Margaritas!!

Recently Dan and I went with our good friends Dustin and Katie to the new tequila lounge in The Fountains in Roseville called Tres Agaves. Food was ok, chips and salsa were good, margaritas were amazing! I must admit that I am typically not really a tequila kind of girl. While I do like margaritas, I would much rather have say a Strawberry Daiquiri or Mai Tai. Tequila just has this burning sensation when you drink it that just isn't that appealing to me. BUT, after going to this new tequila lounge the other night, I have a whole new appreciation for margaritas and tequila.

We ordered the basic house margarita, $24 a pitcher, which gave us each 1 margarita. At first I was kinda disappointed because they only had margaritas on the rocks and no flavors, I guess that's true to Mexico (or so our server told us) and then when it came the glass wasn't that big and it was barely full to the rim. I was alittle skeptical to say the least. But after one sip of that margarita....I became a fan! It was the best margarita I have ever had! Really strong, but in a good way. And it was so smooth. Needless to say I am now officially a fan of margaritas!!

So the point of this blog is...now that I've gotten into blogging, I've been checking out several blogs on the web about wedding stuff (one of my BF's is getting married next June), baby stuff, crafts, food, beverages, and more. And I was putt-putting around on this blog called Hostess with the mostess....and found these amazingly delicious looking margaritas and just had to share their yumminess with you all...and also my new love of MARGARITAS!!!





PS look for more of my favorite things and fun blog finds soon...

Margarita receipes can be found here

Pool time!!

Hey everyone!!

So as you all know we had extreme heat this weekend...and I must admit that I really enjoyed it, not the heat specifically, but being able to go out on the boat and go for a dip in the pool...very refreshing! Anyways, Gpa Kruse and Gma Cheryl got Addi this really cool crab float thingy for the pool and we were over at Gma & Gpa Smith's house yesterday so we figured we would try it out and take a much needed dip in the pool. So, here are some photos from Addi's very 1st time swimming in the pool!! :-)

Playing in her crab pool toy in the house ;-)

Daddy and Addi girl swimming for the 1st time!!

Mommy and my love bug playing in the pool

Watching Daddy do handstands in the water..."Where'd Daddy go????"

Our little family

She was alittle unsure about the crab at first...

Too cute!

Beautiful baby girl!!

Mommy and Addi girl taking a dip!


Also, Addi is pretty much almost crawling!! She sometimes does it, sometimes not. And it's kinda a half crawl, not a perfect crawl, but basically a crawl. She's up on the knee's now and is kinda swinging and can move across the floor. Although sometimes I think she gets frustrated and lazy and just scoots like a worm! She's too funny to watch!! So here are a few pics I tried to snap of her crawling plus a few more random ones.....I'm still trying to get her crawling on video...:-)

Finally up on her knees!!

Checking out the swiggly wigglys...

YUM Ducky!!

YUM Shark!! Everything goes in the mouth!!

Smiley girl!!

Such a beautiful blanket!! Her Great Grammy made it for her!!

Getting to be such a big girl!! She's standing by herself, playing on her piano...

7 Month Old Photo Shoot!!

So last weekend on Saturday Gma & Gpa Bailey took Addi to get her 7 month old photos taken at JC Penney's....they turned out sooo stinkin' cute as always!! The camera def loves my Addi girl!!

A BIG thank you to Gma & Gpa Bailey for taking us and helping us out with the pics...you guys are the best!!

Ok enjoy!!




















Photos courtesy of JCPenney's Portrait Studio

My First Mother's Day!!!

So Sunday was my first Mothers Day and I have to say that it was the best. I don't know how the years to come will top it. All day I had this amazing sense of joy and honor, because I have been given the best gift, my daughter. I love her more than words can even express and I am so grateful that she has come into my life. I feel things that I never thought I could feel...and on Mother's day, I had this moment where I realized how truely blessed I am. I know that I complain about things sometimes like money or stress or work or whatever else is going on in my life...but when it comes down to it...I am just truely blessed. Enough said.

So for Mother's Day, Dan and I woke up after a nice night of Addi sleeping through the night!! Usually I get up and get Addi going, change her diaper and feed her a bottle then go in and get Daddy up. But Dan insisted on getting her up though...which I thought was weird, that is until he brought Addi in holding a little black box!!! "Happy Mother's Day Mommy!!" (Daddy's saying this of course...) And I open the little black box and it's a necklace. A tear dropped shaped Opal on a beautiful, 12k white-gold chain. It was absolutely beautiful!! Opal is Addi's birthstone so it was only fitting that they had picked that out for Mother's Day. I love it!!!

So then it was off to brunch at Sudwerks in Folsom with Beth and Gma....and let me tell you...the view was so beautiful and the weather was perfect!! We had a spot right out on the patio overlooking the water. And then there was the food....ahhh the food was sooo good. All you can eat buffet...so of course it had to be good right?? There was eggs, bacon, french toast, muffins, fresh fruit, chocalate covered strawberries, and soo much more. I wish I could have eaten more but my stomach was soo full already from the 2 plates of food I had eaten ;-)

Next we headed off to Folsom Zoo...which after going to the "zoo" I use the term "zoo" loosely. It was perfect for Addi because she was tired and wasn't too interested in any of the animals...but I def think that our next trip to the "zoo" when Addi is a bit older will be to the San Fran Zoo. The Folsom Zoo was really small and the main animals we saw were birds and foxes, not too exciting. We did get to see a bear and a tiger sleeping but that was about it. It was kinda lame actually. I guess cause i'm used to the big zoo's and i've never been to this one so I guess I'm just spoiled. But it technically is a sanctuary so...overall it was not what I had expected but completely perfect for our day. We capped off the day by taking a ride on the choo-choo train...which I think was more fun for the adults than for Addi. Plus we got a photo lesson from the conductor which was an added bonus!! Addi had just fallen asleep right before we got on the train so waking her up probaly wasn't her idea of a good time...but once we got on the train she was happy. That is until we started going, which is when her eyes got really heavy and she started to fall asleep on Gma!! Poor girl was so tired from the day...as soon as I put her into her car seat she was out! And I mean out!!

So all in all we had a great day! I know for me, my Mother's Day was better than I had ever imagined it would be and I am really looking forward to the one's to come!

Here's some pics from our day...

Mothers's Day Brunch at Sudwerk's in Folsom

Our little family

Me, Dan, Addi, Beth, and Gma

Gma and Addi girl

Us

The beautiful view!!

Mommy and Addi

Addi helping give Gma her card

Kisses!!

Mommy and my baby girl

Silly faces!!

Off to the ZOO!!

Addi's cool hat!

Getting ready to go on the choo-choo train

Riding the train...yahoo!!

Getting sleepy!

Sooo tired after a long day...