Happy Mother's Day!

By far, my favorite flower EVER! Sadly, the nursery's aren't carrying ranunculus anymore in AZ-- It's getting too hot already (99 yesterday and 100 today!), but Costco is carrying them and I just picked some bunches up in yellow and pink! Love them!

Isn't she gorgeous!?

My sister, Tabitha, was photographed by Jason and Anna. Wow! I love the natural lighting of their photography. Absolutely beautiful! Click here to see more!

Summertime Snacks!

Yesterday my mom and I went to Restaurant Depot, a store similar to Costco but not open to the public and only for business owners. I got in and signed up for a membership and picked up Sabor Nuestro churros, knowing full well how much my kids would love me. We LOVE churros and every time we are at Costco, they have to have one. Since the instructions said oven or fryer methods, I thought I could pull them off with the oven. They were sooo.... good and super easy! It comes with it's own cinnamon and sugar and we just rolled them around when they came out! They are definitely a "food-you-eat-outside" but we spend half the day enjoying the weather outside anyway.

Tracy--these would be LOVED at EFG!!

Just in time for Spring!

These skittles have been my nursing lecture weakness! I've boughten them every time I run to Walmart. They are just perfect to get you into the mood for Spring!

A Home....

This mirror is really the beginning to our home. I saw it last summer and loved it! I've often thought about it since (that's when you know you HAVE to have it!). It is going to be a great focal piece nestled in a little cove practically made for it, in my entry way. I love it because it's got great dimension, has that old, imperfect feel, but a great classic statement piece.

But before this mirror can come to our house, there are many to-do's that we are trying to accomplish. Drew has been calling all the subs lining them up. One of the best things about Drew is that he has great ideas and can vision a project finished. Me on the other hand, I'm realistic, likes to save a buck, and can't picture construction projects too well. Drew won on our war of ideas and I'm so glad he did. Luckily my father-in-law was over (he is the best for construction ideas/projects) and he and Drew executed the idea. So instead of studying for my test today, I watched carefully so that my countertop granite didn't break.

Our pony wall that Drew and I hated came down and a new bar is getting built...then some paint...THEN the mirror!

Valentine's Brick Oven...

Valentine's was 80 degrees and gorgeous. I read in my Food Network Mag about doing pizza on the grill so we cooked up some mini pizza's with heart pepperoni and ate outside. It was wonderful! We stayed out and talked/played until it got dark, which was perfect for our glowstick straws that I picked up. Hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Karate

Braden has done so well at karate and Sempai (his teacher) said that he thought he was the 'most improved' over the last 6 months. He loves going to karate and has picked up on all the karate rules. This past week he advanced to a yellow belt. It's a pretty big deal when you advance to another belt and the parents are part of the ceremony by taking the old belt off and then putting the new belt on. After, they are presented to Sempai with their new belts. He loves watching the boys who compete and often tells me he wants to be as good as they are. We are so proud of Braden!