My 50's Photo Shoot

As most of you know, I LOVE Marilyn Monroe and pretty much anything vintage. Well, I thought it would be really fun to do a 50's pin-up girl inspired photoshoot. And since I have an amazing Photographer as a sister-in-law it was a pretty easy thing to accomplish. From gathering costumes to doing my hair, make-up and a four hour photoshoot I had a blast!! Thank you Beckah for making me feel beautiful!!!

If you like these images you should check out more amazing images from Beckah at Laine Images

Playing Catch-up!!!

Well it has been three months since my last post and although I was hoping that I would not get is far behind, but that's how it is.....

So, I guess I will start with May!

The first week of May was my sweet little niece London's third birthday!!! She had a "Garden Fairy" theme and to go along with that theme I made her a garden fairy cake (which was very fun to make)!!! Here is some pictures of the cake and the party!!!

I was also asked by my good friend Sam to make some graduation cake-pops for her nephew's graduation party. I made just over 100 of them and I think that they turn out really cute.

And of course there was Mother's Day!!! For the world best Mother a.k.a Debbie a.k.a my mom we had dinner at my house where we showered her with gifts and complements. And for the world's best Mother-in-Law we did Red Lobster which was so yummy!!! Eddie and I are very lucky to have these two amazing women as mothers.

Grave Yards And Luaus

The last two months were full of planning two very different birthday parties for two very important people in my life.


The first birthday celebration was for my amazing mother who turned 50! To start the day off Desi, Mike, Dad and I took mom out to do some gambling in Wendover. Lady luck was on mom’s side right from the start; she won 85 dollars within the first half hour and her luck continued the rest of the day. After a half day of gambling we drove home and rested up for the celebration to come. That evening our family and friends met up at Applebee’s (mom’s favorite restaurant) for dinner and then back to my house for cake and ice cream. Destiny and I decorated the house in an “Over the Hill” theme complete with black balloons, a homemade grave yard ice-cream cake and tombstone cake pops. Everything turned out great and mom was so happy she cried.








The second birthday celebration was for my wonderful husband Eddie who turned 28! I thought it would be fun to throw Eddie a surprise party with a Luau theme. And with the help from my family, Eddie’s family and our friends it went off without any problems. While I was keeping Eddie busy doing random things around town, my family (with Destiny leading it all) and my friend Sam were setting up my house for the party. This included decorating several rooms, cooking about 40 pounds of meat and making a really fun Tiki Bar! I can’t tell them enough how great of a job they did and how much I appreciated everything all their hard work. When I brought Eddie home blindfolded he had no clue what was going on and was definitely surprised. We had such a great time with wonderful company and really good food.

Our Mexico Trip 2010

In an effort to keep our out of town family up-to-date on the happenings of our lives and to keep my friend Sam happy, I am going to start post on my blog again. I thought I would start out by posting some pictures I took during our trip to Mexico last August. I took the pictures from Mexico and made them into a scrapbook that I had printed for my mother. Using the software made the scrapbook with, I was able to put it into slide show format (you will see a note at the end for my mom, because the original was made for her). The trip to Mexico was amazing to say the least!!!! It was a family trip with made it that much more of an adventure. The trip included but not was not limited to; snorkeling, zip lining, cliff jumping , shopping, ATV driving, cave swimming, kayaking , midnight swimming, dancing and so much more. Needless to say it was a very fun time. In total we spent a week there that we will never forget!!!! If you would like more details on the day to day happenings my hubby Eddie wrote a few really great post about each day just click here. There are 5 posts and they are titled Journal in Reverse. Other than that enjoy!!!

2010 Family Vacation

It's official we are going to to Mexico with my family in a couple months and I am elated!!!!!

We have booked a beautiful all inclusive hotel just west of Play Del Carmen. It is said to have one of the best beaches along the coast and it is just a ten minute drive from the Tulum Mayan ruins and Xel ha which is an incredible natural open sea aquarium.

Things I am looking forward to on this trip:

• The beach, more so the fact that I will be able to walk along it at night with my husband
• Spending time with the family, when all of us get together there is a lot of laughing and having fun.
• Shopping for clothing for the trip...... You have to Love Victoria Secrets Bikini selection
• Snorkeling or scuba driving
• The Mayan Ruins
• A week away from work in a beautiful tropical place
• Swimming with sea turtles
• Getting away with my husband, no matter what we are doing he makes it a million times better

Things I am not looking forward to:

• The wait ... We are not going until the end of the summer so I still have a few moths of wishing I was there ahead of me
• Worrying about how I will look in those Victoria Secret bikinis (lets just say my workout equipment is getting double the use now)
• Tanning....... I want to be tan before I go but getting from super white to a golden tan is a pain in my booty.

Now my biggest problem is trying to figure out a way to convince Eddie that spending 700 dollars at Victoria Secrets on clothing and swimming suits for this trips is essential..... Any Ideas????

Things to come in 2010 and Other Random Thoughts

I know I know it has been a month since I have made a post on my blog..... What can I say stuff happens.

I thought I would update everyone on the happenings of my life, the hopes I have for 2010 and anything else I hope will happen this year!!!

- Christmas and New Years were both wonderful. I would categorize may Christmas as very crafty I got a lot of really cool things to "Craft" with.

- My sister Desi is going back to school for dental hygiene and I am so proud of her.

- My father just turned 51... Dang he is getting old .... LOL

- I found out I will soon be a Aunt of 4, My sister and brother in law are expecting again and I am very very excited for them. They make cute children.

-Eddie and I are taking a international gourmet cooking class starting on Thursday. I am very very happy about this. It will be something fun for Eddie and I to do together. I am hoping to take my camera to class so I can take pictures and post them. I love that we try new things together.

- Eddie and I get to go visit Ashli (my sister in law) and her beautiful family this year. Thanks to a wonderful Christmas gift from Mama Phyllis. I am elated to see my nieces, there new home and spend time with my Ashli and B.

- I'm learning how to solder and cut glass let me tell you it is easier then it looks, but I think I am geeting the hang of it. I am learning to solder and cut glass so that I may make my own pendents, trinkets and so on. As soon as I have a good grasp on it I hope to learn how to make stained glass art work. Yes I am adding Soldering, Pendent making, Trinket making and stained glass to my already long list of crafts I enjoy doing.

- I am already looking forward to camping this year. We bought our tent trailer last year and did not get as much camping time out of it as we would have liked to but we are making it a goal to use it much more this year.

- I continuing to be on a good path with living a healthy lifestyle. I still feel really good about my progress. I think I have got a good grasp on it. I am looking forward to reaching that next level.

- Eddie and I are great. I love and respect him more and more everyday. Marriage is a wonderful thing.

- Now this is more of a hope then a actual plan but I am hoping to go on at least two other vacations this year One somewhere warm like Cancun and somewhere adventure filled like white water rafting.

Well I am sure I am forgetting something but I think that is a pretty good start to what I am looking forward to in 2010.

Peace Love and Apple sauce!!

Not In the Mood to Bake.....

Although I am very much in the Christmas spirit this year my normal love for baking during is no where to be found. I think thereare 2 reasons for this....... Well maybe 3 reasons. One my husband is on this no sugar diet until Christmas........ oh the sadness !!!!!! why would a wife bake yummy things if she is not able to fatten up her hubby in the precess. I think the second reason is the lack of snow....... There is nothing better then being inside baking while you watch the snow fall in big flakes all around you. Last but not least I am really really messy when I bake and I have no desire to clean it all up!!!!