Annular Solar Eclipse - Ring of Fire

Ken and Mandy went to the Lucerne Valley Action Pistol Shoot this morning, and they had a great time.  They were gone until almost 3 pm, and then they came home, scarfed some leftover pizza and jumped in the pool.  Taylor and Jordan joined them, and they had a great time cooling off.

Even Addie got a new pool to cool off in, but it took a LOT of coaxing for her to get in it.

I spent the morning baking some Lemon Meringue Swirls.  I wanted to get all of the baking out of the way to ensure that everything turned out OK for Thursday's staff meeting where I promised Jen Hubbard (my counter-part) and Kym Riner some yummies. The Meringue Swirls came out awesome!

I also made a batch of the B-52 marshmallows which I am still afraid did not turn out well.  I will be very upset if these are goopy after setting out.  

Luckily, I got a text message from my counter-part from work, Jen Hubbard asking me if we were watching the solar eclipse.  I instantly swore, grabbed my camera and told the girls to follow me outside.  I knew that the sunlight was really weird and dim this evening, but I hadn't watched the news in so long that I had no idea it was happening.  

I did not take the proper precautions to be checking out the sun with my camera lens, so I spent the rest of the night with a headache, but the girls were able to see it - which was totally cool!

I finished the night by making a batch of Lime Meltaways - another new recipe I found.  The cookies came out delicious!  Once I was done baking, I sat down to stitch.  I really wanted to get the Flip-Flop done - and I hated realizing that I had reversed the floss colors for the sand.  Oh well.  I am not going to change it, and I think it looks cool.