Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Weekend Fun

Aaahhh. Softball in January.  Gotta love Southern Nevada.  Robb is in absolute heaven.  Here are a couple pics from the weekend.
Seriously. . . have you ever seen cuter grandkids in your life?  I think not.
Oh ya.  He's still got it.  "It" may be a little slower and much sorer the next day, but my man does still have it.
His team is great.  They went 1 and 5 but had fun while doing it.
Jazz and her bff Josie were DJs at the Junior Prom.  What gorgeous girls!
And, last but not least. . . . drum roll please. . . . We FINALLY got our new house!
We are still living out of boxes but soon it will be our "home" and Ill post more pics then.

Monday, January 23, 2012

ANTIGRAVITY

Saturday Bobby had two games in St George.  Afterwards, we went to Antigravity, which is the happiest place in St George!  It is full of trampolines, dodgeball on trampolines, food, arcade, jumping houses, and fun, fun, fun.
The girls had a blast with the camera.





Not bad for a soon to be AARP member.


And, we always like to end a trip to St George by stopping at Krave.
Dont the boys look like they are having a blast?

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Grandkids

Here are some pictures of the cutest grandkids in the whole wide world.
  Not much different is happening in our lives right now.  Basketball, basketball, student council, etc.  Same ol, same ol.  So, I thought I would share. This is especially for the "great" grandparents, who havent even got to see this little angel in the flesh yet.
ENJOY. . . .





I never thought I would love anyone as much as my kids but your grandkids. . . its a whole different kind of love.  
"A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty."

Sunday, January 8, 2012

"Kings Cake"

I love learning and trying new things.  Life is so short.  You need to have as many experiences as possible.  This is something that I enjoyed learning about this week at work. 
"KINGS CAKE"
The roscón de reyes in Spain or rosca de reyes in Spanish America is traditionally eaten on January 6, during the celebration of the Día de Reyes (literally "Kings' Day"). In most of Spain, Mexico and sometimes Hispanic communities in the United States, this is the day when children get presents from the Three Wise Men (not Santa Claus). In Mexico children leave a shoe outside, filled with hay or dried grass for the animals the Kings ride, along with a note, before they go to bed. The Mexican rosca de reyes has an oval shape to symbolize a crown. For decoration, Spanish people use dried and candied fruits like figs, quinces or cherries. The fruit symbolizes the many jewels that a crown would have.
The tradition of placing a bean, candy or figurine doll of the Christ Child inside the cake is followed. Whoever finds it must take it to the nearest church on February 2, Candlemas Day (Día de la Candelaria), which celebrates the presentation of Jesus in the Temple. According to the Jewish tradition, an infant was to be presented to God in the Temple forty days after his birth. Nowadays in Mexico, people who find the figurines in their piece of the cake usually agree to host a party on February 2 and to provide the guests with tamales and atole.


(As you can see, I was one of the lucky ones to find a baby in my piece of cake. We tweaked this a little at work.  There were 5 "babies" in the cake.  Each one of us that got one agreed to bring money for pizza, not tamales, and we will have a lunch on the 2nd of February at work.) 
See, I bet you learned something new today, too!