Happy 5th Birthday Miss Charleigh Grace

The queen bee of the bunch turns the big 5 today. Charleigh is our little trouble maker to say the least. I though maybe with age she would not get into as much trouble, but she is proving that wrong the last few days. Nonetheless, we love her and her little Houdini self. Hope you have a wonderful birthday big girl, I love you with all my heart!!!!

Oh brother, we are going to be friends

Since I have made my blanket I have been think of projects that I want to make for all the new bundle of joys that are going to be making his/her debut in the next few months. I decided that I would make burp cloths out of cloth diapers and flannel. The project is fairly simple and I was able to remember most of the directions that Grandma Judy taught me during my Sewing 101 Class

I am so proud of that the burp cloths turned out perfect and most importantly with straight lines!!

...Trying to keep the work space neat...

...all finished...woohoo!...

Perfect Tortilla Pan Set

I L.O.V.E. informercials, they always suck me in and at the end I am pretty sure I want to purchase whatever product is. So far the perfect brownie, slushy magic, sock clips, shamwow, kaboom, and oxy clean have all been informercials that I have seen multiple times and have purchased. (Yes slightly nerdy and obsessive)

I have seen the Perfect tortilla commercials a couple of times and have wanted to purchase it but was always too lazy to find my credit card (good thing). but when I made a quick trip to buy fabric at Joann's I saw the As Seen on TV section. It's was the "ahhh moment with the little light shining down on the perfect tortilla". I had a coupon and figured what the heck just get it. I hid it in the cabinet when I it home because I knew josh would lecture me on buying more nonsense items. Well my hiding spot wasn't good enough and he found it a day later...oops ill try harder next time.

So tonight's meal we made busted out the pans and made the tostada bowls. Just like the informercials it was so easy and tasted delicious!! These pan's were totally worth the money!!!

...just simply place the tortilla in the mold...

...Pop it in the oven at 400 degrees fro 5-7 mins...

...It works!...

Family Dinner

On Sunday we made an impulsive trip down to San Marcos to have dinner with the family. I was craving pizza at the time and decided that we would go to Pizza Port in Carlsbad. Once we got to my parents house my brother and sister in law told us hat we needed to try Sublime Alehouse instead. So we agreed and went there. It's a nice place that has table seating or self seating and had variety of yummy foods to try. I decided to go with build your own sandwich. I had a chicken bacon ranch and josh had a chicken sandwich of some sort as well. All I can say is the Sublime didn't disappoint! The food and service was fantastic! My brother and Tasha love the Mac n' Cheese so maybe I'll try to that next visit.

...My yummy samich!...

...Josh and his food...

...Christopher and his Tomato Soup....

...The parents, not excited for their picture to be taken...

Supercross: Anaheim 1

The first Saturday of January you will usually find us in Anahiem for the opening round of Monster Energy Supercorss. I have been to Supercross every year since I was a kid, but we just recently made A1 our annual trip. We like going to A1 because for the most part the riders have healed from last seasons injuries from either Supercorss or Outdoor Nationals.

We had a great time spending the evening with our parents and of course rooting for the riders. #4 Ricky Carmichael is still my All-Time favorite rider, but since he retired I root for #14 Kevin Windham aka K-Dub and #18 David Millsaps. It was an awesome night of racing, especially for the Supercross class. Millsaps got the hole shot and made it a battle all night with Conard. K-Dub had a decent night too, but in the end the checkered flag went to #18 David Millsaps!!

Can't wait for the boys to come to San Diego for another night of racing and most importantly spending time with the family.

Sewing Class 101

I have always wanted to learn how to sew, but haven't had the courage to learn. Actually, I'll be honest...I don't have the patience either. i want it to be perfect the first time. I have a ton of friends that are expecting kids in the next few months so I wanted to make a few blankets.

I found this adorable free pattern at Joann's on one of my many crafting trips and decided that this was what I wanted to make. The instructions said that it was intermediate level and would take 3-4 hours to complete. I figured I would double the time since I have no clue what I am doing. Luckily Josh's Grandma Judy is a superb seamstress and makes tons of adorable blankets with embroidery. I called her up and luckily she was more than willing to teach me how to sew.

The entire process took 4.5 hours. Not too shabby if I say so myself. I had so much fun spending the day with Grandma Judy and her teaching me her craft. I can't wait until the next project!!

Ocotillo for New Years 2013

We ended 2012 and started 2013 with a trip to Ocotillo Wells. We normally go to Glamis, but we met some awesome new people back at our Thanksgiving trip to Glamis so we decided to join them in Ocotillo for this trip.

It was our first trip with the new larger enclosed trailer. With the new addition we sit at a length of 72ft. And I no longer have the desire to learn how to drive the motor home while towing.

We had a great time having the usual horseshoe tournament and Beer Pong. Cassie and Brian still rein as the most winning team for beer pong, but Kevin and Josh did win 1 out of 6 games.

We decided to leave the kiddos at Gramma & Grampa's since it was a short trip. We missed the, terribly, but I loved getting the updates on how much fun they were having with Bailee & Oli.