After spending a few hours outside at the pool we started talking about what to make for dinner. We decided it would be best to BBQ. After talking to JP about our plan he said it would be easier to head out to a restaurant. Since Vanessa and Sarah have never been to a Brazilian [...]

After dinner we headed home to open birthday presents! Do these people know me, or what? Wow did I feel lucky when I saw Coach and Tiffany & Co. sitting on the table! The first thing I did was blow out my candles. 33 years old! I love this little girl! Oooohhhh I knew when [...]

This morning I didn’t get out of bed until I finished reading “The Help”. Every once in awhile I pick up a book that I can’t stop reading and this is one of them. Once I got to the end of the book I didn’t want it to be over. The movie has been out in theaters for a couple [...]

This morning after James and Suzie left for work me and the kids were ready for our day of adventure together. What is better than a group of cousins hanging out together having fun for the day? They are all pretty close in age (Lily is 8, Stevie is 7 & Tangerine is 5) and they are generally amused [...]

I woke up this morning around 9:30 not feeling so well. My head hurts a little bit and my body is achy. The achy part could totally have to do with the facct that I finally did some exercise this week ( I played in a flag football game on Monday night and a softball game on Tuesday [...]

This afternoon as I was about to leave to run errands the door bell rang. Once I got to the door I could see a UPS truck. I opened up the front door and this is what I saw. I also saw the UPS guy getting back into his truck. When Lily and I were [...]

My hair is crazy right now. Most of the semi-permanent color has washed out and I need to do something about it. I mean look at this stuff, it’s crazy! Pretty soon I will be over the color stage and back to brown… but today is not that day.   Here is what I need to use [...]

It has been a few days since I wrote because I have been hanging out in South Haven, MI. I did lots of stuff and saw lots of people but I didn’t take a lot of pictures. In no particular order these are some of the things we did: Lily caught her very first frog [...]

We left Vanessa’s house this morning and headed north on Hwy 23/I-75. The town that we had in mind to stop at for the night is less than 3 hours away so we were not really in a big hurry to get there. Our first stop was in Flint, MI. If you know anything about [...]

Ok kids it is Geography time! I mentioned a couple days ago that Lily and I are going on vacation soon. We have a direct flight to Detroit, MI on Thursday 6/16 and we have a direct return flight on 6/30 to San Antonio, TX. We don’t really have a firm plan its just gonna [...]

Today was day 2 of our beach adventures. Shauna and the babies had too much sun the day before so Lily, Gage, JP and I headed down to the beach without them. Here is the sweetest picture of the day. Lily and Gage are both big talkers either one can talk you ear off about pretty much [...]

This morning we woke up and decided to make a delicious breakfast. While me and Shauna started cooking Lily and Teylor made a puzzle together. We made french toast, sausage and eggs. I love love love coffee! Especially out of my favorite coffee mug! And we also had some very tasty mimosas. We even made virgin mimosas for the [...]

I always joke around and say “Mother’s Day is the one day of the year that JP gets up with Lily and I get to sleep in”. But now that I think about it I seriously don’t think I am joking. JP, Lily and Gage woke up and made a yummy breakfast for Shauna and [...]

JP has been out in California all week for work. Do you remember what I did back on October 18th? If you have been reading this website for awhile you know that I have done this more than a few times. I have never worn the same costume twice so in order to keep up the tradition [...]

Yesterday me and Lily were talking and I told her that today there would be a real royal wedding. She looked at me so excited and said “Where?”. She was not as thrilled when I told her that it was on tv. Lily is all about her fairytales so in her mind she understands what a [...]

Yesterday when I was at La Cantera I went in an made and appointment for today at Toni & Guy. I just looked back and I haven’t had my haircut since September 16th when I got bangs! How often do other people get their haircut? Anyway here is a picture I took of my view of my hair right before I went [...]

I read not to long ago that there are people who don’t wear deodorant. Can you believe it? I can’t imagine going one day without deodorant much less never wearing it. I have been trying a few different deodorants over the last year or so and these are the ones that I wear the most. The [...]

About a year ago I discovered the “philosophy” counter at Nordstrom and I have never smelled the same! I love going there and smelling all the different body washes and checking out all of the different products that they sell. Today I went because I am almost out of boday wash. I bought two scents that I [...]

What would an Easter weekend be without dyeing some eggs? Remember that dye I showed you the other day? Today was the day! While I was at work Lily and Amanda boiled up every egg that I had in the house. She made a comment that was something like “This is the least amount of [...]

Yesterday we took Stephanie and David to the airport and they headed back to Seattle. Amanda has decided to stay a little longer and spend some time making decisions. I haven’t taken many pictures in the last two days but when I looked back at the photos from this weekend I realize just how much I [...]

When Lily and I were in the grocery store today we talked to our favorite chef at the Cooking Connection and she inspired me to make fish for dinner. The sample she gave me was so delicious. I thought it was salmon but it was actually trout.. yes, trout! It turned out great and we [...]

Today was by far the laziest of vacation days. We didn’t leave our hotel room until about 9:00am and that was only to walk down to the pool. I didn’t get any pictures of all of our pool fun except for this one of Lily’s tattoo that she got at the kids club. We stayed [...]

Our long awaited vacation started today. We were up super early to catch our flight to Phoenix, AZ. We were flying from San Antonio, TX to Dallas, TX to Phoenix, AZ. I didn’t get any pictures on the first leg but here is Lily on the tram in Dallas (do you see JP in the [...]

A few weeks ago we decided we wanted to do our Valentine’s Day dinner at home instead of in a restaurant. It was Lily’s idea to cook crab for this dinner. Dungeness Crab is native to the Pacific Northwest so naturally when I lived there I ate a lot of it. Eating it here in Texas [...]

The San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo has been held every February for the last 61 years and it lasts almost 3 weeks at a time. After the rodeo there is always a show or concert of some type, today was Reba McEntire. I love love love me some Reba! This was my (I think) 6th time seeing [...]

…. IT DOESN’T EXIST!! After work today I had to go home and grab something then I headed to the DMV. I knew the place closed at 5:00 but I figured I could just drop in do my business and be out. I was wrong. Here is a picture of the outside of the building. [...]

The other night I hurt my right index toe. I am not sure what I did but I was wearing flip flops and the next thing I knew I was bleeding all over the place. My friend Angela was over and she tried to help me fix it. Man or man is it embarassing for people to [...]

Today is a company holiday for me thanks to Martin Luthern King! I didn’t have to wake up to the alarm, heck I didn’t even have to wake up at all. JP brought me a cup of coffee and a bagel in bed around 7:30am and said “I thought you were gonna sleep in today”. [...]

After work today me and JP were working on some stuff upstairs when I told him I was bored. He suggested I do something else so I decided to go to the grocery store and figure out what I wanted to make for dinner. I have told you before about my thing for wearing flip flops.  I don’t [...]

Besides on my trips to Michigan and Montana I have yet to wear a coat this season. When I left work this afternoon it was a cool 45° and I was secretly excited about it. My first thought besides “don’t speed on the way home” was about what I am going to wear for the [...]

Next time you are thinking about buying me a gift.. this is what I want. As you already know I have fallen in love with all things Snowbabie. As of this Christmas my own personal collection has begun. When I moved in with JP he already had a few of the character collectibles but here are the three [...]

At my work we have an employee club that does different things throughout the year to boost employee moral and make work a little bit more exciting. The name of our employee club is “Social Stag” because our company logo is a stag. I have an officer position so I am pretty heavily involved with what [...]

My friend Angela came over for dinner today and she brough Cheeky with her. She is so uhhh.. cute. She is a Yorkie and Chihuahua mix. Do you love her sweater? She is the most photogenic little thing we have seen in awhile. I am not 100% sure what it is. The only thing I [...]

Every once in awhile I like to write about what I am loving at the moment. I have a bunch of things that have my attention but one very important thing right now are my hair products. I have been trying lots of different stuff over the last few months and I think I finally [...]

I have been picking my brain for what picture to take and add to my final post of 2010. I can’t come up with anything so I decided to take it in a different direction. 2010 was a big year for me. I went through a lot of changes and I learned a lot this year. I also [...]

Before I put the girls to bed last night I promised them a yummy breakfast. This morning the Betty Crocker in me decided it was time to try making pancakes from scratch. I looked it up and this is all you need. Mix the dry ingredients then add the wet and you have this. Put them [...]

I am sitting in the living room waiting patiently as JP hooks up some of the electronic stuff. I am hungry and thinking about putting the tamales in the steamer. Last year we decided our Christmas Eve tradition would be to eat mexican tamales for dinner on Christmas Eve. Here I am sitting in the big [...]

Today was quite possibly the perfect day! Perfect 75º weather and the perfect person to spend the afternoon outside with. We made a nest in the grass. And laid there soaking up the sun. I told JP that I felt like a lizard and that I was lovin it!

I wear flip flops every single day. Seriously EVERY single day. I always slip on my flip flops before I leave for work in the morning and I change info a pair of heels once I get to my desk at work. Then when I leave for the day I put my flip flops back [...]

We woke up this morning in South Haven knowing that in just a few hours we would be in Chicago, IL. We had tried unsuccessfully for the last two days to have Sherman’s Ice Cream. Right when we checked out of our hotel room we headed to Captain Nemos and I ordered my ever sought [...]

When I was a kid you use to be able to tour the Kellogg’s Cereal factory. Rumor has it that in 1986 someone stole a top secret receipe when on a factory tour so in turn they stopped giving tours. The factory is in a town named Battle Creek. You pass by Battle Creek on your way [...]

Today we had breakfast for dinner. It all started when Lily and I were on our way to the grocery and I asked her what she wanted for dinner. She decided on breakfast. Sounds good! I started planning my shopping list in my head and out of my mouth came “Lets get some orange juice [...]

Today Lily and I went to get our hair cut. Lily needed a trim and I wanted shorter bangs. As usual Barbie did an awesome job. Here she is washing Lily’s hair. Then cutting it. And drying it. The drying part was simply to keep Lily amused. She put it on the lowest setting possible [...]

Here is Lily and the neighborhood crew getting ready to hit the streets with one goal.. a full bag of candy! Isn’t she so cute? Lily and Cameron pounding the pavement. Trick or Treat I stayed home and passed out candy in our scary yard. Check out this vulture. Here is what our yard looks like. [...]

For a special Halloween dinner Lily aka: Dorothy, JP aka: Cowboy and Me aka: Robin, all dressed up and went to the Chart House restaurant at the top of the Tower of the Americas for dinner. Before you get on the elevator they take a picture of you in front of a green screen. We bought the picture and as [...]

We had our 3rd game of the season today. We lost the game 8-14 but we still had a lot of fun. The league that we play on wrote about our game last week against Dixen Chicks. Check it out → http://sanantoniossc.com/tracker_softball/ After the game Levi declared himself as #1. Rickey said “Awe ain’t I [...]

Lily has  been asking to take a bath in the tub in the master for awhile now. As soon as I turned on the jets there were bubbles every where. I had to turn off the jets because the tub was about to overflow with bubbles! Sitting in the bathroom talking to her while she [...]

When I was a kid we had a really bad hair cutting experience. I guarantee if you ask my sister Vanessa right now what I am talking about she knows exactly.  She also remembers sporting the boy cut for a number of years. As as adult I am still not that fond of getting my hair cut. Some [...]

I stopped drinking pop a few weeks ago in an effort to curb my sugar addiction. In replace of pop I have been drinking sparkling water like crazy. We found this stuff at the local grocery and I love it. They have so many flavors like grapefruit, berry, lime, cran-raspberry, lemon and orange. They are all delicious [...]

I love hotels, I love staying in hotels, and I love waking up in hotels. That is exactly how my day started today. When we woke up we headed straight to the Watermark Hotel Spa and had a couples massage. After we left the massage room they took us to the relaxation room and me [...]