Independence day!

This fourth of July was pretty unconventional but that is the beauty of life with my husband, we love spending time together and it doesn't matter what we are doing as long as we are together.
We didn't make any plans for this day at all, usually we know in advance if we are spending the day at the beach with friends or family but this year we decided to just go with the flow.
We slept in and had a simple breakfast at home and drove to San Marcos to buy something he had found on craigslist.
By the time we were done we were very close to one of our favorite BBQ restaurants and we had to stop and have lunch at Mike's BBQ.
Then we spent the next hour visiting the different Target stores that were on our way looking for ginger ale for my nausea and we didn't find the brand I wanted until we got home and went to the Target next door and there was only one case left.
We then rented a movie and waited for my in laws to get home from the beach to go see fireworks at the park.

Italian food with friends

I have all kinds of friends, friends who I know since I was in high school, some friends I met back in college, friends from church and friends that have become friends along the way and friends that even though I don't see very often are still very dear to my heart.
Well these are my friends that I met back in Jr College and we tried to meet at least once a month to catch up and keep each other accountable, some of us are married, some others are single and others are in a relationship but the we have two things in common we love food and we love to laugh!
so every time we get together we always break bread together and laugh until our cheeks and our bellies hurt.
I love this ladies and this past time they wanted to try a new place so I took them to Devanti Enoteca in Little italy, we shared all kinds of cheeses, salads, pasta, pizza and my personal favorite Focaccia with honey comb and finished the night with a walk around Little Italy.
we had a great time and I cannot wait for next month to get together again and also meet with the ones who couldn't make it this time.

Lunch with the Olson's

This past year we got to know and build a great bond with Kyle and Mayra so it was just obvious that we wanted to celebrate a whole year of doing life and ministry together and we went out to lunch with them.
We always go on and on about our love for ribs and BBQ that they wanted to try one of our favorite places and we ended up at Claim Jumper.
It was an awesome time together and I cannot wait for their wedding next month!!!!

Mayra's Bridal Shower

Mayra's Bridal Shower

My friend Mayra is getting married next month and we had her bridal shower last Saturday.

It was a Tiffany & Co inspired theme and Jo and I planned the whole thing. It was really fun.

Michelle and Erin were awesome help in all the setting up and running the whole thing. I am so thankful for having friends who have a servant's heart.

From the decorations, games, food, and all the activities we had it was a lot of fun.

Mayra's family and friends came and had a great time.

Sadly this is the last event I host of the year but I was very pleased with the end result.

The more I coordinate events the more I get to enjoy them, Haha, true story, the first event I ever coordinated I was running left and right and didn't get a chance to just enjoy a moment but I am getting better, and the reason I want to enjoy them is because they are my friend's special moments and I am honored to be a part of building  memories with them.

Can't wait for Kyle & Mayra's wedding in January!!!

Thanksgiving '12

I have been really busy this month, so I barely got around to post about our  thanksgiving dinner.

Wow! the quality of these photos is horrible, but the memories are great!! 

My family came over from Mexicali to spend thanksgiving weekend with us. It is one of our traditions, they come over for thanksgiving and to do all the holiday's shopping and we go down to Mexicali for Christmas and it works out great.

I started the morning going over to my parents house and finish making all the desserts and got coffee and pastries for my dad and brothers who were home.

It was really fun, I love spending quality time with my family and this year was not the exception.

I didn't take any pictures of the food, but it was great my mom and aunt cooked 2 turkeys and all the trimmings, we ate too much, but it was great.

Happy BIRTHDAY husband

Happy birthday No. 29 !!!!

Last week my husband turned 29! and we celebrated ALL month, but the week of his birthday we usually do special things together, things that he likes to do, places he likes to go even though I might not, and we of course eat all of his favorite food.

We started the week celebrating with his family at the Barona buffet, and celebrated his sister's 22dn birthday because their birthday is on the same day!
We also went to the movies, had dinner at Mike's BBQ and if you know us you know we love BBQ but we are also very particular when it comes to it, we have encounter some not so great places out there and for his birthday we decided to try this place and it was good! not our favorite but definitely in our top 10. And since we were in North County we visited North County Fair mall and of course guitar center.

I am extremely thankful for my husband! he is my best friend, the one who is always there and I thank God for his life and his servant heart.
I look forward to spending many many more birthdays together.

Ladies Lunch

On Sunday some of the ladies from our women's ministry group went to Crest Cafe to have lunch. First of all I love these ladies, every single one of them have something great to bring to the table and I love learning from every experience and just knowing that I have ladies like them in my life is very encouraging.
Second of all, we were missing some of our ladies and they not only missed great fellowship but you can never go wrong at Crest Cafe! it is delicious, every time I go there I take forever to decide what I want because I want everything Ha.

looking forward to our next monthly meeting ladies!!!

Brunch with the girls

Last Saturday I had brunch with Mayra & Jo at Isabel's Cantina, which it is this small restaurant in Pacific Beach. We had a great time chatting and admiring Antonella's cuteness of course. The food was amazing, Jo & I ordered french toast (Which it is the best bfast item in the whole world according to me) and Mayra had pancakes and we all order the mexican chocolate which by the way was delicious.

It is great to be surrounded by women who encourage and support you always. 

'Till next time ladies <3 p="p">

Sunday Funday

My Sunday started at church as usual,

 but as mentioned here before Amanda is leaving to Nashville on wednesday so! we had a little cake party with two gorgeous cakes. 

on the TOP picture: Maria Ortiz made a vanilla cake & on the BOTTOM picture is Jessica Picken's chocolate cake, they were both incredible.

The church wanted to honor Amanda's faithfulness and talent so we gave her a banjo, she had been wanting to get one and now she is well equipped to start her professional career with a brand new banjo.

 After church I went home for a bit before  going  to Jo's house where we had Jess' bridal party. 

An evening with the ladies from church is priceless, we had a potluck of finger food and desserts, mocktails games and a lot of gifts for the bride to be.

It was a lot of fun but I ended up exhausted!

I LOVE SUNDAYS

Urban's Block Party

We had our first Block Party!
The weather was really really hot,we were literally melting, drinking lots and lots of water BUT that didn't stop the people from around the neighborhood to come out and enjoy the sunshine.

The past couple of weeks we went out and did some prayer walks were we hang some door hangers announcing the block party & our backpack drive and some people came out and donated not just backpacks but they were filled with school supplies for kids in need here in SD. It was awesome!

We had jumpers, BBQ fish tacos, lots of balloons, face painting and raffles! it was so much fun.
My favorite part was the Fish Tacos, the Sampo family donated their time and talents and we were all in awe with the flavor! I want more tacos!!!! ;)

After the block party some of us went home and got a little bit of rest before we were headed to our Giant Jenga Night!

I love doing life with my Urban family.