The Story Of Us

Hello Everyone, I am going to be going on a three week hiatus. We have some international travel planned for this month. The trip we have planned is a pilgrimage of sorts, not a trip of leisure or fun but a journey of spirituality and prayer. I plan to take my camera with me though I am not sure who much I will be using it and how much I will be able to document. We are very excited about this new kind of adventure we will be going on. The Offering The flights will be long and we have more than a few destinations, so we are hopping D will be patient with us and dazzles us with his good behavior. Though lets not kid ourselves.. we will be fully armed with snacks, books, toys and games. We just bought  this  which though for a slightly older child, we hope will keep him amused for sometime and I didn't want to buy him a portable dvd player.. he watches enough tv as it is and I'd rather go with something where he might just learn a thing or two. We also bought a pair of min

In last weeks post I told you all about the fantastic blog swap I was participating in.. I am a bit late in posting the contents of my package.. mainly because my sister in law had a baby and we made an impromptu flight to Texas.. we had some great family time over the weekend. We got back last night and elated to find a package waiting for me at the door. How awesome are all these goodies, especially the camera tray? A great big thank you to Elizabeth.. this was perfect. Get my post directly in you inbox with  Bloglovin I am now also offering ad space.  See  Sponsors  for more information .  Click here to vote Let's Stay Connected, Shall We?

A few months ago I stumbled upon Krysten's wonderful blog Why Girls Are Weird  and before I knew it I was coming back week after week to learn more about her. A few weeks ago she posted about a Blogging Besties Swap. It started with a personality test and I was matched with Elizabeth of E is Random  She loves to read and travel (like me) and loves anything peanut butter and chocolate (another similarity) she likes deep jewel toned colors and shoes (who doesn't) and she is afraid of spiders.. (kill them all! says the insectophobic) oh and she's a first born :) Now that the introductions had been made we were to put together a package of goodies for each other.. here are a few sneak peeks of what I'm sending her.. can't give too much away, wouldn't want to ruin the surprise.. I may have gone bit heavy on the blue!? Plus I forgot to take a picture of the wrapping.. also blue.. hope she likes it. I'll share what I got soon.. so excited! Get my p

Once again thank you to everyone who commented, your feedback makes my life a little easier. It came down to another very close call..  I too was torn by the serene perfection of 'Blue'  and the charm and character of the nearly deserted 'Boardwalk' In the end I went with what I love most about travel, architecture and new places; character. In case you missed it, here's what I gifted Bethenny Frankel , Jenny McCarthy and most recently Genevieve Gordor . Get my post directly in you inbox with  Bloglovin I am now also offering ad space.  See  Sponsors  for more information .  Click here to vote Let's Stay Connected, Shall We?

Hip Hip Hooray Cards Tannei Casey Brooklyn Love Designs CCA Design Amor Dress Paper Hearts Station KatieDid Designs Goodbye Folk Tulle and Twig Little Prairie Mozelle Metana Angela Kay Designs Ring of Fire iPad Case Get my post directly in you inbox with  Bloglovin I am now also offering ad space.  See  Sponsors  for more information .  Click here to vote Let's Stay Connected, Shall We?

There we have it, Ramadan has come and gone and it almost flew right by with the exception of a few days when we though it would never end. (Most of us have been fasting even before we hit puberty.. our first fast being around the age of 6 or 7, some even younger) The first day was difficult.. as in I think I might die of starvation. After those first two days things got much better and I was in the mood to cook. M felt that after a long day of fasting dinner should be something special, like a reward. So we feasted. We added a glass of juice and finished the night with fruit or ice cream. But as days went on my enthusiasm started to falter. It wasn't the hunger that was my problem is was mainly the lack of caffeine.. so I cooked some days and then days came were I went back to simpler meals and even leftovers camouflaged as new. By the time we were into week three and especially week four, the finish line was within reach but the lack of sleep was catching up with us and we

When people have children so many stop doing things and going places.. they stop eating out, reading, taking vacations.. when we had D we had decided that we were going to make a greater effort and try to not let that happen to us.. so when he was just a few weeks old we took him to his first restaurant, at six months we took him on his first vacation.. and at 20months we decided it might be time to try his first movie. There were no animated movies playing at the time so we decided to settle for a family movie instead. D was fresh after his afternoon nap, we bought him his favorite, popcorn and we settled in our seat to watch Journey to the Mysterious Island. He was too light to keep the seat down so M had to weigh it down with his knee.. D was ecstatic.. he was laughing and clapping and the movie hadn't even started yet.. long story short he sat still for about the first 20mins before he wanted to leave.. we took turns taking him out but the moment he was outside he wanted to be