This is my madre. She’s the best of the best. Today she turns 50! (How many 50 year olds do you know look this good? + 11 kids, yeah right.) She is my biggest inspiration and role model. Hands down, she’s the strongest person I know. The relationship she has with each of her kids is special and unique. I am beyond blessed to call her “mom.” (Victor would say the same.)
Happy Birthday, Mom. I love you so very much, and I am so-so-so proud of you.
Geez, I don’t feel (and most people say I don’t look) a day over 18. But, here I am…25 as of yesterday! I am so thankful for where I am in life. God is so good. Technology is the best…I was able to share some of my day with my family through texting, phone calls, & FaceTime. My wonderful husband took me to dinner & the mall (TWO Guess purses, check them out at the end of the post!). Grandma came over and cooked us lunch, then the rest of the family stopped by for cake time! Here’s a look into my day:
I also received some really cute tops and a skirt, but we need to do some exchanging of sizes! So-so thankful for a wonderful husband who went out of his way to make my birthday so very special!
(Mustard purse available here) (Gray purse available here)
My little sister Lauren turned 12 today! She requested an elephant birthday cake. I’m not the world’s best baker…by any means. I found the most simple cake recipe and got my craft on. Here’s what I came up with. (apologies for the iphone pix)
#1: I found this elephant silhouette online
#2: print, cut, outline, cut on glitter paper
#3: color edges
#4: punch hole & color for eye
#5: i used scrapbook paper for the bunting
#6: combination of pattern/colors
#7: staple triangles to ribbon
#8: attach to sticks (i’ve use shish-kabobs)
Vwa-la
For my first cake from scratch, I’d say i did pretty good. :) I”ll post pictures of the everyone next time! :)
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