{ Cooking Thursday }

Won't you join me and share with us one of your new recipes, or an old family favorite, you can even throw in a recipe for homemade soaps or detergents (just remember to specify).

For the guidelines, you can go here.

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While I'm on vacation, I won't be sharing a recipe, but please feel free to share yours so that when I return I can come by and take a look.

{ Happy Homemaker Monday }

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The weather in my neck of the woods:
Hot, Hot and more hot. We've been in the 106's for a while now.


Things that make me happy:
Having my family here


Book I'm reading:
None right now


What I'm enjoying on TV:
Supernatural
The Gates - new series about Vampires on ABC, really liked the first episode


On the menu for dinner:
The Best Chili Ever


On my To Do List:
Laundry
Mopping
Bathrooms


New Recipe I tried or want to try soon:
Haven't tried anything new the past week

In the craft basket:

Folk Dolls
Bath Mitts for gifts

Looking forward to this week:
Just enjoying more time with my family before we head to Disneyland


Tips and Tricks:
When traveling long distances with little ones that get car sick, always remember to take plastic bags, wipes and a change of clothes. Keep ginger ale on hand and some crackers to munch on too.


My favorite blog post this week:
No blog reading last week


Blog Hopping (a new discovered blog you would like to share with the readers):
Unfortunately I haven't had a chance to read anything


No words needed (favorite photo or picture, yours or others you want to share):

Lesson learned the past few days:
That people may change but when you have known someone for over 20 years, and you've made the effort to stay in touch, when you get together after long periods of time, it's like you've never been apart.


On my mind:
Nothing important, nothing stressful, just relaxing.


Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Galatians 2:20

{ Goldfield Ghost Town }

I want to update my blog more and share with you all the photos I've been taking and all the fun we've been having, but there just doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day.

I know you'll forgive me for being so bad at updating, won't you?

But let me show you a little of where we spent yesterday.

The Goldfield Ghost Town in Apache Junction, AZ. It was so so darn hot, I mean, the kind of heat that makes you feel sick and want to cry at the thought of taking another step.

Our main reason for going was that they do gunfights every hour, but wouldn't you know.....they don't when it's too hot, so bummer for us.

Nicholas and my nephew Colby

My brother Miguel

Superstition Mountains

If you're near the area, it's worth the trip, especially if you're into Ghost Towns like we are. It does get very hot during the day, we were there around 2pm and it was 108 degrees...good grief.

But we plan on returning to get our family portrait made at the antique photography place, I want to play dress up *haha*

{ Cooking Thursday }

Won't you join me and share with us one of your new recipes, or an old family favorite, you can even throw in a recipe for homemade soaps or detergents (just remember to specify).

For the guidelines, you can go here.

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I'm currently on vacation with family, so I don't have a recipe to share with you this morning, but I'm eager to see what you have :)

{ Coming to America }

You know for those of us who live in this amazing country, every day is just another busy day in our lives, just the same ol' same ol'......but when it's been your dream to visit the USA and it actually comes true, it's a once in a lifetime experience that you will never forget.

My brother Miguel, sister in law Hayley and my niece and nephew, Tiffany and Colby, are visiting, for the first time in their lives and this is the reason why I've been been MIA from the blog and facebook and pretty much everywhere.

I've been completely absorbed in seeing things through their eyes, in experience things as they experience for I remember that about 12 years ago I was going through the same, happy but also having an almost surreal feeling of being on American soil.

We just returned from the Grand Canyon!

UN-BE-LIE-VABLE does not even begin to describe how it felt to be there, I have never in my life and I believe never again will I see something so extraordinary, so beautiful, so breath taking and awe inspiring as the Grand Canyon. If you have never been, please make a plan and visit on your next vacation. Stunning, stunning, stunning.

I have so many photos to share and I don't even know where to begin, but I will just share a few today and then more later on.

Tomorrow we're staying put, but Thursday morning we're heading to Las Vegas. YAY!

I will definitely try to be better at updating, I too want you to experience things through their eyes and maybe remind you once again just how lucky you are to be born an American and to be able to say that you live in the best country in the world.

I'll leave you with one of my favorite photos from our Grand Canyon trip.....my niece Tiffany and I.