4th of July

HAPPY 4TH of JULY!!!

the grub

CLR

shoes that my little sister made for her best friend

lighting a sparkler

the hubs and his fireworks

sparklers

the Hubs and I on our last 4th of July without SJP

roman candles

Love and Hope,

Morgen

"She's about to POP" Baby shower

My beautiful little sisters threw me a beautiful baby shower this last weekend. I was exactly 32 weeks pregnant and so excited to see my family and friends. Both men and women were invited. 

It started at 2pm the guys were instructed to bring a pack of Huggies and my sisters would provide the Chuggies. They spent the afternoon in the pool drinking beer and trying to out back flip each other on the diving board. 

The women were instructed to bring a gift and my sisters would provide the games. The girls spent the first few hours eating the wonderful "POP" themed snacks pictured below, designing onsies that i got to keep, played measure my belly, having a blind baby food tasting and opening the wonderful gifts that everyone got for SJP.

Kelsey, me and Erin
My beautiful little sisters

Kelsey and I

the sign on the front door
"Morgen's about to POP, come on in, no need to stop!!!!"

 

When you walked in the door there were bracelets that each woman received as a party favor

the onsies that everyone decorated for SJP and pictures of me as a baby

 

the dining room area

all of the guests put foot prints and signed their names

 

  

my favorite gift, a onsie that says "Watch your language asshole, I'm a baby"

The baby shower was more than i could ever ask for, and i was SO greatful for my sisters, family and friends that were there to support me!

Love and Hope,

Morgen

Cindy De Mayo Guacamole

This is the famous receipt that my mother created while we were growing up. My Mom, Cindy, was Born on May 5th, Cinco De Mayo...but it has grown to be called Cindy De Mayo in our town in memory of her. 

Being from an area where 9 out of 10 restaurants are Mexican, you learn to love spicy food. My Mother cooked dinner every night growing up, and at every holiday we had guacamole and chips as an appetizer. We took this to every potluck, school party and  sleepover that we had. We all obsess over this guacamole and still make it whenever we get the chance. My hubby and I actually crave it sometimes and will eat it for dinner (healthy, right?!?) each of me and my sisters make it a little different and will give you some suggestions.

Ingredients:

Avocados

Chinese chilie

Garlic powder

onion powder

onion flakes

mayo (optional)

Salsa or green chilie (optional)

How to make:

1. pit the avocados, smash in bowl 

( we used 3 medium ones)

2. combine garlic powder, flakes, onion powder

3. mix in mayo, chilie and salsa

4. enjoy with chips, on flajitas or a turkey burger

We intended to eat this as an appitizer since we skipped lunch while working on the house... but we ate it so fast we skipped dinner too. 

Suggestions:

1. My husband likes his with some citrius, so he adds some lemon juice to his, as well as salt

2. my sister eats very healthy, so she skips the mayo and it tastes almost the same. We mostly use mayo as a filler to make it go further, same with the salsa

3. i have a friend who likes it chuncky so she adds some tomatos and green chilie chuckys.

Love and Hope,

Morgen