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Christmas Together...

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I know I did...

We started the morning off with just me and my hubby opening our presents to each other. I think this is my favorite part of the day. =) Is that a bad thing?

We then went to my sister's house for lunch and my mom, Ricardo's sister and family came over to eat! Yummy traditional food: turkey, green bean casserole, mashed tators, etc. 

Off to Douglas' family gathering now. They had traditional christmas dinner - nope scratch that , they had Italian for dinner. LOL. Hey, I guess you can have too much of a good thing.  hee hee

After the gift exchange (yeah I ended up with the Starbuck's Gold Card- so perfect for me Oh wait, I brought that.lol) we went to the Drummond household to open more gifts - YAY!!!! The best hot chocolate was served and fun to be had. 

I love spending the time with the whole family. I am so blessed to have so much love in my life.  Thank you Jesus for your love with which this day is truly about. And may we all remember that every good and perfect gift comes from above! Happy Birthday!!!! 

What? We were tired.

NEED I SAY MORE? 

Weekend Update

Here is the weekend recap:

On Saturday we were supposed to go ice skating in Cocoa at the Riverfront Park. Well, we did go there and saw how tiny the rink in the tent was and how many people there were in there so we decided not to do it. I was personally scared of falling and causing a dominoe effect. Hmmm, maybe the inside rink is best where its bigger. Even though we didn't skate we did have a good time just hanging out with everyone. A friend of ours is home for the holidays and it was great seeing him and his girlfriend. 

Sunday: Baking Day! What a crazy, busy, fun day this was. Sooo many cookies were made and too many of them stayed at my house. LOL Everyone brought what ever recipe they wanted to make along with special ingredients such as chocolate chips, nuts, etc. They also brought a basic dry ingredient to share.  There was flour and sugar everyone with plates and plates of cookies in the end. It was amazing! I had a great time and am enjoying the tasty efforts. I will try and post all the recipes of the cookies that were made because there was such a variety of them. 

Reaping the benefits of the day! LOL

All the bakers - no picture of the cookies, for some reason they were quickly taken without a photo op. Hmm? 

Mr. and Mrs. Clause - Douglas made Santa while I made the Mrs. Too cute, huh? 

What's your favorite cookie recipe? Please share!!! 

Bah Humbug!

Ok ok, I know its been at least a month since I last got on here - you may slap my wrists. =) Its not that nothing interesting has been going on worth sharing because trust me there has but boy has this time of year swept me off my feet. But instead of dragging you through the last month of activites I will just move on from here. I am now being kept busy with the usual seasonal festivities yet I have decided to be a Scrooge (minus the ghost of christmas past, present and future) and keep my house clean of tinsel, holly and jingle bells. That's right I have not decorated this year. Surprised? Me too, considering I love to do that. I guess I've become lazy in my new old age. (wink wink) So now that you are totally disappointed in me let's move forward. 

I am planning on going ice skating in the new outside rink in Cocoa (its in the same park we got married in). We had to go and see what was happening - this is on Saturday so I will let you know. On Sunday I am hosting a Baking Day! Everyone is bringing their favorite cookie recipe and we will be baking all day! Sound fun? Come join us!!! 

Well, I hope  everyone is doing well and I promise to "try" and do better these next few weeks. (fingers crossed)

Viva Las Vegas!

Douglas and myself are headed to Las Vegas, Nevada with our friends Stephanie, Jamey and Daniel. These are our friends from Kentucky that we hung out with during our trips there for Douglas’ work. IM SO EXCITED!

Day One (Thursday, November 20, 2008)
We arrived in Las Vegas today! It was pretty neat to see the Grand Canyon from the sky. We are staying at the Treasure Island and we are very pleased with the hotel. We had Johnny Rockets for lunch then walked around. There was SOOO much to see and so many shops. Stephanie bought me a Marc Jacobs bag for my birthday! LOVE IT – thank you Steph! We then went to dinner at PF Changs. This is one of my favorite places to eat. While in Planet Hollywood a lady came up to us and wanted to give us tickets to a comedy show later that night. We were all over a free show. There were about 8 comedians one I actually knew from Last Comic Standing – Ron G! The show ended pretty late so we went right home to sleep so we can have another fun packed day!

Tomorrow’s Itinerary: Twilight movie and Jerry Seinfeld

Day Two (Friday, November 21, 2008)
Today we got up early (if you consider 9:00 early ;)) and went to breakfast at our hotel. It was a very yummy breakfast. We went to the chocolate factory after and we saw how they made Ethel’s Chocolates. There is a lot of it done completely by hand. WOW. It was then almost time for our movie (Twilight – had to see it opening day) so we headed there to get our tickets. The boys totally loved it and said they wanted to see it again, LOL. We did some shopping while we were at the theatre area (Its kinda like the Avenues in Viera). I was really excited to be able to get some stuff from H&M. We don’t have one near us so I took advantage. After all that Douglas and I had our Jerry Seinfeld show. It was really neat to see him in person and at the end he did a lil Q&A. I think I like him more now. Margaritaville for dinner- then bed because after last night and today, I’m tired. LOL

Tomorrows Itinerary: Outlet mall, casinos, The Blue Men Group

Day Three (Saturday, November 22, 2008)
Shopping Day! . We went to the outlet mall here in Vegas. They have some really great stores here and we got some awesome deals. I was very excited. This took up pretty much most of our daytime. We all wanted to do fancy pants dinner tonight so we ate at Delmonico’s in the Venetian hotel. It was really good, great portions. Douglas and I shared the crème brule for dessert. Then we hurried off o our show – “O” at the Bellagio. Douglas and I took our time walking there because we figured we had plenty of time to get there by 10:30, which we did. We stand in line at Will Call to get our tickets only to realize that we had gotten our shoes mixed up. We were supposed to be at The Blue Men Group tonight at 10:00. Its now 9:45. We had to RUN back across the strip to the Venetian (yes, where we had dinner, ironic huh?) in 15 minutes. We were tired and hurting when we got there but with a second to spare we got there. The show was awesome! I totally loved it. They interacted with the audience a lot, which I like. After the show Daniel, Douglas and I went to a piano bar where they have dueling pianos. It was a lot of fun to sing along and see the craziness of the people there too!

Tomorrows Itinerary: Hoover Dam, “O” for sure this time

Day Four (Sunday, November 23, 2008)
We went to the Hoover Dam today. The car ride was horrible. I got carsick and we had to stop to I could, well…. Yeah. Not pleasant. But the dam was pretty interesting to see. It’s crazy to think how huge it is and how much went into building it. Oh, and we totally stood in both states (Arizona and Nevada) at the same time. We went to a local, off the strip pizza place for dinner so we could rush off to our shows. The show I was super excited about – “O” - a cirque du soleil performance was the big show of the evening. So impressive, amazing, stunning. They did the entire show over water. The way they continually changed to scenery to deep waters, shallow water or no water. WOW! Piano bar again after the show- long day. Ready for bed, ready to go home.

Tomorrows Itinerary: last exploration of the strip, flying home

Day Five (Monday, November 24, 2008)
Shorter day today. We went exploring the other end of the strip – all the hotels that really should have required us taking a car but we totally walked it. Go US! I saw lions in the MGM! They were soooooo cute! I want a lion, lol. Mandalay Bay has an aquarium – we didn’t go and see it because of time. Totally next time though. Time to go home- so we were off to the airport. Everything seemed to be going so well, check in, luggage, time. Then we got on the plane, with kids. Yeah, there was screaming kids the entire flight home; at 11:35 pm. Needless to say we were now cranky and tired. But we made it home safe and sound with a wonderful time, experience with us!

Tomorrows Itinerary: laundry, sleeping

Too many pics to be able to post right now.. look for them in a later post after I can filter. ;) 

Birthday days events

Yesterday was full of fun things! I spent the day with my sister and her SIL - ate lunch. We then went to the mall and to one of my favorite stores and bought a new bra.. I know, you so wanted to know that! LOL... I then went to dinner (Outback) with some friends of mine (Happy Birthday Terry! - we have the same birthday). Ricardo insisted they sing to us. Embarrassing but fun! After dinner we went to hang out at one of my favorite place - House of Joe! Here we had tasty beverages and played Jenga. We made our tower pretty high, until I knocked it down. Wasn't someone else supposed to do that and let the birthday girl win? Hmm... It was a good day! Thanks to all who helped make it so special! 

On a side story: yesterday morning Erin was changing lil Dito's diaper. I was in the other room getting her some more diapers to to replenish her container. Then I hear "Ahhh". I run back into the room to see this:

Click on the picture to get the whole view. Its too big to show on the blog. 

He had exploded all over the place! ROFL. So gross but so funny. The best part is if you look close he also spit up so it was coming out from both directions. Eeeww, right? 

Happy Birthday to ME!

Today is my 27th (um wait I think its 27, maybe its 28....no Im pretty sure its 27 -LOL) birthday and thought I would let you know a lil more about me that you might not already know. 

Did you know I have been married for almost 5 amazing years but have known him since we were 10 years old?

Did you know I have been best friends with my BFF for 20 years? 

Did you know that Mickey Mouse and I have the same birthday except in 1928?

Did you know I have a scar on my chin from where I got stitches as a kid?

Did you know I'm naturally blonde but have only started dying my hair in the recent years?

Did you know I like to watch corny, teenage movies? 

Did you know I have the best family and friends? (Well, you probably already knew that)

Did you know I love to read childrens book?

Did you know that I kick butt at Wii bowling?

Did you know that I have a tattoo?

Did you know I didn't get my ears pierced until I was 16 and my second holes until I was 21?

Did you know I didn't start to drive until I was 20?

Is there anything else you might be curious about? Go ahead and ask anything you want to know about me - 

Here are some things that most consider silly but I consider completely OK:

I think its ok to tap on the steering wheel of your car to a song. 

I think its ok to insist on watching Its a Wonderful Life on thanksgiving or else the Christmas season can't start. 

I think its ok to have a little coffee with your sugar and milk. 

I think its ok to drink regular coffee at 10:00 at night.

I think its ok to rush home to watch your favorite tv shows. 

I think its ok to want to stay home instead of go out because you want to enjoy time with your family. 

Thanks for reading about me today! I am thankful God has given me all these years to live - for Him, in Him and with Him. I feel so blessed to have strong people surrounding me and that love me! 

Strike a Pose

Yesterday a good friend of ours did a photo shoot with me, Douglas, Erin, Ricardo and Ricki. We went to the Eau Gallie library so start. We then headed to Wickham Park all this is the chill of the morning! We had a blast! Enjoy the photos! 

Night Launch at KSC

Friday night was the night launch at Kennedy Space Center. My father-in law works for KSC and won the lottery they had to get a pass to let them in to go and see it up close. He was able to take 3 people. I'm telling you that the position we were in was amazingly close! You know the huge digital countdown sign you see while the news crews are reporting it? Yeah, well we were even closer than that.  Can't get closer than that! To see and hear it so up close was - WOW! Thank you Dan for inviting me!!! You have a super cool job! 

I did get very few pictures. For some reason my camera didn't want to cooperate. (frustrating). I did get a small video - Im not a professional so I apologize now for how shaky it is, plus I was very excited. Part way through I ended up turning the camera so you will have to watch it sideways. Sorry about that. But it does a pretty cool effect when it enters the clouds. 

My Friday Funnies adaptation

After reading my friend's Friday Funnies blog I decide its time for some coffee (wink wink - must  go and read her blog). I start to make the pot and I hear my cat in the other room - bwack  bwack bwack. Sure enough my poor Baleigh is puking up something (I think she ate too fast). I go to help her and stop to think,  "should I take a picture of this?" Laugh to myself and decide probably not. Besides who would want to look at cat puke except for my dog, right Anyway, thought I'd share because in relation to her FF it went well together. Go and read it!  Thanks for sharing it! 

Have you started you Christmas shopping yet?

I was reading one of my friends blogs and she had this button to help with some thrifty christmas shopping. You have to check them out! There are a lot of great lil shops to order from and quite the variety too!  Some even have discounts when you enter a code. Check 'em out! 

Dream a weird dream lately?

I had this dream last night that was very weird. 

It started with me driving down Palm Bay Road going towards US1. Its completely torn up from construction as some of you may know. But as I kept driving the road started to look nothing like Palm Bay Rd. hmmm. Then on the side of the road I saw the gym teacher from the school I usually sub at doing construction but was on break (like most construction workers are?). She was reading some red book. She put it down and went back to work. I then took a U-turn, picked up the book and started to thumb through it. It was a book about breastfeeding. Weird, I know. I then decided it wasn't a helpful book and put it back, got back in my car and ended up at my best friends place with her mother and sister babysitting her 4 year old and newborn. (Oh, Leah some how was now in my car, dunno know). We walked into her house all quiet so the baby wouldn't wake up and her mom came rushing towards us all excited. "What, was is it" we asked all grinning. She pointed through to the kitchen cutout window (she doesn't have a window from her living room to her kitchen, shrug) and said,  "I found something to get the grim off of you backsplash". (um, 1. she doesn't have a back splash and 2. it looked an awful like my backsplash. - its not that old how can it have so much grime to get off?) "Nice, good job" was our response. At this point I am now rushing towards the bathroom because I apparently had to go pretty bad (all of a sudden). I walk into the bathroom, pee start to get dressed and I see the baby on the floor. (WHAT!) I pick up the baby walk back out to the living just to run back into the bathroom because I had to go AGAIN, really bad. Then I woke up. 

LOL... for real, I ran to the bathroom bc I had to go ;) 

Are there any Daniel's out there that would like to interpret my dream? I have no idea why it was weird. Do you ever have weird dreams? Tell me tell me! 

Girls Game Day

This weekend my man went on a men's retreat with the church so I decided to have a girls game day. With finger food and game options (from Dominoes to Cranium - turbo edition) we had a blast!



We did have a boy crash our party though but totally worth it don't you think? =)



Thanks girls for coming and spending the day with me and Rach, maybe you should work on your drawing (with your eyes open) ROFL... xoxo

Trunk or Treat - Halloween

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays mostly because I love candy and I like to see all the kids in costumes. We have spent the last couple of times passing our candy at our house but this year I participated in Trunk or Treat with our church. I decorated my car and helped pass out candy to hundreds and hundreds of children. It was amazing how many families came out. My friend, Rachel and I did our cars together. We decided on a pumpkin patch theme. We had A LOT of pumpkins. LOL. Then, to my surprise the cars were judged and we won first place! Very cool. =) Now its time to think about Thanksgiving - thats my MOST FAVORITE holiday. What's yours?

Acceptance

Here's just some pics showing how Ricardo is being accepted by our other babies!

New love and joy brought into the world

I am already in love so much with my nephew! My sister put it best: 

" You know how when you meet the one you marry and it takes time before falling completely in love with them until you really get to know them? But with lil Ricardo its automoatic love. Before you even know him, anything about him, you love him already." 

This is sooo true! Ricardo Jacobo is an incredible lil one that God created so full of love and joy! 

ITS A BOY - Welcome Ricardo Jacobo Ovalle!

WOWey WOW! It has been a full week again! It started with me working almost all week so I was very excited about that. Then, Thursday night we got the call from Erin - Her water broke! WAHOO!!!! So at 11:30 at night we headed to the hospital.




Hours and hours later after a C-Section and TONS of drugs at 7:33 am Ricardo Jacobo Ovalle was born! He was 7 lbs. 5 oz. 19 3/4 inches long and 100% cutie!


Erin did sooo good! Take a look at these pics of them - ADORABLE!








I spent most Friday and Saturday at the hospital with all of them - hating to be a way from the cutie.
Saturday I did go and do the "Making Strides Against Cancer" 5K. That was fun. I did it with my friend Rachel and Ricardo! There was a whole lot of pink going on - LOL. Thank you to all those that helped me make my goal!
Sunday evening I went to dinner with the Drummond's for Dustin's birthday. We went to Texas de Brazil in Orlando. This is an interesting place. They come around with meat on a sword. ALL YOU CAN EAT MEAT! I'm more of a side dish girl but it was pretty yummy. And the salad bar was like no other. mmm.
Monday - going home day! Finally they got to take Dito home!



He is doing sooo great and already loves his teddy swing!

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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer (5K Walk)


Dear Coworkers, Friends and Family,

This year, hundreds of thousands of people will hear the words,
"You have breast cancer," and there's a good chance
that some of them will be people we know and love. I have chosen to
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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is our opportunity to honor and
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support programs to help fight breast cancer. But Making Strides is
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we can make if we work together to defeat this disease.

Below is a link to my personal page. I hope you will visit my
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Sea Lion Encounter!

Ok.. so here are the pics from our sealion adventure. I was finally able to get them uploaded! YAY - Let me know what you think!

Cruisin Together

This week Douglas and I went on a cruise to Nassau and Coco Cay with our friends the Savages! We arrived Monday around 1:00 in time for the never-ending lunch buffet YUM and the mustard Stand. LET THE FUN BEGIN!

WORD OF THE DAY: Hot – What my fortune cookie said today!

Tuesday we arrived at Coco Cay. The four of us hiked around the entire island, yes for fun. LOL.




It was great but I just wish we would have thought about that before we left the boat and didn’t wear flip flops on really ragged rocks Man, my feet hurt! When we got done exploring the island, the cruise line had a Bar B Q ready just for us. Well, not just us, for everyone but you know what I mean. After we ate we laid in the hammocks and took a nap. Ahh. Nothing better.




Oh, and an iguana tried to befriend Douglas while he was napping. No really! It came up to him then crawled up the tree. I wonder what would have happened if it fell on him? LOL.






Volleyball, playing in the water and exploring pretty much sums up the day at Coco Cay.




This night was formal night for dinner. We got all dressed to the nines. Fancy pants. After dinner was the show of the night where they did all songs and dances from the movies. Eh, it was alright. After the show we played Uno Attack where it was Drummond Dominance. Score was Rachel – zero, Greg – zero, Douglas – 3, Jessica – 3. YEEAH! Time for bed: 1:00am. Long day. Can’t wait til tomorrow where we will visit Nassau. Super excited about the Straw Market and our excursion!

WORD OF THE DAY: Oysterchere – AKA: Worchestshire 

Wednesday we stopped at Nassau, Bahamas. Got up early for breakfast so we could hit the ground running. Both couples had been here before and had totally different experiences so we showed each other around. The Savages showed us the fort and the Queens Stairs.




We walked and walked and walked. But it was very interesting. I then took Rachel to the infamous Straw Market. Purses, Purses, Purses!!! We were in heaven. We each walked out of there with some great finds. And for the big event of the day: Sea Lion Encounter! We all got to hug, kiss and pet a sea lion called Murray. It was AMAZING – and slimy. We also got to see the newest baby sea lion... SO ADORABLE!



WORD OF THE DAY: Gonabe – AKA Going to be

Thursday was the day at sea. But don’t think we played it boring. It was a packed day. After breakfast we started the day at the rock-climbing wall. I have never been rock climbing before and I made it all the way to the top – THREE TIMES!



Douglas made it up too. It was amazingly fun! We then hung out by the pool, which was well, relaxing as it can be for being around tons of people. It took awhile to even find a place to sit. After the pool was a rock-climbing contest. Whoever had the fastest time won. Greg and I entered the contest and I won a BRONZE medal (and a RC visor)






I was super siked about it. For never rock climbing before this morning it felt great to place. After the contest I was soo tired I “had to” go and take a nap in one of those cozy beach chairs. LOL All the while Douglas and Greg went to compete against the crew in dodge ball. Nope, they didn’t win but come on the crew plays everyday! Totally explains it, right? LOL . After a farewell show and dinner the Savages and the Drummonds played Uno Attack again to see if the Savage Supremacy could win over the Drummond Dominance. Sooo didn’t happen though LOL. Although we all were happy when Greg finally won a hand. HA
We are home Friday early. Excruciatingly early…

WORD OF THE DAY: HOT: This time because it was so hot today we had to try and stay inside of find shade to enjoy the “cruisin”. I was definitely glad the side we climbed for the rock wall was in the shade.