Pants on the ground

My godson's first baby steps! Such a Pellicer with his pants unbuttoned. Sometimes you just got to let it out!

Merry Christmas to all!

It's been a hectic holiday for me, so sorry if I have been MIA with the posts. I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I hope everyone's Christmas was fabulous and everyone got what they wanted. And even better, I hope everyone's start of 2010 is off to a great start. I know we all need a little hope and optimism in 2010.

What did everyone get for Christmas? Here are a couple of awesome gifts I got this year.

The Flip Mino HD so that I can record many great moments in 2010!



A new pet that lives in a lavarium. I still haven't named him yet. What should I call him?




A new addition to my owl fetish from Night Owl Paper Goods. This is Sylvia!



A Spanish cookbook with Mario Batali and Gwyneth Paltrow. The book takes them on their journey across the country tasting many of Spain's delicious foods. Look out for some of the recipes this year!



A Marc Tetro dog print of a "Beagle at the Beach" aka Murphy at the Beach. I love it!

Live Savvy

Today, I received the cutest headband from my godson! They have so many cute designs...I want them all! The best thing of all is that my cousin, Barb, and my godson's sister, Bella were asked to model the headbands for their site. Aren't they so pretty?



http://shop.livesavvy.com/

I thank my lucky stars

I love the holidays when all the pretty lights come out! My parents bought these stars while they were in the Philippines and I couldn't help but take a picture last night when everything was dark. The only thing that brought any light or color into the house were these beautiful stars and their light's reflections throughout the whole house. It definitely set the mood for the holiday season!

Vegas Vacation

Viva Las Vegas...Viva Las Vegas...I kid you not there was an Elvis impersonator at the Las Vegas sign letting people take pictures with him but he only takes $10 tips. Ha!

My family and I had a very non-traditional Thanksgiving again this year (last year we went to Dauphin Island).



We spent 4-days and 3-nights in Vegas, baby! The first two nights we stayed at the Bellagio and the third night at Mandalay Bay, which both places took a lot of my money. It's all good...they were comp rooms any way, so it was like I really paid for my free vacation if that helps out my rationalization. Oh well! It's all about entertainment anyways. I think the only thing I won was my bet on Georgia to win the Tech game. Glad I could count on my Dawgs to win me some money!



PS. There always has to be some food involved in my posts/vacations always! Aren't these sliders so cute? For some reason I take pictures of every slider I get even though they all look the same. They are just so darn cute. Good finger foods for parties!

Gobble, Gobble, y'all!

Happy Thanksgiving! I'm in Vegas this year, so hopefully I won't lose too much money!

There are so many things I'm thankful for this year:

1. Getting back to my artistic roots by taking up figure drawing classes and creating several paintings for friends and family: Sea Shells

2. Spending time with friends and family in Destin, Kansas City, DC, Athens, and Minneapolis

3. Working hard for the money and the awards! A website for the GPS, RoadNut, won a SEED Award and is featured on Cool Homepages

4. Listening to the music. I got to see BB King, Stevie Wonder, Journey, The Whigs, Ben Harper, Paolo Nutini and Amos Lee.

5. Experiencing new restaurants in Atlanta for Girl's Supper Club. My favorite: Watershed

I can't wait for the 2009 holidays. This year has gone by way too fast! Hopefully I can catch up!

Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo

Not quite a fairy, but still a godmother nonetheless! Such a privilege and an honor to be a godmother to...


Beau Alexander Paton

The other weekend I made a trip up to Minneapolis, MN to be with my future football player and to bring him into the Catholic Church with his baptism. First of all, before I arrived, my dad had kept calling Beau (supposed to be pronounced bow as in a bow tie) Biew as in "view" but with a "b." Anyways, poor Beau is already starting to get made fun of for his name, even the priest called him "Biew."

I'm thankful for...

The Beach. Beautiful Sunsets. Yummy Food. Family.

Dauphin Island, Alabama was our Thanksgiving destination this year. A week full of seafood, sun, the beach and family on a 14 mile barrier island in the Gulf Coast of Alabama. What more could you ask for in the middle of winter?

Although I wasn't able to catch a single fish, I still had a great time trying (even if it was for only a couple of minutes). I was able to get my seafood fix...oysters, crawfish, crabs and shrimp. It was definitely shellfish heaven!

The family also had a great time with the drinking games...150 something beers, numerous games of beer pong and a couple rounds of Asshole equals good times for everyone. And maybe a couple of pounds of unwanted weight. Why is it you always bring back more from a vacation then when you arrived?

Nonetheless, it was a great week for giving thanks with the people you love, the food you love and the landscape that you love.

PS. We even made a new friend that week as well!