Today started out like a usual Sunday for me. I woke up and took JP to the airport. After having him home and hanging out with me for the last two weeks it was really hard to see him go. When I got back home I was sitting on the porch when I noticed this [...]

We don’t usually travel to Portland on Saturday’s but Lily has other plans this weekend so we took off a day early. After being on so many airplanes now I kinda wonder what other people do to amuse themselves during the flight. I usually listen to music, read or sleep. If I am able to [...]

Our week-long vacation came to an end today. I think we were all ready to get home and back into our normal routine. We left Palm Desert around 7:00 am because the drive to LAX was about 2 hours. We didn’t need to leave that early but we wanted to stop in Santa Monica before [...]

Because I grew up in the north when I heard the word tubing I would think of a cold sport. Kinda like in this picture of me tubing The Summit at Snoqualmie Pass. But now that I live in the south it has taken on a completely different meaning. It is a warm sport around [...]

When I woke up this morning the sun was shinning and the pool was calling my name. I checked the temperature and the water was up to 72°. Pretty good considering that 2 days ago it was only 70°. I decided that today was definitely a lay around and be lazy kinda day. But you [...]

This morning we had a direct flight from San Antonio, TX to Denver, CO. Direct flights are awesome and a real treat because there are not to many cool places you can fly directly to from San Antonio. And the best part? The flight was less than 2 hours so we were on the ground [...]

I skipped out of blogging for the last few days but now I am back! I have a really good reason for being gone so long… actually I have 3 of them. JP had to be up in Austin for the SXSW festival and I went to join him I didn’t bring my camera (all [...]

When Marlene first invited us to join them in Palm Springs she told me that there was a car auction that Bob was planning on going to. This morning when we got up we met them at a small diner for breakfast. After breakfast Bob and JP headed for the car auction and Marlene and [...]

Nothing is better than a nice fun Saturday adventure. Lily, JP and Corey were all game so we hopped in the truck and left home to find some fun. Our first stop was for lunch at Henry’s Puffy Tacos. If you are ever in San Antonio be sure that we take you here for lunch. [...]

A couple years ago my sister Vanessa called me on the phone and told me about a show she saw on TV about puffy tacos. I told her I had never had one but that I will be sure to try one. Every time I talked to her over the next few months she would [...]

My eyes popped open at about 8:30 this morning. I layed there listening but I didn’t hear the kids. My first thought that they were still asleep… yeah right. I went upstairs and found them quietly playing Barbie dolls. I told them to get dressed because it was pinata time! Lily was totally ready and [...]

My eyes popped open at 8:00am this morning. Even though JP wasn’t up yet, I got up and took a shower and I was ready to go. I didn’t realize why I was up so early until I remembered the time zone change… it was 10:00am in my mind. The first thing we did when [...]

I had a early morning flight to meet JP out in San Francisco, CA for a couple days. As you know there are barely any direct flights to anywhere from San Antonio so I had to lay-over in Las Vegas, NV. Everything was going well until about 10 minutes before we were suppose to board. [...]

Today I had a pretty perfect day! It started with Lily wanting JP to help her make me breakfast in bed. But since the fridge was pretty empty they had to get creative. JP brewed some coffee and Lily cut the cake. I mean coffee + birthday cake = coffee cake, right? Then as I [...]

The whole reason we were all together these past few days is because of Pauly and Katie. For those of you that don’t know Pauly is my youngest brother, the youngest of 10 siblings. It is kinda weird to think that I won’t ever be going to any more of my siblings weddings, because everyone [...]

Today I went to Katie’s shower/bachlorette party. Here is Katie with her Mom and her sister Sara. This is my sister-in-law Kelli and my neice Erica. Here is Katie opening her first gift. And her last gift that came from me. I think every girl knows what comes in pink boxes! After the party at [...]

There is no better way to end a hot day then to hang out in the pool at home with your friends. Everybody say CHEESE! It never fails. The kids always love playing with the water proof camera. I had to show everyone my best… err, cannon ball? And after telling him it could NOT be [...]

This morning our big plan was to drive over to Whidbey Island and take the ferry over to Port Townsend which is on the Olympic Peninsula. Our first stop was in Anacortes, WA to see a little place called Mt Erie. Oh and evidently you have to beware of owls and dusk at dawn. The [...]

Today was a really good day! I picked Lily up from camp and we headed home to hang out in the pool. I am not sure if I have ever told you guys this but we have lots of flowers in our backyard. Not flowers that I planted but thing that were there when we [...]

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. [...]

A couple weeks ago I was making breakfast and I had the idea to try something new. This seems somewhat familiar so I may have had this as a child but I am not sure. Regardless I have since named it “Daisy’s Eggs Nests”. I made it again today and based on what I learned last time [...]

What do you think is in the shot glass? Vodka? Tequila? Gin? Did you notice that my name is on the shot glass?

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 [...]

After we came back from our walk it was time to eat breakfast and check out of the condo. JP, Lily and I had a lot of fun spending the weekend with Shauna, Brandon, Gage, Jaxx and Parker. I snapped this picture just before we left the condo for the last time. Shauna had a [...]

Since this was our last morning at the beach JP woke us up early to go for a walk on the beach.  It was JP, Lily, Gage and I. There is a wooden path that leads you from our condo to the beach. We didn’t actually see any rattlesnakes but I believe that they are there. [...]

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 [...]

In order to make a mermaid you will need the following things: 1 small human 1 or 2 large humans to help build the mermaid 1 Shovel (not necessary but very helpful) A large sandy area (beaches work the best) 1,000 or so miniature shells to decorate the tail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Step 1: Dig a hole wide enough [...]

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 [...]

I have been training Lily for awhile to let me sleep until at least 8:00 am on weekends. When we are at home she will literally watch the clock and then she is at my bedside no later than 8:01 am. This morning she woke me up bright and early and when I asked the time she [...]

Today we packed up our stuff and headed to the beach for a long weekend of fun in the sun. We are renting a condo down on the Gulf of Mexico on Mustang Island in Port Aransas, TX. Our condo is full water view and only steps from the beach! We are sharing the condo with my dear friend [...]

Today Sarah’s childhood friend Kris drove down from Dallas to spend the evening with us. It has been a long time coming but I finally found a girl who is more sarcastic than I am. If you can’t take a joke we are not the people you want to hang out with. I loved it! [...]

My sisters best friend Sarah has a confrence here in San Antonio next week. She booked her travel to come into town a few days early and spent some time with us. We were all hungry so we headed to a restaurant down the street. Sarah and I say CHEESE! Since she was in Texas Sarah had to have some [...]

We hung out in the pool until it was time to get ready for Lily’s volleyball game. I have no idea why they schedule games for 4:00 in the afternoon on a Saturday but that was this weeks game time. Here is Me, Teylor and Shauna getting ready to go. We clean up pretty well, [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

We woke up this morning around 8:00am in our room on the 22nd floor of the hotel.  Last night when we checked in they informed us that the continental breakfast would be on the club level on the 23 floor. So after we showered and got ready we headed upstairs for breakfast. Lily gave the breakfast rave reviews. [...]

Have I ever told you about my love for hotels? I seriously think I could live in a hotel if it was an option.  Since we were already going to drive to Houston to pick up Shauna, Gage and Teylor we decided it would be fun to go up on Thursday and get a hotel [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I love it when people come to our softball games so naturally I was thrilled that Amanda, Stephanie and David were coming with me this week! They were playing but I knew that would be up in the stands cheering us on. It was actually the perfect game for them to come to because we [...]

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 [...]

A couple months ago we went into Greenhouse Mall to look at  new patio furniture. We have wood patio furniture out by the pool right now and the Texas sun is eating them up. We didn’t buy anything when we were in there but we did get ideas. Today when we went in we saw the design that we wanted.  [...]

I pulled this from wikipedia. Fiesta is an annual 10-day city-wide festival held in April to honor the memory of the heroes of the Battle of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto. Over 100 events take place during the anniversary of Texas’ independence from Mexico. The festival’s beginnings date back to 1891 when [...]

Last night I made a salad that called for bacon bits so when I was cooking and Lily asked me how she could help I told her she cold make the bacon. I set out the pan for her and turned up the heat. She has seen bacon made but has never done it on [...]

Last year we learned that when we think a palm is dead it might not be true. I told you guys about the process we went through to bring it back to life. We have another situation in our back yard. This guy is a victim of the two day freeze a couple months ago. I [...]

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 [...]