HOMEMADE SALSA!!!

MY FAMILY LOVES SALSA A LOT, AND SO WE DECIDED TO MAKE THE RECIPE THAT HAS BEEN IN OUR FAMILY FOR YEARS! IT WAS AN ALL DAY PROJECT, BUT WELL WORTH IT! I'D DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.I LOVE TOMATOS A LOT-A

WE HAD BOXES AND BOXES OF TOMATOES! THIS IS CASSIDY'S FAVORITE FOOD :)

THIS IS WHEN WE WERE DONE CANNING. NOT SO HAPPY...OUR FEET HURT!

MY MOM ALWAYS HAS A SMILE ON HER FACE, EVEN IF SHE'S BEEN CANNING FOR 20 HOURS!

CHECK IT!!

WE WORE MY "NANI'S" APRONS TO CAN THE SALSA...BROUGHT BACK SOME GOOD MEMORIES :) LOVE YOU NANI!!!

MY LITTLE SWEET CASSAFRASS HELPING US OUT!

WANT SOME?!

SISTERS ARE THE BEST. LOVE YOU SISTO.

Surprise...!!!!

WOW! That's a lotta candles!

Chica Loves Birthday parties!

Yep...Cassidy planned a little surprise party for me this year! She decorated the house and made a cake (with Grandma's help)!!! Then we had a birthday breakfast...it was Yum!

Cassidy's favorite thing is to "plan" anything!!! She's my little planner.

Nice hat Dad...ha ha :)

Mornings are the best when you can sit and enjoy it on the front porch!

Even Guinness is wearing a birthday hat!

Yummmm! Nothing better than gumballs at 8 a.m.!

Thanks Cass!!!

Thanks Mom!!! Love you!!

Hip hip a hippie!!!

Cass was SO excited that grandma and Danielle would be hanging with us for Halloween!! She was especially excited that they were going to help her with her hippie hairdo (dreadlocks!!!)

It was a long painful process...which included some whining, hairspray, shaving cream, a few yelps, and LA Looks gel (Maximum Hold)!!!

Thanks Grandma and Aunt Dani for making my Halloween totally cool :)

This is my beautiful Mom...Ha ha...Love ya Mom!!! She even dressed up like a witch. Nice teeth.

Cassidy's candy at the end of the night. Yep! It's all organized!

YO~

Peace out~

Mud Bath- Lake Powell

So, my cousins from Chile have always had the most beautiful soft skin and shiny hair and my mom used to tell us stories of how they took such good care of their bodies. For example, I've heard stories of how they put avocado in their hair and let it sit overnight or how they washed their hair with beer. They would put seaweed on their skin...you know, stuff like that! So, I'm not sure if she told us about mud baths years ago or if I just thought it was healthy...but it works and our skin felt SO amazingly soft and vibrant. You should try it. Meow...

This (above) is how we were just relaxing and mom took a picture.

Lake Powell- Dance Off

One of my favorite memories of growing up is going to Lake Powell! We got to go their this summer with the family for a week on a houseboat and built some awesome memories...again!
I'll be posting pictures in no particular order...We loved turning our i-pods up on the speakers with everybody's own version of "the best" music! Sometimes...we would just dance away...

Grandma's latino dance moves are always amazing...

Cass in ACTION!

Wow...check out Dani girl puttin' the moves out their...holla!!!!

My milk shake brings all the boys to the yard...

Now...that's HOT.

This is a great way to get the kiddo's tired :)