Backyard possibilities

This is one of the new Morning (or is it Mourning?) Dove that started to show up in our yard. We used to have a pair, and now we have about 5-6! There are not bad, at least they don't try to eat the vegetables and they keep in the back of the yard.

I saw this flower, does anyone know what it is? I have not seen it before, and I did not plant it. So, if it is a wildflower, it is very pretty.


I am hopeful that my "lovely" squirrels keep ignoring these tomatoes!


I cut one of the purple green pepper, the other one is not ready yet. we will use it to make a yummy salad.


These roses reminded me when I used to dance and had a huge red squirt with lots of waves. Oh, those were the days, when I was young and fit.


I took this picture a day before a squirrel will take the red tomato. Oh, squirrel! This is when I have a love-hate relationship with them!


My best deal of this summer came when I bought this plant called Wishbone. I paid 1 dollar. It was a small thing and I thought it was going to die, but it has grow at least 5 x the original size :)


Dahlias. Lots of dahlias. Love them.

More dahlias. The little dahlias. Tiny little dahlias.

Sunflowers. How about this, the squirrel gave us a gift! I did not plant sunflowers there, and suddenly one comes up! Thanks squirrel.

Change is in the horizon...

Here is a picture of my darling's cute sandals. She loves the flowers, and to play with them, but not to wear them. I guess she needs to get used to them :)


Ari loves to draw her hand. She loves to draw in general, crayons, chalkboard, pens, you name it. We already have her first art work in our couch! We don't even know when she did it!

Daddy and Ari are eating some yummy Oreo cookies. Maybe we should do the commercial. They look so cute together.

Resting after eating all those cookies. I guess that will be the pose if we had any stars to look at.


Ari and her bears. She loves to put them to sleep. There are blankets everywhere, in the house, the car, the crib, etc... The good thing is that she does not care for just one. She does have some favorites, but we have plenty that she likes.


Once the bears are sleeping, she hushes us and then in a very loud voice says " They're sleeping. Shhhhh." I guess the to be quiet part applies to her parents only.

A bedtime story. She likes to have some books read to her before going to her bed. Sometimes when Mike is busy, I try to read to her, but she really wants him at this hour. Maybe after I read during the day, she wants someone else.

"Oh, no. You caught me!" Yeah, what is it with toddlers and fridges?


Went to Carmax to give us an idea how much will it cost to buy a used car if we need to get a second car. We need to start planning since there is a high chance that I will be going back to work in the near future. It was a very hot day, so we did not stay to long, but saw a few possibilities.


I guess that is what life is, a bunch of possibilities. So, here it is to positive changes.

Time to go back to the car. It was getting too hot, the baby had some pink cheeks, but she was drinking lots of fluids.


The big brownie that I made for Mike in our Anniversary. It has a crunchy top, but really soft- chewed interior. Yum.

Another year together :)

Happy Anniversary #8 to my mama and papa! :) Love, your squiggly.

Ari's first bike ride ever! Don't be deceived by the serious face, she was all "weeeeee" (which is the happy and excitement phrase she uses) and when she saw me taking the pictures, she wanted me (so it looks like she wanted to cry in some pictures, but that is not the case). She loved it. Did not care much for the helmet, Mike said that he needs to adjust the helmet better, but that was the first run. Don't they look so cute together?



After the ride, Arianna decided to help me water the plants. She is very helpful :)

Too much play and work, they needed a break afterward!

Here is a new bird. He is a strange looking Robbin. It may be one of the eggs that was in the tree by our garage.


Arianna is reading the Nursery Book given to me in my baby shower by her grandparents!

Happy Birthday Uncle Ron

Can you spot my uncle!? Here to many good wishes and projects and that many many coops sell! Enjoy your day! Happy Birthday :)

Raven's Party

Happy Birthday Raven (August 1st)!!!


So, for the last kid of my sister' children (we already celebrated the other 3 kids ) I decided to try a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. I was a bit worried since it was my first attempt to make one, but the cake came out fine. The frosting was a tad too sweet so next time I will add less sugar than they said. Overall, I was happy with my first attempt. The R was made with pink marshmallows since that is her favorite color.

Here is Raven (yellow dress) with Scarlett (sister on the left) and a friend of hers (Desiree).

My sister Alma taking a break. We decided to make an arrachera party so she helped my mom and Eli to prepare the meat for grilling, guacamole, salsas, beans, and the rice (was made by Tony - very good ).

Tony was grilling the meat. It was a bit slowed since we only have the little Q, but the meat came out just wonderful. Who knows, maybe we will get a bigger grill in the future.

My brother Carlos and her lovely Eli. Thanks for the drinks and for all the help. Everyone brought something to the party so it was a feast!

Raven is blowing her candle. Wow, I cannot believe she is 9 years old. Where does the time go?

As always, she is cutting her cake. Everyone wants to do that now!


Thanks mom for the salsas, beans, guacamoles to request (no tomato, no onion, etc.), and all your help in cleaning afterward ! And of course to Tony for grilling all the meat!


So, here is where Raven was getting ready to open her presents. Everyone knows that she is into the Littlest Pet Shop, so she got quite a load. Can you tell how excited she is in the following pictures?




Scarlett and Raven. Raven got 1-2 repeats, but she gave them to her sister so she was a happy camper since they shared quite a bit. That is really nice :)


You may ask what happened to our darling, she was taking her nap. But, here she is! Alma bought her a few books (thanks) and Mike is reading to everyone.


Raven changed her clothes since they were going to a roller skating party afterward to continue the celebration! Hope you enjoy your day! (and thanks to everyone!)