Family Day!!!

I woke up on Veteran's Day and saw my husband and thought he was late for work...I didn't realize he was off for the holiday...so we decided to have a family day.

We just knocked around in the morning and then decided to go to the movies...we ended up watching "Madagascar 2".

We went to grab a bite to eat before the movie, watched the movie, then walked around Borders, looking at books...we all love it there..even the kids.

Although, I didn't get a lot of pics like normal, I did get some.

Here they are..

Shine and Brooklin on our way in...

Stopping to get a bite to eat...

Me and Shine....


Although, he looks like an angry old man...he was just joking...

Don't know if they really would have wanted me to take this but I snapped fast...most normal people don't take their camera to the movies...only us!!! I know I am not publishing it anywhere...

What's a movie, without popcorn...

Sissy waiting for her popcorn....

Shine holding one of the popcorn boxes to split up the bucket...

Kameron hiding behind Shine from the camera...not a normal thing for him...he usually says take a picture of me...however, it was a holiday....

The line to get into the movie...this is after the ticket purchase...we were in the first quarter of the line...it went way past us...this was about 30 min before the movie started...

We made it in...whew!!!!

Hugo and Kameron waiting for the movie to start....

We had a great day with the kids...our last stop was Petco...the kids love to go there to look at the animals.

I love days like this one...where it's all about the fam...

We are very blessed with a great family...

Til next Time with T!!!!

Cooking Class!!!

Ok, so I never finished posting the last cooking class and we're on to the next one. So I will try to make sure I post them once a week so you can see what we are doing...then during our break I will go back to the International class to catch up...

This is a "Holiday Cooking Class"...so we're making desserts, candy, side dishes and entrees. I am very excited about this one too.

This last week we focused on desserts, i.e., pies, cakes, crepes, most of them with apples as the main ingredient.

Here's a peek into our class, some friends have joined in this one, so you may recognize a few....

Shine waiting for the teacher instructions before we get cooking....

Yea, we have some friends in our class...
Yeah!!! More friends...
Aaahhh!! The ingredients for the night...I love all that color...gorgeous!!!! Yummy Apples!!!
Now we're cooking....our dish our group was preparing was an "Old Fashioned Apple Pie". I have attempted apple pie many times in the past...but not one Hugo has "really" liked..so I am on a mission to make one the he loves...

Shine is rolling out the leftover dough to cut out the leaves for the top of the crust....They are so beautiful on top of the pie...

Mema putting the glaze on top of our masterpiece...
Here it is Babe!!...I hope you like it...It looks pretty, I hope it tastes good....Well, we should probably cook it first... Here's a close-up before it was cooked....

Our friends made an "Cranberry Apple Upside Down Cake"...it was yummy...good job girls...
Our other group of friends made an "Apple Tar Tartane"...well, it was very good too...Carmelized apples in a dough...yummo!!!The finished product...

Even better with a scoop of dairy....
Well, my husband loved it...However, I have just a couple more crust recipies that I want to try...I want to see him jump in the air for joy...so if he does that I will be sure to grab a camera and post that...it will be the entry of the year...cause he doesn't jump for much out of emotion...only for God and that is spiritual not emotional....So I will keep ya'all posted...

Til next Time with T!!!!

84 Years!!!

My Grandma turned 84 this last week....so we celebrated by having her over for dinner.

She was glad to come over..she is very active and still drives and won't stop getting around....she insists on still doing everything she always has been doing...Everytime I see her it seems she has aged more each time...

We love you Grandma...

Happy 84th Birthday!!!

Grandma and 3 of her many Great Grandkids!!!!

Grandma opening her presents....

Brooklin always wants to help blow out the candles...

Shine and Kameron giving Grandma her cake...

Shine, Kameron & Brooklin made her cake for her.....

Brooklin enjoying the party!!!!

Hugo and Kameron ready to eat...


Grandma and Shine at the dinner table...

Mother and Daughter...

The kids love it when Grandma comes over...

We had a great time visiting with Grandma...One more time...

Happy Birthday Grandma!!!!

We love you!!!!

Til next Time with T!!!!

Way to Go Titans, Way To Go!!!

On Saturday we all went to Shine's cheer compitition. This is the USA Regional Competition. We we were there for over 3 hours watching team after team, after team perform. It's actually pretty cool to watch. It's just like on the competitions that you watch on TV.

Shine's cheer team had two different division teams to perform on...

the "Jr. High Group Stunt" (a team of 4) and the "Jr. High Show Novice".

I am happy to announce both teams came in at 1st Place!!!!

Way to go Titans!!!

Here's some pictures from our day...

Mema, Shine and Brooklin....
Brooklin is such a cheerleader for Shine...right at the point of a pin drop in the whole gym, Brooklin yells as loud as she can...

"Go Shine!!"

If any of you have heard her yell, well then I don't need to explain, the whole room heard her...she's small but she packs a big punch. So after Shine routine was done she came to sit with us until the awards...Brooklin couldn't wait to sit by her...She crawled over all of us to get to her...Ya Gotta love your Sis!!!

Proud Mom & Dad!!!!!
Hugo and Kameron....

The kids were so good...they stayed in the bleachers, we were all crammed in there, sitting very close together....for 3 hours....I was so proud of how good they were....

Kameron saw someone from his class...he finds a friend anywhere...
While waiting for the awards to start they had music playing...this particular song was "YMCA"...well, Kameron decides to try to steal the show...he went out on the gym floor in front of everyone and starts to break dance....everyone was looking at him, smiling and enjoying the show...
He really got into it...these are only two of the pics....

Brooklin joins in....

Back to the cheer team....this is the Small Stunt Group...(4)...Shine's the back spot...she's the one looking up at her butt in the back...great view.lol!!! It's amazing to me that these 4 girls toss this little girl in the air like a hot potato...she spins, does the splits, kicks, flips over, etc...all while in mid air...then drops down and the other 3 catch her...amazing...
Again, Shine's standing in the back...she's very tall...

This is the video of the entire group...the above pics are of the Jr. Stunt Group..only 4 girls...but this one is another division with the entire comp team...Shine's group is on the right hand side...

(You will hear Shine's biggest fan, Brooklin, yelling "Yea, Shine", several times in the video).

Part of the main Comp Team with their plaque... Being that both the teams Shine is on made 1st place, one of the good things is now we go on to USA Nationals at Disneyland...Wahoo!!!!! So both teams will go and compete in Feb/Mar...we end up making it a family vacation.

My Shine...your beautiful, smart, strong and have a great attitude...we are sooo proud of you. You are truly amazing!!!!Way to stand out!!!!

Sorry for the long post but it had to be done on this one...

Til next Time with T!!!!