote about my instant pot on the other blog.  I've made three batches of yogurt and it's not as successful as I'd hoped. Kira liked my yogurt, though.  Last night I made beans and used my presto pressure cooker and crock pot and got better results.  So, I may have to sell the instant pot. 


Mister fell asleep in the car, which is common, but I was so amused at his goggles placement.


 Thursday was the end-of-the-season swim party at a home in Discovery Bay.  I was a bit jealous of this pad right on the water. 

How can you live here and not have a good time?  We ran the spartan, launched water balloons off the deck, had good food, and enjoyed a nice evening. 


Okay, bye. 

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