When I was a kid my mom made a ridiculous amount of cookies for the holidays. My favorite cookies where the sugar cookies that she made for Halloween. I also remember that she would make the cookie dough the night before. I totally used the recipe from my mom’s cookbook. I set everything out and had Lily add it [...]

A few years ago Stephanie was on a flight from Seattle to San Antonio on Southwest Airlines. The airline has red stir sticks with a heart on the end of them. When she landed in SA she said that she asked for a bunch of them because she knew I liked stir sticks. To this [...]

In my opinion one of the absolute best things to do in Washington is to go to the Olympic Game Farm. I have been there a bunch of times through the years and I am never disapointed. Most people go to the Olympic Peninsula to go to the Olympic National Forest or to see the town of Forks, [...]

We woke up this morning at JP’s parents house on Camano Island. The first thing Lily said to me after I got up was “Mom, did you look outside?”. It was late and dark when we got there last night so she had no idea that we were right on a cliff  looking over the water. Camano Island [...]

It is no secret that the Mariner’s are having about as good of a season as Seattle is a summer. But regardless of that how could a trip to Seattle be complete without a baseball game? Here are 4 of the 13 tickets that got my group into tonights game.! Even JP’s parents Marlene and Bob joined [...]

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 [...]

We spent our last full day of vacation with my sister Vanessa and her family. I was trying to decide between a few different things to do but eventually chose Greenfield Village which is next to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI. What is it you ask? This is what wikipedia says: The Henry [...]

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 [...]

Today was one of our favorite days of our vacation so far. We took so many great photos that I have decided to break this up into two postings. We covered a lot of ground today and explored the greater NW portion of Michigan. When we woke up this morning the first thing Lily said [...]

After all that fun today we decided to drive to Manistee, MI and find a motel room to stop and rest for the night. We drove through town and nothing really caught our eye so we drove through the historic part of town and we saw The Ramsdell Inn. This building was built in 1891 [...]

Check out the map below. We put in a solid 8+ hour day today of being a tourist and driving really far! Lily slept for the first couple hours of our trip while we went from St Ignace, MI to Paradise, MI. Right before we drove into Paradise I saw Lake Superior. Sure she was sleeping [...]

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 [...]

After breakfast Me, Vanessa, Lily, Isabel and Sofia headed out for a little trip to Hell. I downloaded a pretty cool iPhone app named Roadside America. The app locates me on the map and tells me what strange and offbeat things that are near by. The first place we stopped was The Shoe Tree which was about 5 [...]

Today we headed out to Independence Lake which is very near Vanessa’s house here in Whitmore Lake. It’s a pretty nice park that has beach access, a rock climb thing, paddle boat rentals, a concession stand, bathrooms, a splash zone and a playground. Before we left home Vanessa made hamburger patties to bbq for lunch. [...]

Today I set out on adventure with Vanessa, Lily, Isabel, Sofia, Cael and Erica. I have been asking Vanessa for awhile now if we can go on a day trip to see Lake Erie. She was not familar with where to go and not that excited about going so she posted the question to her [...]

We made it to Michigan! Lily and I slept almost the entire flight, it was awesome. Lily was a little bit luckier than me though cause she was able to curl up in a little ball and sleep with her head on my lap. Once we landed we headed to baggage claim and then to [...]

A couple weeks ago I was going through a box of stuff and I found a cute little toy cabinet with a penguin on it. When I first saw it I knew exactly what it was but I wondered what I could possibly do with it. It is not very big… actually it is quite small. [...]

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 [...]

I think I have told you guys before that I have not doing anything to chemically alter my hair in a long time. Seriously its been like 5 years I think. No bleach, no color… no anything! When your hair is all natural like that it is called virgin! Now I never said that I didn’t want [...]

JP, Lily and I are so crazy about the beach that we decided we need to spend some more time there before heading home today.  We packed up the condo and headed into town really quick to buy a couple things before we hit the beach. Lily was almost eaten by a shark. And we took the [...]

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 [...]

One of my favorite things in the entire world to do is hang out at the beach. I don’t mind the fact that sand gets everywhere or that it there is a chance of getting bitten by pretty much anything in the water, I still love it. That was the plan for today… hang out on the [...]

Every once in awhile something happens. I can’t really explain it. And I don’t usually know that it is happening. Then the sun sets and as I lay snug in my bed a thought occurs to me. I DIDN’T TAKE A PICTURE OF ANYTHING TODAY! In my head I recapped my day and I totally did things [...]

If you have been reading this blog for any amount of time you already know that one of our favorite ways to spend the weekends is in our pool hanging out with friends. There is always so much laughter, fun and good times. That is exactly how our Saturday afternoon was spent! Here is Teylor, Shauna, Gage, [...]

You know how I am always preaching to you guys about keeping your digital pictures safe by archiving them by sending them up to the sky? Well let me tell you a little story and give you another example why it is fun to be able to go back and walk down memory lane! I have blogged about my [...]

Shauna said that she wanted to see some San Antonio landmarks and since I had already shown her the “World’s Largest Cowboy Boots“ we decided that downtown was the place to go. Here is my gang waiting for the elevator in the parking garage. The first place we went was my favorite Mexican restaurant Casa Rio on [...]

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 [...]

This morning Lily discovered Easter baskets near the front door. So exciting! There where lots of goodies in each basket but I think everyones favorite things where either the bathings suits or the personalized towels. Look mine says Daisy on it! Once the baskets were picked through Lily looked at us and said “I wonder [...]

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 [...]

Me and Amanda went to The Quarry Mall to go Easter Bunny shopping today. I can’t tell you what I bought because I think someone might read this before Saturday morning. While we were out shopping I told Amanda that I don’t think we own any Easter decorations. Amazing considering all the other other holiday stuff we have! I picked [...]

Once everyone woke up this morning Lily helped me make breakfast. Looks pretty good, right? Our absolute favorite thing to do is hang out in the backyard at the pool so that was our plan for the afternoon. Lily didn’t sleep very well last night so she totally took a nap for about an hour [...]

Today my other bff Stephanie and her boyfriend David came to spend the weekend with us.  By the time I got home from work JP had already picked them up from the airport and they were at my house waiting for me. These are three of my favorite girls! Amanda, Stephanie and Lily. Since Stephanie doesn’t [...]

Lily had her very first volleyball game of her entire life today. She played through theYMCA on a purple team named “Crush”. Here is a picture of her that I snapped while they were warming up. Here she is on her very first serve. It’s so cute because since they are so small they serve [...]

For a few years now Lily has had an interest in volleyball but she has always been to young to be on an organized team. I have spent lots of time bumping the ball back and forth with her. She come a long way since the first bump. About a month ago I read on the [...]

There is a reason that they say not to drink and drive… and I am not talking about cars! Someone… err I mean some people thought it was a good idea to go for a bike ride to the beach. So we hopped on and headed to the beach. Go Angela, go! Sure we had [...]

We lived through night #1 of the road trip! The plan was to walk around, buy a couple souvenirs and get at least half of the rest of the way to Florida. First we played around by the statues. Then we went out to lunch. I have never tasted crawfish as good as these guys [...]

Today was a sad day for South Texas but the very beginning of an awesome long weekend for Angela and I. I took us about 8 hours after leaving San Antonio to hit New Orleans. We had a hotel room at the beginning of the famed Bourbon Street. I pulled this information straight from wikipedia. “Though [...]

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 [...]

JP: Do you know what tomorrow is? Me: Saturday JP: Yes, but what is happens tomorrow? Me: Sunny Saturday? JP: UUGGHHhhh Me: What am I forgetting? JP: Tomorrow is the 3 year anniversary of the day we met. This my friends is one of the many million reasons I love this man!

Lily wore hanging earrings for the first time in her life today. Every time we go into a store that has earrings she always wants to get the big ol hoops but I keep telling her she has to wait until she gets older. We got her the pair she wore for Valentine’s Day this [...]

Today when Lily and I were at the grocery store she saw the waffle makers on the shelf and so we decided that’s what should be for dinner. I looked up the recipe on my iPhone and we already had most of the ingredients at home. The only thing we had to buy was the cream [...]

There are days when I really really enjoy being a mom. Sometimes Lily is in this great mood and everything is perfect and she is the perfect most amazing daughter ever. Today was one of them. When we were at the grocery store today I told Lily I didn’t feel like cooking dinner so she told me [...]

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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 [...]

We had another beautiful day in San Antonio today. 75º and sunny. There is no better reason to bbq than that. Here is our ribeye and seasoning of choice. Lily is having a sleep over with her friend Cameron who we adore. Right before dinner was ready I decided to make them extra special Shirley Temple’s. [...]

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 [...]

Lily woke me up around 8am this morning to tell me she was hungry. We did some stuff around the house and then started prepping breakfast. We are big fans of fruit around here. Lily’s job was to wash the fruit. We have raspberries from California. Strawberries from Mexico (they look orange in the picture [...]

Here is our 2010 Christmas tree. This is the big bushy noble fir that we treked through the snow for. Here are a few of my favorite ornaments. Lily’s Snowbabie (they never put my name on this kind of stuff). My Dad sent Lily this ornament before he died. I still love it even if [...]

When I was a kid going to get a Christmas tree was a big deal. We would have to dress warm, trudge through snow, search, and finally find the perfect tree. Once we found it my Dad would get down on the ground and use a saw on it until it hit the ground.  Then he would drag it [...]

Today was the last day of our vacation so we figured we better take full advantage of it. After we woke up we headed to breakfast at a place the lady inside the hotel recommended. When we stepped outside it was still cold! We walked a few blocks and found the place but it was [...]