Super Mother's Day Happiness!

Mother's Day was a beautiful day here in So. Cal. and my sweetie-pie kidlets and husband made it a special day! They made blueberry pancakes (my favorite!) and had this lovely bouquet right next to my plate.

Luke plays with his food quite often and did this to his plate.

Alani got these pretty green stone earrings at a booth during the Vineyard Run we were in a couple Saturdays ago, that I still need to blog about. The lady told Alani the stones were from some river in Indonesia. Kinda neat-o!

Both of the earrings were on my dresser last night and this morning I could only find this one. But I WILL find the other one! This is who I'm certain is responsible!

She regularly steals things and hides them.
The rest of my day was relaxing because I didn't have to do dishes or laundry or any of that other boring stuff that all mama's need to do. Then later that evening Alani and Luke made these.

Cookie dough on the bottom, with Oreos on top, then with brownie batter on top of that! Oh my goodness, they are very rich and yummy and they did such a good job! So that was my Mama's Day! I didn't get to see our oldest because she had to work, and we sure did miss her, but I will see her soon :)

Oh! I can't leave this out...my husband gave me these

because they say "Mother's" on them and he thought they were appropriate! Such a crack up! Happy Mother's Day (a bit late) to each and every one of you!! Taniya

Orange Juicing Kind of Day!

Hi everybody! Today I spent a whole lot of time outside in my garden, and all over my back yard and noticed just how many oranges are loaded down on my trees. What am I to do with them all? I thought,  "Why not pick a bunch and squeeze some orange juice?" So that's what I set out to do. Here is the bowl I always use to collect the oranges.

  After squeezing everything I picked I made about 6 cups, or 48 oz. of juice. Which looked like this.

Even though I picked two bowls full, it didn't seem to make a dent on the tree. And I have three trees!! It would be a shame to waste them. Maybe I'll make orange marmalade! Anyone have a good recipe?

Here's hoping all of you have a sun-shiny day...even if it's snowing! Now "orange" you glad you stopped by my blog today? Hee hee! Your cheesy joke telling friend, Taniya

An April Weekend

What do we do around here over the weekend? We usually try to kick our feet up as much as possible. But some weekends are full of work because it's the only time Clark Kent has to do some major stuff...like fix fences.

Luke got some muscle building time mowing the lawn,

and Alani washed the car!

 

 

Later in the evening, I got into my pj's kind of early to get comfy and we drove to pick up our daughter at a friend's house who had a bonfire. So I wore my new bunny slippers! Ha ha!

My sister brought them over the last time I was sick and I think they're so cute. But don't worry, my husband went to the door to get her! Sunday morning I got up early, like I do almost every Sunday morning, to make a funner-than-usual breakfast. Like multi-grain blueberry pancakes! Mmmm!

(My pancakes never turn out perfectly round) And how about some bacon?

Can't forget the oatmeal with walnuts and cranberries.

I squeezed some orange juice and made coffee too but didn't take photos of that. Hee hee! We got nice and full before heading to church. I think we ran some boring errands after that and then just relaxed the rest of the day at home. I hope your weekend was great and that your work week isn't too stressful! If it is, you can always head on over here to my little blog for some funny pictures and uplifting words! Blessings to you, Taniya

It's Thursday

And what do we do on Thursday? We throw it back, that's what. Way back!

Oh my goodness, it's an 80's style selfie! And yes, that's me. I believe those white sunglasses were very in at the time. I remember my mom made those curtains, and, of course those are framed photos of surfers on my wall!

Now that I've embarrassed myself I'll sign off for today. Happy Throwback Thursday and feel free to share YOUR old photos (so I won't feel so alone in my embarrassment. Ha ha). By guys!! Taniya

Saturday, Sweet Saturday

Welcome to my Saturday! A day to be free from the workweek. A day to have more fun and relaxation than your normal weekday. No schoolwork!

Time to strap on your trainers and take a longer run.

And time to play with chalk!

Everyone was very busy. My husband even made stencils!

Alani drew a sunset with a palm tree and the ocean.

Luke made  trees too!

Clark Kent just made some funky designs. Ha ha! What did I do? I took photos of course, went for a run, worked in my garden, made a trip to the farmer's market to get our produce for the week, and ate some yummy yogurt and granola!

I hope your weekend started off right, with good times and relaxation! I wonder what Sunday will bring? Now we're off to see a movie! Happy weekend :) Taniya

Our Easter!

Our Easter went something like this. First, I took my two youngest ones to a "teen egg hunt" which I thought was an awesome idea because most of  the time, the city egg hunts are for little kids. Maybe up to age ten or twelve. That leaves out a lot of kids that still want to have fun. Teenagers are still kids and love a good hunt! This hunt was AT NIGHT!

My two on the right and a couple friends. Everyone got glow necklaces and bracelets and scrambled all over a big field to collect fun stuff. there were packs of cookies, licorice, and even sunglasses out there!

The whole basketball court was a dance floor and they had a DJ! There was a girl with a glowing hula-hoop. Fun idea!

This is how it turned out when I tried to get a picture, ha ha! Then on Easter Day we had our own little hunt at home. (And my son got a haircut!)

We had ham and sweet potatoes and lots of yummy food!

I've been sick so everyone helped out in the kitchen. I hope you had a lovely Easter full of family, fun, and God's blessings! Taniya

My Weekend

Want to know what I did this weekend? My husband and I went down to San Diego to stay in the Marriott Marquis & Marina Hotel and it looks like this.

Really neat-o and big and right near the water! With this cool, fancy pool...

that we did not go in. I didn't bring my swimsuit, which is very unfortunate because it was a beautiful, sunny day! But the whole reason we came to San Diego in the first place is because my friend has gotten me very interested in running again. She has also convinced me to be in a race...a BIG race, which I have never done before. So we signed up for this Hot Chocolate Race and, boy, that is the kind of race you want to have as your first one! What is a better incentive to run than CHOCOLATE?

Plus, it was dark chocolate, my favorite! And it's good for you!! So we woke up before the sun came up to walk to the racing area.

Every person in the race got one of these cool hoodie, sweatshirts that my husband has on. They had an awesome swag bag for this race! Then afterward we got this big mug full of goodies to help replenish those calories we burned.

A cup of hot cocao in the middle, dipping chocolate on the side for the pretzels, marshmallows, banana, or anything you wished to dip. Ha ha! I ate the banana and a couple pretzels, then we went out for a big breakfast. We had such a great time, we want to run in another one! Here we are with our wonderful friends who were so encouraging I could not have done this without them!!

So stay tuned and I'll let you know what happens! Thanks for stopping by! Taniya