Day 2 of Fiesta

Breakfast Taco Bar at Jessica's house. 

No pictures of breakfast. So far the CA girls have had margarita's, mexican food, bonded, seen Jessica's house and meet more friends.

This picture is of the girls all ready for the a waited event: NIOSA. 

Perfect attire and ready to enjoy the celebration and food.

 Roasted corn. I didn't even know they had roasted corn at NIOSA. 

 Girls meet up with some of Jessica and Stacy's friends.

Great group picture girls. 

NIOSA is a little different since high school, No?

 Now we get it Stacy. NIOSA is so fun.

 Girls headed to the river to not only see it but hear some music.

The night continued to be a fun one.

 Nicole and Stacy tried Mountain Oysters. ??? Ask them what they are. 

 Gina, Stacy and Kristen dancing on the San Antonio River.

 Home, bed and day three coming up. 

Day One of FIESTA (4th Annual)

Our one night celebration turned into a 4 day celebration. Stacy  brought three of her friends here to experience FIESTA because they have heard so much about it. 

We started off on the patio at La Fonda on Main, with Margarita's and chips. Whole lot of pretty sitting at that table along with the good looking Margarita's.  

Chesley and I, O so serious. ?? Have to count who ever took the picture. 1 2 3 then we smile. :)

Next stop was the Fiesta Store on Main.

Girls are beginning to see the excitement in San Antonio.

Quick thinking of older sister, Jenny, and she turned right in front of "the boots" What would a trip to San Antonio be without a picture on the boots?

The girls each got a welcome bag with T-shirts and other Fiesta goodies.

The girls loved sitting on the porch catching up on each others life without children around. They all used to live in El Segundo but two of the girls have moved to different places so it was a reunion as well.

Fiesta dinner request from Stacy. Chicken Enchilada Dinner.

Your wish is my command. 

Sister loving sister with the traditional smashing of the cascarones or confetti filled eggs on the head. Yes confetti is in the hollow out dyed eggs and on my floor and in hair and by end of the weekend, confetti was everywhere. FIESTA FUN! 

Happy Fiesta Stacy!

After the famous "Buffalo chips" Two ch. chip cookies with vanilla ice cream between them this girls CRASHED into bed and were out like a light. 8:30 pm their time.

O girls this was just day one. 

Next morning was Breakfast Taco Bar at sister Jessica's house. Hoping she'll post pictures. I stayed home.

So there is day one and I'll post as much of day 2 that I have, soon.

Botanical Garden

Mom and I went to the Botanical Garden last week when the weather was beautiful. Little bit late with the flowers being at their peek but still beautiful and another memorable day.

Frist we had lunch at the Carriage House Bistro.

Dessert was the beautiful roses.

Kumamoto Garden

This is in honor of our Sister City of Kumamoto. 

 Mom and I taking a rest under the Wisteria Arbor.

Wisteria Arbor from a distance. So pretty. Mom is in the front left bench.

 Two pictures below are in the Kumamoto Garden

 So pretty.

April

My granddaughters from CA made this heart for me from a pile of rocks. They know I love hearts. :) Thanks girls. :)

 Cousin Katie is in town...

Fun cousin time and grandma time. 

 Celebrating my mom's birthday at Outback. 

Happy Birthday Mom!

Easter boys ready to hunt eggs.

 Fishermen! Bringing home the fish. Yummy!

 Malyn was honored with an award at school. She is 4th from the right. Such a happy and proud moment. Congrats Malyn.

 Ryan reading the bible in the car on the way to school. 

 Sister Love

 Margarita madness at Jessica's house. Jessica hosted a painting party with a fun fiesta painting.

 This was another painting party that Jenny did a few weeks ago.

Never knew I could even begin to paint. Such a fun experience both in the painting and watching my daughter teach the class. ;)

 Jenny's studio at her home.

This is at Jessica's house for the Margarita Madness Party. That is the painting we all did. 

 Studio set up at Jessica's house. 

The blog has taken on a new update and I'm completely lost and have no idea how it now works. So this is a very confusing post full of a mix match of pictures and in wrong order. I'll keep working on it. This is not viewed by many if any so I'm really just working out the kinks. I'll probably delete this if I can even figure out how to post it. Why change blog spot????

Update on Tomatoes and Roses

Rain does wonders for God's creation. 

(so does leaving the water running 3 hours, by accident) :( 

Compare this picture to the last blog post. They've come a long way!

 Just blooms so far but seems to be a lot of them. Hoping for our abundance crop we had last year.

Our neighbor, Matt, has little tomatoes growing. Chesley and Matt bought the same plant at the same place. If you know Chesley I know you know what is going on in his mind. 

Steroids or fertilizer ? What can I do to get these babies a growth spurt going. :) 

Watch out Matt, Chesley will be keeping a close watch on your tomatoes. We should have a weekly tomato check. Regardless our neighborhood will be tomato rich. 

Our Knock-off (or Knock out) Roses have been proving me wrong. I had commented that the roses weren't as pretty or full as so many people have said. It was like the next week that they exploded in this beauty.

Sorry Roses, I'll never doubt you again. :)