Since our friend Sage is a Candy-ohlic, whats better than a good ol'fashined Candy Bar. We picked up all of her favorites. Good and Plenty, Sour Cherries, Tart 'Pappies', Peppermints and Jelly Belly's. Guests could take some home in goodie bags, or munch on them while they were there.

I made the DIY garland, that is hanging from the table, out of Cupcake Liners that I bought from this shop. The tutorial on making this garland can be found here. It's very easy and fun to make!

We also ordered Cupcakes as the desert. The local bakery made them with icing to match! They came in three flavors, Marble, Vanilla Sponge and my favorite was the Banana. Yummy!

Since the shower was at 11am, we decided to serve a brunch type menu. Also, it was a work shower and there were alot of ladies that wanted to help, so this is where their help came in. We asked several people to bring food like Quiche, Salads and Dips. When you give people parameters like a salad, but ask them to make their favorite, you end up getting some really tasty dishes!

And then two big pitchers of Raspberry Pink Lemonade and Lemon Water and your SET

Once the festivities were underway, we played one last game with everyone. It was a celebrity baby game like I've never seen before, and I wanted to make sure it was tuff enough that not everyone could win! It was a series of celebrity baby pictures, and believe me, some of them were hard to guess!

The game and the print out can be found here, and it was game #150, it was a hit and a lot of fun.

And one little detail that I wanted to put some thought into was the prize. There was a little Etsy shop that sold the most adorable necklaces with a 'Cupcake' Theme. Some of the necklaces said "Keep Calm and Eat a Cupcake" and others were just sweet cupcake images. The shop can be found here. I also added some cupcake soaps like these do the diaper raffle gift, just to plump it up a little bit!

The finishing touch to the decor was the adorable hand made banner that my sweet friend made. It was done in pretty coordinating fabrics, and you can see a better picuture here. I know my friend would make you one, just visit her facebook page in the link above and send her a message! Any fabrics, just give her colors!!!!

The Shower was huge success! I had so much fun helping pull it all together that I can't wait for the chance to do another!

A Quick Holiday Recap

Because I failed to say Hey since Chirstmas, this is just a little series of pictures to give ya'll a little look see! Have Fun!

Travis's Birthday, Dec. 21st.


My "Christmas Purse" that I was carrying, WHILE SHOPPING, on my birthday, Dec. 23rd. (Yes, I have a christmas purse, sush!)

Becca with Santa! Dec. 23rd.

Me and my girls, Christmas Eve.

Merry Christmas 2009!

My Little Girl

Becca is Three Years Old! I'm not sure when it happened. Somewhere in between going to the hospital January 18th, 2007 and today. I'm here to say, it goes by FAST folks. I don't remember all the bumps, bruises, & runny noses.

What I do remember is her beautiful face, her big eyes, and the overwhelming love I felt for her, like nothing else on this earth.

I remember how every little move she makes, word she says, & laugh she laughs, melts my heart and makes me in love her more and more. She is the most beautiful Becca I'll ever know, and her sweet little heart lights up our home.

Happy Birthday My Becca Sue!

Merry Christmas

I hope everyone has a wonderful day with Family and Friends! It is the most wonderful day of the year!

Christmas Goodies

Yummy Sugar Scrubs are the best when your skin is all dry from winter weather, so here's my twist that makes for sweet treats and NO GUILT!



Take some brown sugar, white sugar, a few teaspoons of spice and a little essential oil with some olive oil and VIOLA! You have have a Sweet & Spicy Sugar Rub that your body will love.

Add some cute ribbon, and little holiday trim and you are all set.

For added cuteness, I included a fancy red scrubby thingy with mine!

Parades, Cookies and Rain

This weekend was eventful. We decided to dodge the rain drops and head off to the Escondido Christmas Parade. This would be the first time i've gone to this parade and the first christmasy thing we did outside of stuff at home.

The girls were troopers and loved the princesses in the sports cars (aka, Miss Escondido....=) The Marching Bands had Jillian and Jackson enthralled, but Becca spent most of her time with her ears covered. Then the rain really started coming down, so we scooted a little early. That will probably be what Becca remembers the most, getting wet at the parade!

Once we warmed up, we decided that cookies sounded good. Becca loves, loves, loves to help in the Kitchen. "Mommy, what you doing?" She is always asking me. "I help!" as she pulls her little chair up to the counter. So far, we haven't had any real messes, she is a very careful 2 year old! Oh, and the before mentioned skirts that I made. They are so stinking cute on the girls. If I had enough, they would wear skirts and leggings everyday.

After the storm blew over, we got outside for a little fresh air. Jillian was just so thankful! It was a good weekend!

It's that time of year.

Ohh the Christmas Holiday, I love it so much, I'm so glad your here. We are in full swing around here.

I've been very busy getting things ready, shopping, cooking and just trying to be a patient Mom. The tree is up, the kitchen is all chirstmasy and my shopping is almost done. It feels like things are peddle to the metal once Thanksgiving is over. You have to stop and make yourself enjoy the fact that it's Christmas time! The girls have been enjoying the decorations. In fact, Becca has been a big helper with the tree this year. She has done a fantastic job of putting on the candy canes in all the right places. She even yanked a few for her little pink tree without my noticing. She is defiantly my little girl!

I made these cute little skirts for the girls. Trying to break in the new sewing machine.

Pictures with them wearing these darlings, soon to come......

My Christmas wish list is just too long. There are so many wonderful goodies out there right now. I would like one of everything, thank you. I got this cute banner from this gal's fun little shop, and just hung it under this old window I has in my garage. Pretty fun and homey I think.

And I love all my red & white in the kitchen, lots of fun too. I just hung an old tablecloth above the window, I think I might actually officially sew that into a curtain.

And my house hasn't has the Christmas village up in awhile, I thought it was time to bring it out again. I love Dept. 56.