Dance Recitals

It was a weekend full of dance recitals!  So fun!!  Both my girls had their first dance recitals!  They looked so beautiful!  Yes, proud mama talking here!  Bianca did great!  She was a bit nervous at first but thanks to her awesome teacher, she made her feel much better about performing in front of everyone.  Jaz, on the other hand, refused to dance!  Guess who made her debut also!  Yep, I had to go up on stage with her.  EEK!  But that didn't help, she still refused to perform.  LOL!  Here are some photos of our weekend!  

And just an FYI, Stampin' Up! releases their "Last Chance" list tomorrow!!  What does this mean???  This means these stamps will no longer!  Once their sold out, their sold out!!  The new catalog will be available on July 1st!!  I'm so excited !  Can't wait!!

Hope each and everyone of you had a wonderful and BLESSED weekend!

Missionettes Camp "Preparing for Battle"

WOW!  I  had an awesome weekend!!  I joined my daughter and her fellow missionettes at their annual "powette" and oh boy, was it such a rewarding experience!!  It was so beautiful to see so many young girls serving and praising the Lord.  And they had such a cute theme going on!!  The theme was "Preparing for Battle" and all the girls were dressed up as soldiers!  Too cute!!  Here are some photos from our weekend....

Psalm 20:7-8 "Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.  They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm."

I'll be back soon with some "scrappy" projects I did last week!

God Bless You!

Gift Card Holder

Just wanted to share this cute little gift card holder I made with my Cricut!  I had so much fun making this!!  I put a gift card in it and we gave it to Bianca's teacher for Teacher Appreciation Week!!  The theme is "Our Teachers are Royalty" hence the "You are the Queen" sentiment!  

Stamp Set:  Michael's $1 Stamp

Paper:  Bazzill Cardstock (black), Glitz Patterned Paper

Inks: Stampin' Up! Classic Basic Black Ink

 Tools:  Cricut "School Plantin" Cartridge

Embellishments: Rhinestone Brad, Stickles, Black Ribbon, Shredded Paper from Target

I have this feeling I will be making lots more of these!!  Just love the way it turned out!!  

Before I sign out, just want to share this adorable pic I got of the twins knocked out on the couch!  Too funny!!!

God Bless You!  

Easter Fun!

We spent a beautiful Easter day with friends and family!  The day was beautiful!!  First, we attended a special service at church and then we came home and spent the day with the kids!  Here are some outtakes of our day....

 

Hope you all had a wonderful day!!  God Bless You!

Bianca's 6th Party Luau!

Wow!  It's been a long time since I've posted!  Life has been busy, busy, busy!!!!  But now kids just started spring break so hopefully things will be a bit calmer this week!  Yesterday, we celebrated Bianca's 6th birthday "Hawaiian Style"!  The kids (and adults) had a wonderful time!  Thanks to everyone who attended in making this day extra special for Bianca!  Now, here's a glimpse of what our day was like!!  Enjoy!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

It was a fun Valentine's around here!!  My Valentine's started a bit early.  I came home from Bianca's Valentine's Day class party yesterday and was surprised with these beautiful red roses from my wonderful husband.  He did good!  There were 2 dozen!!!  

And although he has been under the weather this week, he took me out to dinner last night!  Just the two of us!!  Today was spent just chillin' at home with the kids!

Here are some fun Valentine's photos I took of the twins yesterday.  They were being silly!  

Un besito!!

Big Hug!!

Not because they're mine...but aren't they adorable?!  hehe!

And here's a little scrappy project we did for Bianca's teacher.  I love the way it turned out!  We filled it with candy and chocolate!  

Supplies Used:  Mailbox from Target "Dollar" Section, Fancy Pants "Splendid" Patterned Paper, Fancy Pants "Splendid" Die Cuts, May Arts Ribbon, Making Memories Tiny Alpha Stickers, Making Memories Glitter Alphabet Stickers, Acrylic Paint (Pink)

Happy Valentine's Day!

As promised...

Here are some pictures from our trip back home to Chicago!!  Upon arrival, we were greeted to BELOW ZERO weather and SNOW STORM!  How's that for a Welcome Home?!  My dad hurt his arm so guess who had the pleasure of cleaning up after the snow storm?!  hahahahaha!!  

But it was all worth it to be able to spend Christmas with my family!  Here are some pictures we took on Christmas day!

All my nieces and nephews!  This was not an easy picture to get!  lol!

My dad and my nephew, Alex

Daniel

Kati

In addition, we celebrated the twins 2nd birthday while we were back home!  Here are some pics from that day!

Jeremy was more interested in the candy bags sitting on the table than anything else!  haha!  That's my Jeremy!

And here they are in their party hats!  

And then we all got pretty dazzled up for a big New Year's Eve party!  

And then it was time to say our "good-byes"!  There were no tears until Daniel had to say bye to his grandpa!  These two adore each other!  It always breaks my heart!

Oh yeah, and this guy...a year later...he still doesn't like me too much with my big ol' camera!  I think I traumatized the poor kid!  Oopsie!

Of course, I have tons more pictures, over 200 to be exact (LOL!), but this was the jist of it!  Can't wait to go back next Christmas!!