Lunch with the girls!! ... and Danny :)

My parents are flying to Peru this Friday and staying with loved ones for THREE WEEKS!! Everyone at home is so jealous they get to go and see family and eat the most delicious food on earth!! No joke!!! Seriously if you haven't tasted Peruvian food, you are missing out!! If only I could fit in their luggage!! On Tuesday my beautiful mamita, my sister Jessica, her cute little baby and I went out to grab some delicious food at Red Lobster for lunch. We wanted to do something nice for mom before she left! We spent such a nice afternoon talking and laughing ... mostly watching Danny making funny faces and sounds Haha!! What a wonderful time we had!! Sometimes I wonder what did I do to deserve such amazing women in my life!! I will truly treasure that day forever!! As fun as it was, it just wasn't the same without our little sister Melanie there who was still in school at the time :( Sorry Mel, we promise we'll do one again soon hopefully tomorrow if there is time before mom and dad leave PROMISE!!

Jessica's Baby Shower

Last Saturday we had a celebration for second time Mommy-to-be Jessica and the much anticipated birth of her new little Angel into the family!! :) We had such a great turn out!!! Nearly Everyone we invited came!! Girls were coming in almost every ten minutes and some even stayed around two hours past the Shower!! It made me so happy to see Jess having so much FUN, seeing her mingle with her Friends from high school she hadn't seen in years, Laughing and enjoying the company of all of us that LOVE and adore her!! I felt so priviledge to organized the baby shower for her; Jess is one of the most Amazing, Loving, fun, Charitable people I know!! And I'm not just saying that because she's my sister. She truly is such a remarkable person and the most loving wife to Daniel and mother to little Danny!! She is always there when you need her and will Always find her doing some kind of service for each member of the Family!! How many times have I found our bed made after Michael and I had a rough night studying for a hard test or writing a long essay due the next morning and hurrying up to make it to school on time (a 30 min commute from our parent's house!)!!! She is simply amazing!! And truly my Best Friend!!

Seeing Jessica's face beaming that day made all the sleepless nights planning the shower, the games, the decorations so worth it!! And I couldn't have done it without the help of my Sweet mom, my little Sister Melanie and her best friend Candace and especially without the help of my Wonderful husband who stayed up late with me Helping me glue things together and keeping me sane ;) haha How wonderful it is to know that you can always count on those you love to lend you a Hand when you most need it!! I love my family so much!! I'm not gonna lie and say they weren't times when it wasn't rough for all nine of us to be living in one place, but I can say without a doubt that it has made us come even Closer as a family and have made stronger Friendships with my sisters and brother and has filled our Hearts with great memories of laughing and helping Each Other. President Gordon B. Hinckley once said: "Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured." And how wonderful it is to enjoy each moment with our loved ones and know that we can be together Forever!! Life is good.

Thankful Countdown !!

I stumbled upon this fabulous Thanksgiving countdown idea over at Blue Cricket Design. Becca made this adorable jar and used these fabulous thankful cards by Valerie Lee over
at Sugar Doodle.

What a great way to remind us what we should be grateful for!