Sakana-Ya

Larry's mom is visiting and we took her to our favorite sushi restaurant for lunch. It's like a dim sum place, where you take what you want and then pay for the plates. And all the sushi and other dishes travel to you on a conveyor belt - it's the bomb! Today they had these AMAZING California rolls dressed in fruit, but SADLY, we were stuffed with other delicacies before they arrived. We'll have to try them next time. Here's a link to info about the restaurant:

http://www.print2webcorp.com/news/syracuse/PSDining/20070419/p2_a4.htm

This is why I like to take walks in the park

Evening sky over Clay Central Park.

More nature photography

Tonight in the park I saw this gorgeous wild rose bush and this huge mushroom.

Rainbow

We got some wicked weather today - violent thunderstorms after days of stifling heat and humidity. I was (dutifully!) on my way to the Temple Board of Trustees meeting when I saw this PERFECT half rainbow - I considered it my reward for being on time to the meeting for the first time ever!

Karate ice cream

It's Member Appreciation week at the YMCA - tonight was free ice cream sundaes. Caleb had his karate class, so we went by afterwards.

Sunday swimming

I spent the morning at a lovely wedding shower brunch sponsored by the Sisterhood. When I got home, I wanted to go out to the lake, but the kids wanted to go swimming in the YMCA swimming pool. We had a good time and felt very freshed after.

Caleb's birthday party

Great fun, despite the sweltering weather. The kids ran around playing, they had to be cajoled to eat lunch (first photo above). Then we played games (some carnival style, some not) - dime toss, shoot hoops, kick the soccer ball, and others (our friend Nicki is playing Toss Across, while our friend Megan looks on). All the grown ups helped out (the bowling photo is our friend Linda with Megan -again- looking on). Then it was time to cash in their tickets - Matt had arranged the prize table and he was in charge of the redemption process (in the photo, Caleb is deciding on his prizes while his friends wait in line behind him). Then we had an ice cream sundae bar with over a dozen toppings to choose from. Then Caleb opened presents (in the photo, Grandma helps while Phillip looks on). He got 5 new Webkinz, including a turtle, an elephant and a koala bear (which is what Alana picked out for him, mostly because she covets it for herself). It really went well, everyone had a good time. The last photo shows Caleb and his friend Jonah playing with another one of Caleb's gifts - Super Soaker water guns.