Mt. Charleston ...

My Uncle is visiting for the weekend and we decided to heaqd up to Mt. Charleston Lodge for some lunch since there was a break in the storm clouds and was looking like a pretty nice day. The weather was beautiful, sun peeking in and out of the clouds and a nice soft breeze.

After lunch we headed to Lee Canyon and rode the chair lift up and down. I was really different with no snow on the ground. They had a live band playing music at the bottom my the bar and grill, so the music followed us up the mountain. Coming down the mountain the view was amazing. It was a nice little getaway.

It's a GIRL ...

Thursday we had our 20 week ultrasound. We were bursting with excitment to find out the sex of baby. I can't believe we waited this long and not go to an ultrasound specialist earlier. We picked up my mom to join us and headed to the doctors office. While in the waiting room my mom started a group text to be ready that read "It's a ___. " And right when we would find out she was going to type in the rest and send. But she accidently hit send instead of save and half a dozen people that were waiting got a little tease. My dad was in and out of meetings and kept text "boy or girl." "boy or girl."

The ultrasound tech had a little trouble at first. Baby had legs crossed and was sleeping. Luckily I carry gummy bears in my purse, ate those, and the sugar perked baby right up. She got a great view and voila! It's a GIRL! All Justin and I could do was look at each other and smile with tears in our eyes. My mom squealed and got to texting 1,2,3. The tech did all the health checks and we even counted all 10 fingers and 10 toes. Baby is 100% healthy and my second batch of blood work came back normal.

The short ride from the doctors office to the Cracked Egg our three phones were ringing and dinging off the walls. There was so many people we wanted to tell and share. My mom and I barley even had an appetite and had to force ourselves to eat breakfast. After breakfaast we headed to Babies R Us to register for our registry. We decided on a lamb theme for the nursery, there was so many cute options. I think I went back and forth about three times. The three of us spent almost four hours shopping. At the end we got sucked in to the clothes and of course we couldn't leave empty handed. 

The following day while I was driving to work it was rainy but the sun was trying to peak through the clouds. Right in front of me was a beautiful full rainbow and I couldn't control myself and just started crying. It was a reminder that Marietta was there and looking down at us. She would of been delighted for a little Granddaughter and I just wish she could be here with us to share these happy moments.

Cinderella's Glass Slippers ...

I just recently saw the new Christian Louboutins. I'm not a heel girl, but i'm in love. They were designed after Disney's Cinderella's glass slipper. The movie emerges from out of the vault this fall and these heels were designed to celebrate.

Happy 4th of July ...

We had a really nice fourth this year. The entire family had a cookout at my parents house. It's always a good time when we all get together. We had a mound of fireworks to go through. The ladies had our chairs lined up on the driveway and then men were a little more daring with their chairs down at the end by the road.

We had some Roman candles and the men were the only ones that were daring enough to light them off. My dad, Hubby, Kimy's boyfriend and friend lined up and shot them off down the street at once. Only a few close calls with some trees, but nothing burned down. So it worked out okay.

My parents had their American flag hanging by their side garage port since it was raining outside. It made the perfect backdrop for pictures with the family.

Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Flores ...

Yesterday we attended Pablos wedding at International Church of Las Vegas. It was a lovely ceremony with an equal lovely bride. I never get tired of attending weddings and seeing how much two people are in love.

The reception followed right after and was filled with all kinds of white twinkling lights. Right after dinner the music started and everyone was on the dance floor. Myself and the other ladies were up and dancing while the men sat and talked. Sooner than later we got the men up and dancing salsa with us. It was so much fun, but defiantly took the wind out of me. Talk about a work out. We slept very well that night.

Mickey Mouse Apples ...

Yesterday my girlfriend Alyssa came over for lunch and to make Disneyland's yummy Mickey Mouse caramel apples. This is one item I always have to get whenever we make a trip to Disneyland.

Step 1: Piercing the granny smith apples with sticks.

Step 2: Melt caramel and dip apples fully. Two marshmellows glued with icing makes the ears.

Step 3: After caramel cools, dip full apple and ears in melted chocolate.

Step 4: Let chocolate cool, then spread vanilla icing on bottom half of apples and cover with red sprinkles. Place two yellow M&Ms to makes the bottons on Mickey Mouse's trousers.

A spread out cupcake liner makes the perfect holder to a single Mickey Mouse apple.

Backyard Planting ...

Last weekend we made a few minor changes in our backyard. Since we bought the house in 2008 there has been a tree right outside our familr room window that has been on that fine line of being alive or dead. I've tried and tried bringing it back to life, but i've finally admited defeat.

We went to Lowes and bough a few different plants. I kinda had my heart set on flowers, but we saw a few different fruit plants that caught our eyes. We ended up with a Lime, Lemon, Orange, and Pomegranate. Some of them already have a few butts and or actual fruit already growning. Cross your fingers and maybe I can whip up some fruit salad in the future.

Citizens Police Academy ...

Justin has been going through Metro's Citizen Academy for the past few weeks. He's had classes about tazers, K9 dogs, SWAT, gun training, and even toured the detention center. Last week was his favorite, he had his ride along. The officer he was partnered with was really nice and treated Justin like his partner for the night. They had a very eventful night filled with domestic violence calls, arrests, people on drugs, and fights. The whole next day he couldn't stop telling stories and what they did. He already wants to sign up for another ride along.