Elmer's Mini Craft and Tell Party Pack

You must go to Craft-o-Maniac and enter to win a Elmer's Mini Craft and Tell Party Pack!!

HERE IS WHAT YOU CAN WIN!!
*  3  X-ACTO Retract-a-Blade knives
*  3  CraftBond Extra Strength Glue Sticks
*  3  CraftBond Tape Runners*
*  3 Mini Bi-fold 9x12 Foam Board packs 
*  1 Painters Markers pack
*  1 X-ACTO Decorative Edge Scissors pack 
*  1 Circle Cutter
*  1 X-ACTO Self-Healing Mat
*  1 Glue Dots pack
*  2 Photo Corners packs (various colors)
*  1 Gel Pens pack
*  1 Tacky Glue bottle

WE LOVE ELMER'S GLUE!!

TRES likes to eat it too!

March Monthly Memories

So, let admit...I'm not the "daily blogger". 

I noticed that some bloggers put out 2-3+ posts daily... 

Well I can't do it!! 

I do take pictures of everything we do daily but when it comes to blogging and sleeping, 

well...ZZZZZzzzzz's

are my priority!!

For Valentine's Day, Cookie Man got my blog printed to a book!

Awesome!! I love it...and him too!

So here is what I came up with...

"Monthly Memories"

It is my attempt to put a post up on the LAST day of the month
with everything I didn't blog about

or of a picture I took...

and best of all,  it will be included in my next blog to book!!

I also think its an attempt to let people know that:

1)  I have 4 kids

2) they are not running nuts during the day!
3) I can cook

 4) I can still have a cool blog!
So here it goes!!

Just pictures with a caption!

Super easy!

 DINNER INSPIRED

I GOT THIS COUPON FLYER IN THE NEWSPAPER

AND MADE IT AT HOME!! DE-LISH!

MARDI GRAS

Shrove Tuesday Pancakes

UNO

DOS

TRES

WELO reading to UNO... I love this picture!

Their First Corned Beef and Cabbage Experience

Long Story short...Always take a change of clothes with you to the Doctor's office!

BEST FRIENDS!

My Sister's Family's First Trip to the Grand Canyon

WELO and WELA and their 8 grandchildren!

Fun with cousins!

HOMEMADE ORANGE JULIUS

 

YUMMY!

IF YOU DECIDE TO FOLLOW ALONG, 

LEAVE ME A COMMENT WITH YOUR LINK

...I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT I'M NOT ALONE!!

Stations of the Cross

I have found lots of great ideas for the Stations of the Cross. 

This one-by far- is my favorite.

I also added tea light candles that are turned off after each station is read.

I got the Printable Stations from The Bookworm.

Laminated them.

Placed them in a box.

Added the symbols for each Station.

DOS repeated the Stations after Cookie Man read them.

The Littles really took to the "story of Jesus".  

The picture above does not do justice to how they took it all in.

Capirotada- Mexican Bread Pudding

Capirotada is traditionally eaten during Lent. 

Growing up, my mother made it during Holy Week.

Family would come over to enjoy their "favorite aunt's" bread pudding.

I never knew the religious side of it until I watched my mom make it.

  ...and asked her to give me "the recipe".

Here is my mother's recipe... if you are looking for exact measurements, 

you won't find them here!

Take close look at the "bandejas" (pots & pans) in the pictures.

They belonged to my 'mama' and my mother now has them... 

adding to the 60-70+ cooking years my grandmother put them through.

Toasted bread use any type

Oil heating in pan... notice handle is missing

Once bread is toasted, dip in hot oil.

Boil water and add brown sugar or Piloncillo (Mexican Brown Sugar). One stick of butter, cinnamon sticks and whole cloves

Cinnamon Sticks  represent our sins and the wood used to crucify Our Lord Jesus Christ and the Cloves- Nails used to nail Jesus to the Cross

Bread- The Body of Christ

Raisins-People you are praying for family, friends, government officials, enemies, etc

Brown Sugar mix- represents the Blood of Christ

Cheese- our connection with Jesus Christ's suffering and our own suffering

Nuts are the hardened hearts or bad habits we need to let go

Layer Bread & cheese

then pour brown sugar mixture between layers

repeat in layers until all ingredients are used

bake at 350 degrees for 2-3 hours

my mother and her Capirotada!

Check out other Lenten Ideas here!!

Celebrating the Feast Day of St. Joseph

Here is our First Annual St. Joseph Altar

A Wooden Statue of St. Joseph

 

Here is a post about St. Joseph Altar for Beginners!

You can read about the History of the St. Joseph Altar here!

We also included pictures, prayer cards and names of loved ones who have gone before us...

Prayer To St. Joseph for Protection

Gracious St. Joseph, 

protect me and my family from all evil as you did the Holy Family. 

Kindly keep us ever united in the love of Christ, 

ever fervent in imitation of the virtue of our Blessed Lady, 

your sinless spouse, 

and always faithful in devotion to you. 

Amen.

We linked up here!

QUATRO

Our family is now complete!

Hello World!

QUATRO

Born 3-09-2011

11:47 am

9 lbs. 11.2 oz.

20 1/2 inches long

Daddy and Quatro!

Quatro was named after his Abuelo

I love this picture of the kids meeting their brother!

The Littles!

Probably the closest thing we will get to a a picture with 'everyone' looking at the camera.

Quatro was born on Ash Wednesday...he received Ashes within 1 hour of his birth!