Life in the Middle Age Lane

What a crazy wonderful month we have had. First weekend in May, we flew in to see Shelby's hard work as stage manager for the play "Our Town". Shelby with the crew of Our Town 5/2-4/2013 Second weekend  of May, Mother's day weekend.  Emilio asked us to go see Aida at the Bayou Center Theater.  A small little workshop near Minutemaid Park.  It was so much fun and prior to that my lovely husband and son took me to Reef.  A restaurant I had been dying to try for the past 5 years.  It was very good however the drinks were very pricey. My new dress for my night with the special men in my life. The only down size is that I didn't get a picture of all of us together. On Saturday Shelby surprised me by getting up at 6:15 AM and driving her sweet little self to my door for a Mothers' Day surprise.  I was overwhelmed with emotion and could not have been more astonished by her thoughtfulness. My dear friend Paige knocks on the door abo...

This past Sunday was an epic day.  Aside from having about 35 to 50 people at the house, we also had our annual father and daughter event that same day.  AT THE SAME TIME! My niece baptized her daughters on Saturday and I offered to host the party on Sunday.  I called Lasagna House and ordered a splendid menu of italian food.  I just prepared the salad. The weekend cooperated and the pool was heated to a cozy 78 degrees.  Kids had a blast in the pool and I had no left overs.  Our guest of honor:  Emmie and Liana Andrea taking a picture of the banner I created with my cricut machine.  Emilio made an amazing Sangria which everyone enjoyed.  I found the recipe on allrecipes.com here . We omited the brandy and did a jug (gallon) of Sangria wine.  $10.99 at HEB.  My little brother, Raul aka the grandpa treated the entire family to an hour of Mariachi's.  It was beautiful and well received by all...

I have some wonderful nieces and nephews.  Most of them are still young however, I have three adult nieces and nephews that are very dear to me.  Young adults in their 20's or late teens.  My oldest niece has two adorable little girls, Emmie and Lilli.  I have the privilege of babysitting these precious little ones on Tuesdays.  They keep me busy and give me that dose of mothering, I so desperately miss.  A few weeks ago, I was brave enough to venture by myself with them to the Houston Zoo.  With the safety net of knowing my daughter was working that day and I could always distract E & L with a short visit to see Shelby, if they started acting up.  Mind you E & L are 2 and 3 years old.  It's been over 13 year since I have had to cart around toddlers, needless to say I was a little worried that I would end up losing one or traumatizing them with threats if they didn't mind me for their safety.  They were ...