My Loved One's-OK MY PET's

Being rasied with animals I think I truly have taken on my families love of animals. So when Rob asked for a pet several years ago we were in an apartment and could not get a dog so cat surfing the web we went and learned about bengal cats. They come from a line of asian leopards. So off we went to a breader and picked out Scarlet. In March she will be 7 years old.

Now on to the one who now runs the house. Our little Gunny Girl. She is a french bulldog, she will be 3 in May. We are still waiting for her to grow out of her puppy stage of eating everything she is not suppose to. BUT oh well we love our pets they are part of our family and just wanted to post some pics of them as well.

Never to old to learn something new....

I have always wanted to learn how to make Tamales. This was my year to learn. It was so much fun but I had no idea how much work it was. I have a new respect for anyone who makes these for there families. So my mom, Rob and I headed over to my friend Mary's mother-in-laws house after a morning of shopping for all our supplies. Then we cooked the meat and soaked the husks and then the real work began. Hours of rolling the masa into husks and filling them with the meat and then into the pot for a few hours of steaming. We had lot's of laughs and I decided that the only way to cook like that is as a group because we could keep each other company as well as keep ourselfs going. Thank you to Mary and Lupe for a wonderful fun day of girl time and learning.

New Year's Resolution...

CHRISTMAS 2008

A friend, sent me a copy of her new blog and I thought what a great way to stay in touch with my family and friends. I have always played around with blogging but never found one that I found I liked. This one was so easy to set up. SO here goes....

We are just winding down from a wonderful Christmas. We had my parents in for the actual holiday and then my sister's and their husbands and daughters came out the next day. We had so much fun and it made Christmas that much more special by it spreading over an entire weekend.
Of course everyone got exactly what they wanted and we had so much fun talking, playing games, watching lots of holiday and other movies and of course post Christmas shopping.
Today is a little sad because the last of our company left from Christmas. Now we are getting ready for our good friends who really are like family to come down from Sacremento and spend New Years with us. This is kind of special because when they lived here it was a holiday we tried to spend together then also.
So here are some pics from our family Christmas, with more to come as I learn how to work on this and I look forwarded to hearing from everyone. Christine.