For My Mom.....From Etsy

Isn't this such an awesome idea? I found the sweetest angel on Etsy who made this for me. Carrie from SweetAngelLove at Etsy did a FANTASTIC job on this photo collage for my mom for Mother's day. And because my mom has so many grandchildren, she even made me a larger print than her listing was for ( her listing was for an 8 x 10) to accommodate and only charged a few extra dollars (she made me a 16 x 20). She is so wonderful that I just had to mention her on this wedding blog of mine, even though this isn't wedding related. But..........it actually could be wedding related, as she also has a listing for custom wedding photos. You should go take a look! You could get something wedding related......and I'm not sure, but it might be too late for Mother's Day, but you could always give Mom or Grandma an awesome gift for their birthdays!
Well, just thought I'd share this awesome find with you. (5 of those kids are MY grandkids, and my 2 daughters!).
Thanks again Carrie! You're the best!

Happy Valentine's Day!

My wish is for all of my friends out there in the blog world to have a very beautiful day with their significant others.
'Tis a day of L-O-V-E. Enjoy!

I'm Sorry.....

I've been so very busy with jury duty, but will get a break from it with the weekend and holidays coming up. I promise to post the winner of the Poster Giveaway tomorrow....PROMISE! I'm so behind on everything....you should see my house! I haven't been able to make things for my Etsy shoppe either, as I had planned......=(. Oh well, you know how it is when duty calls!

I'm A Grandma Again!

Nooooo....not kitties!
My oldest daughter (who lives in a different state) =( has been in the hospital for about 2 weeks now. She was pregnant with twins that wanted to make their grand entrance early, so we've had tons of people praying for her and the babies.
Well, they were born this morning 2 am(ish) at 28 weeks and are doing well. Two boys weighing a little over 2 lbs each. Welcome Babies!
Just had to share!

Happy New Year!

Wishing you all a wonderful New Year. May we ALL be blessed and have a better year than we did this year. YAY 2010!!!!

Season's Greetings and Horchata!!!

Season's Greetings from our family to yours! I hope you all have a wonderful hoiday/Christmas and weekend. We will be having my family over today on Christmas Eve. My mom will bring tamales (purchased from a restaurant that makes them....we used to, but don't anymore) and I will be making rice, beans, carnitas and potato salad. I will also make horchata. No, not from scratch...sorry....I don't know how. I actually don't even really like horchata. In fact, I just found out from my 12 year old a few days ago that it's a rice drink. I know, I'm really bad at this kind of stuff.
I found this packet of horchata at Walmart that you mix with water. How easy is that? I hope it tastes good to everyone that knows what it's supposed to taste like. ........
.....and this is what I'll be serving it in. Isn't she beautiful? I just got her this past weekend from Target. She was actually purchased with "wedding" in mind, but I figured....why not break her in a little? =) And it's the perfect occasion.
Tomorrow my Mr's family comes for his famous homemade menudo (uh, which I also don't like). I'm so bad! So I will be eating left over carnitas....AND I found a mix to make tamarindo too (I'm not sure if I like that). He said tamarindo will go better with menudo than horchata would. OK....what do I know? It's a good thing I have people around me that know what the heck is going on! lol
So, 2 fun filled days with family! Yay! And hopefully a relaxing weekend. {{sigh}}
Have fun everyone!!! =)

Just Thought I'd Share My Tree

Hope you all have a fantastic Christmas with your families!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Hope you all have a wonderful day with friends and family. We will have much of our family missing from our get together this year for various reasons, but they will be in our hearts and in our thoughts. ~~~Happy Thanksgiving~~~~

Totally NOT Wedding Related.....

I love Fall! Leaves, leaves and more leaves! I was driving down a street today in the city next to mine. Street after street of beautiful freshly fallen leaves in many different hues. I thought, "I want to stop and grab some of these leaves". So I did. So now....what to do with them?
So I found a vase, then filled it with water so the leaves wouldn't dry and crumble.
So pretty.........but it needed something.
So I threw a brown lid I found (off of a chocolate candy box....well hey, it matched Fall colors!), then topped it with a scarecrow head I had pulled out of the abyss (our garage).
I really don't know how long the leaves will survive submerged, but for now I'm a happy camper.

Halloween With My Flower Girl

My 3 year old granddaughter (aka flower girl) on the left, and my 12 year old granddaughter/daughter (I adopted her when she was 2) on the right. This was to be my little granddaughter's first actual experience saying trick-or-treat and opening her bag up for candy.
And boy, did she have a ball! A bit shy at first (like, just at the first house), but once she saw the pay-off she was off and running! Here's the gang at our first stop getting juicy's (my mom's). My youngest daughter on the far right (my lil granddaughter's mom). 4 generations of girls met here tonight. =)
I loved this beautiful walkway entrance these people had. Perfect for picture taking.
Me and my other "babygirl".
This is a new friend I met on someone's porch. He's a bit of a dummy though.
And of course, me and my HONEY!