family get-a-way

Sometimes we just need to take time out from the busy life and relax!

This was a very over due Ashby Family get-a-way.

We rented this beautiful home up in Heber. It was quiet and the perfect weekend get-a-way place.

 Not far from the home, was a cute little pond/park. A good place to take the kid-os to get out of the house for a bit.

 during our stay we had 4 batmans... (Joe, David, JJ, Tyler!) We also had 3 supermans... (David, JJ, Kevin) Oh, and one supergirl... (emma)

 The little kids were loving their goggles they got for swimming... they wanted to wear them all the time. So, Grandpa joined them.

all and all it was a hit. Thanks Lisa for finding a great place to stay, and making it all happen.

cinco de mayo 2012

For the last few years we have celebrated cinco de mayo...

Why? Because we love to have a party, and who doesn't love Mexican food?

This was our invite. We kept the food simple this year, and picked up some cafe rio.

 We did find this festive banner. It was a simple way to turn our gathering into a FIESTA.

Even though Cruz and I are on a healthy bug right now we had to have chips and salsa for our guests only.  

 Love the sombrero.

We also made some margaritas, and other fun mocktails. 

How cute are Ash and Jason? Wish they lived closer, because they are fun.
Ashley brought this yummy looking tres leches cake! She is awesome like that.

 Cafe Rio was yummy.

Can't wait for next year!

What did you do for cinco de mayo?

olé

Mother's Day Tag/Card

May is flying by! I am loving the sunshine.

Can you believe that Mother's day is on Sunday! Crazy I tell you. I am excited that this year my family has decided to get together at a cabin for the weekend. I don't think that originally we had planned it to be for mother's day, it just happened to be this weekend.

My Mom is the best, and I love that we have a day to celebrate her.

I haven't picked out a gift yet... I plan to go after work today. But I have a little card ready. 

It's a simple card, but I figured that I could wright a little note on the back. :)

Want to use this as your Mother's Day card??

Download your own here.

OR... if you didn't use the one I made last year

you could use it this year. ;)

Happy Mother's Day to all of you Moms!

I hope you have a relaxing day.

Park City Get-A-Way

About one hour away from our home there is a cute little ski town... Park City and it is a great get-a-way any time of the year! For us we both have had busy schedules at work, and it's been a little stressful. So, it was a perfect time to take a break and just relax. So, last week we cashed in our hotel voucher we got last summer and got a little R&R. We had a great time sitting at the pools, hot-tubs, saunas, etc...!

This was one of our favorite spots the entire weekend.
Adult only pool. Great idea, and usually it was just us in there. Loved it.

And the whole time we only took a few boring pictures before we made the drive home. I was thinking the PC on the mountain behind us would show up a little better. ha ha. :)

A little vacation get-a-way is exactly what we both needed.

We also found a yummy little mexican place that had fantastic chicken salads.

We both got a pedicure... a first for the husband-o. I don't think that he was very impressed. But for me it was fantastic.

May Subway Art

Can you believe that May is just around the corner? Time is flying by.
Things that I love about May are:

1. sunshine, flowers... the weather is warmer.
2. cinco de mayo, a fantastic reason to have a party and mexican food. See last 2 years celebration here.
3. Mother's Day. I love my Mom. I love my Mother-in-Law.

Enjoy this fun Subway art... 

I couldn't decide on colors, but here is what I came up with:

Cherry Lime Margarita download here.

. . .

Blue Raspberry Margarita here.

(Can you tell that I am not a drinker... I don't think there is such a thing as blue raspberry margarita... but it matched the colors. lol.)

All Subway art here...!

Remember I am making these for each month. 
Have suggestions of words you like...  just leave a comment below. Especially for JUNE!

© Christina Marcano. For personal use only. :)

weekend shoping

the last two weekends we ended up at a mall.

we had fun both times.

First we went to City Creek...

 We'd been wanting to stop by City Creek for a while, and finally made some time for it. If you haven't gone, it is a must. I honestly felt like we were on a vacation, and not in little ol' Utah. The atmosphere was busy, fun and I loved the combo of the outdoor feeling, mixed with the mall feeling. The landscaping was so pretty, and the shops were fantastic. We looked at the shops and grabbed some dinner at the eatery. I went to this place called Big Sal's; it's a salad bar place, and it was perfect, and exactly what I wanted. Cruz went to a Greek place called Mykons; he got souvlaki which was grilled chicken skewers with a salad... oh, man was that chicken good. I had to get me a skewer. ;) Joel... he went with something he knew he liked... chick-fil-a. We then gathered at a table, ate, relaxed and just enjoyed the busy atmosphere. We need to go back, it was a great place!!

The following weekend we were with lex, and randomly decided to check out riverwoods. Not that we haven't been there before... but it sounded good. There was actually more people hanging around than I've seen in a long time. I was loving there strings of lights. They've really spruced the place up. We just looked around, and took pics. Good times! Oh, and we got some yummy candles from Bath and Body Works... they had a great sale for 2 candles only $20. We are loving this sent right now!! It is seriously yummy. It makes me excited for warm summer nights.

earth day 2012

over the weekend we celebrated EARTH DAY!

we planted flowers in our little pot out in front of our house.

we planted some herbs in our smaller pot in the backyard.

we ate yummy green salad.

we enjoyed the sunshine.

 we hope our little plants don't die.

it took us forever to pick them out at the garden center.

we got too many flowers, but put them all in our one pot anyway.

i am really excited to have these fresh herbs.

we have already been enjoying the cilantro, and it is yummy.

happy earth day!

jj's first birthday...

We celebrated JJ's birthday last weekend, but his actually birthday is TODAY.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JJ!!

The best thing about going to a one-year-old's birthday is watching them eat cake.

 JJ, was a pro.

 Nichole's friend made this adorable cake. Everyone said it was super yummy and very moist.

(I skiped cake, because I am not having sugar right now.)

 oh, boy! It was cute to see David help, he was so excited for JJ's birthday.

 First you smash it a little...

and then dig right in.

Happy Birthday little JJ. We love you, and hope you are having a great birthday.
Remember when JJ was just born... look at how small, here.