Happy Birthday to my Jojo!

Today is my husband's 27th birthday!! We already celebrated with his family this past weekend, so tonight I am making his two favorites, chicken parmasean and a crumb cake. And I told him he has to relax, no working on the house! He has been working outside every day for weeks now as soon as he gets home!

What a Day!

So it was a little crazy around here today! Here is why, but there was so much done today!!


I am in love with our patio!! Tomas talked us into doing a pattern on the new patio and I love it so much. I was a little hesitate at first but I am so glad Joe talked me into it!! My parents have the same pattern on their driveway and courtyard, also done by Tomas! Pictures to come of the patio, I couldn't get a good picture from inside the house.

This is my brother in law Bryan pumping one side of our house.

this is the same side as above but with finished concrete, still a little wet!


Ok one more of Sonny, my brother and sister in laws dog! Love this dog, doesn't he look sad to leave! We love when he comes to visit! he makes me want a dog of my own!
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Ok enough of that!! This week I did a lot of scrapping. I made about 5 cards and did another lo. I really like how it turned out!

Happy Monday!

It was a great Monday, my first one home for the summer! Yesterday I woke up early and went to my WW's meeting. I just weighed in, I lost 3 pounds over two weeks! I was so happy, and a little surprised since I ate out twice last week. So 13 pounds total! I went to try on bathing suits the other day and let me tell you I still wasn't happy with how I looked! I didn't end up getting one!

Yesterday we went to my brother's condo for a BBQ for Father's Day! We had a good some great carne asada and of course my banana pudding again. It was a hit again!

Today me and my sil met our husbands for lunch. They were working close to home and it was a nice little treat! When I got home I finally got to scrap a page! It seems like forever since I did one. I like how it turned out, I wasn't to sure about how I did the title. I really want to finish certain pictures this summer so I can put the extras away, my scrap area needs to be cleaned! So here is the lo, I really like the colors that I used! Thanks for reading my blog!

Not Yo' Mama's Banana Pudding

Well we celebrated Father's day tonight with my husband's family. His dad wanted to go to Elephant Bar so we all met there. We all ate too much but it was great! Everyone headed to our house afterwards to see the progress on our house. And I also made dessert. A friend at work made it for a shower and we all wanted the recipe. It's from the Food Network, and courtesy of Paula Deen. The name of it is Not Yo'Mama's Banana Pudding. It's soooo good!! Dh's grandma used the word refreshing!! It's super easy, maybe 15 minutes max to make!! You should all try it. There is one piece left, and I am going to make it again for my dad!


2 bags Pepperidge Farm Chessmen cookies
6 to 8 bananas, sliced (I only needed 4)
2 cups milk
1 (5-ounce) box instant French vanilla pudding
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (12-ounce) container frozen whipped topping thawed, or equal amount sweetened whipped cream

Line the bottom of a 13 by 9 by 2-inch dish with 1 bag of cookies and layer bananas on top.
In a bowl, combine the milk and pudding mix and blend well using a handheld electric mixer. Using another bowl, combine the cream cheese and condensed milk together and mix until smooth. Fold the whipped topping into the cream cheese mixture. Add the cream cheese mixture to the pudding mixture and stir until well blended. Pour the mixture over the cookies and bananas and cover with the remaining cookies. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Ok so here is how the front yard looks as of yesterday when the blocks were delivered! There's even more on the other side of the driveway! And of course summer had to arrive today, those poor guys are dying out there! I ran to the store and got ice and drinks for the cooler for them! And of course dh is working about 2 hrs from home today!

Tomorrow is the last day of school!! I am thrilled!! The year has really gone by so fast! My room is not even packed yet! I will have to get there early tomorrow to work on it some more!!

What a mess!

We have been working on our house more to prepare for the workers who are coming tomorrow! But it's such a mess, good thing it's all outside!! So here are a few pictures. before we hauled the old concrete patio away and now with just dirt. We are also getting new block walls! Can't wait till it's all done and pretty!



I din't get any scrappin done this weekend! I did buy some of the new Elsie line! Can't wait to use it! I did finish my report cards late last night! So glad those are done! Only 4 days of school!! I am getting excited but so sad to say good bye on Thursday!! My class really was sweet this year! Well have a great week!

It's Monday again!!!

Well only one more Monday of work at least!! That's right only 8 days of school left and I can't wait!! It's going to be a busy 8 days but that's ok!
The hula turned out great last week!!! And the teacher we were honoring loved it!! They made a video of it to give to her! :) Thursday we went to my parents to have dinner with my cousin Joe and his family. They were visiting from Texas and he recently got back from Iraq. He was stationed at Camp Victory. He had some horrible pictures and stories to tell! We are grateful that he is home safely!!
This weekend we didn't do much of anything! Friday night I made two quick cards, I was too tired to do a lo. But Saturday I did one lo, it took me forever because my chipboard swirl was not turning out how I wanted it to but I finally settled and left it as is! That night we finally watched Pirates 2 so that we can go see the 3rd one in the theatres. Sunday we worked on the house and I did some report cards. Next week we are putting up new block walls and new planters so we have been getting things ready!


My cards are very simple and used with super old Michaels pp but I still think they turned out ok!