Happy New Year!!

I've enjoyed the break but 

I am so excited to get back to blogging!

It's 11:15pm and I just realized I didn't take a picture for the blog!

 Welcome to a New Year!!

Merry Christmas!

Celebrating Our 6 Year Anniversary

Our Unity Candle

Happy 6 year wedding anniversary Cookie Man!!

 

Happy 5th Birthday UNO!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNO!!

WE LOVE YOU!

You don’t raise heroes; you raise sons. 

And if you treat them like sons, 

they’ll turn out to be heroes, 

even if it’s just in your own eyes.  

~ Walter Schirra Sr.

UNO's First Day of Preschool

Today was UNO's first day of Preschool!

He was so excited to go!

Here are some of the pictures from the "photo shoot"!

Mr. Serious

When I grow up,
I want to be...
"a 'step-in-time' dancer like Bert!" 
(from Mary Poppins)
(I wrote down exactly what he said when I asked him)

Imagine a 4 year old screaming 

at his friends from the car when we pull up...

um...yeah that was him!

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL UNO!!

(First Day of Preschool 2010)

DOS' First Day of Preschool

DOS had her first day of preschool today.

After two wardrobe changes, she was ready to go... 

at 7:00am!!!

Her school starts at 8:30!

I pulled out my chalkboard from last year for First Day of school pictures!

I added the date this time!

(very important when you do not blog daily !)

I wrote down the first thing she said when I said, 

"When I grow up I want to be..."

She proudly said, 

"Mary Poppins"

Here DOS is holding the sign

the "Official" picture

Off to class with Bribery Chocolate Bars for her teachers!

DOS and her teacher!

Happy First Day of Preschool DOS!!

Cloth Napkins

One of the best things I have done was 

switch to Cloth Napkins.

The kids were easily using up 2-3 paper napkins at meals, 

although I have to admit I was too!

I found some cloth napkins at a thrift store for 50 cents each 

but when they rang up at the counter they were half off!!

I called the kids to breakfast yesterday and was greeted by this!

DOS' flowers she picked at her cousin's football game

 (DOS' chore at meal time is to set out the napkins)

It was such a beautiful site!

Enjoying the table set every day!

I try to make sure our meals together are not just a quick eat and go,

so we can actually savor the company and the food.

Bless us, O Lord, 

and these gifts, 

which we are about to receive 

from Thy bounty, 

through Christ our Lord. 

Amen

Linking here:

Celebrating the Fourth of July

Red White and Blue Pancakes!

YUM!

 Apple PIE Cobbler!!

Happy Birthday America!!

These Boots are made for RUNNIN'

Well we packed up the kids and 

headed off to the BIG town for the Boot Race!

Not just any Boot Race...

It was a super, fun time!

DOS and TRES getting a pep talk from Cookie Man

The kids didn't win. 

Sometimes they didn't race when they WERE supposed to race... 

PLAN B...pick up TRES and run!!

DOS ran the whole way!! (crying)

Daddy, you left me...

UNO "flying" in his boots!

Almost at the finish!

Good Job UNO!

other times they raced when they WEREN'T supposed to... 

all in all it was a great big fiasco... 

all tuckered out!

  can't wait for next year!!!!

Celebrating Pentecost

50 cent "Holy Spirit" garage sale find

Quatro's Baptism Invitation (made by moi!)

 Food cooked "Over Fire"

~MENU~
BBQ Ribs & Chicken
Layered Salad
Fruit Salad
Texas Baked Beans

A Family favorite

LOVE THIS SALAD!!

12 Fruits of the Holy Spirit Salad

Pentecost Cake

• Large Candle in Center - represents Christ our Light, who promised to send the Holy Ghost.
• 12 Birthday Candles - represent the 12 Apostles and the tongues of fire.

DESSERT TABLE!

~DESSERT MENU~

Irish Cream Liqueur Cake

Fruits if the Spirit Cupcakes

Tongues of Fire-Hot Tamales

White Chocolate Covered Pretzels- Holy Trinity

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Brownie Bites

Red Vines

Red Velvet Cake

Deliciousness!!

more YUMMY treats!

Getting Ready to blow out the candles with a "mighty wind"

Take Home Favors- Springerle Cookies printed with a Baptism Mold

An extra special reason for our Pentecost Celebration

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful

and kindle in them the fire of your love.

Send forth your Spirit, 

And You shall renew the face of the earth.

Much Inspiration:

 Shower of Roses

Catholic Cuisine 

Catholic Icing 

QUATRO's Baptism

QUATRO was baptized today!

QUATRO was named after my dad and my uncle who has passed away.  

We asked his daughter (my cousin) and her husband to be his God Parents and of course, they said yes.

They traveled all the way from North Carolina!

Getting dressed

I love this picture!

A picture with his God Mother

It was a beautiful mass!

Family Rosary

A Family Picture with Father Fred (compliments of a Skittles bribe, the kids...not the priest! ha)