"She's my Rushmore": Times of relaxing and Celebrating!

This is bad but I can't really say we spend crazy amounts of time outside. Of course I don't keep the kids locked up all day (unless the desert decides to spew disgusting amounts of hot sand all over every inch of your body).
For the most part spending time out side as a family is rarer then I would like it to be. So when the opportunity arrives I relish it. Greg decided to put some chicken on the grill and have ourselves a BBQ. While Greg wrestled with the grill and that tin-can-thing-coal-heating-majig. The kids and I kicked it on the grass with our bare feet and a soft Mexican blanket. It didn't take long to get Robby to realize momma just wasn't gonna let him crawl over to the rose bush and play with the bright red wood chips, so after a while he gave in and enjoyed just being outside; long enough for me to even take a couple of pics.
The evening was fabulous and Robby went down for his evening nap just in time for Greg, Mina and I to sit down on the porch and enjoy our BBQ.....even if the BBQ sauce we purchased at whole foods tasted like dirty burnt tomato paste, we still greatly enjoyed the night.

Mina & Robby

Someone asked us recently when meeting Robby "Does he always smile like that"?... Yes he does!!

Mina- "Take this picture mom....I'm being eaten by the bush"!!

Later in the week I made some cupcakes for my dear friend who was earlier in the month (and not saying this lightly at all) battling for her own life in the ICU. With an AMAZING recovery she was released from the hospital put in a rehabilitation hospital and released from there with "flying colors & stunned doctors!" In honor of her health and healing we made her a celebration fiesta with margaritas, tacos and lemon cupcakes!

<<Side note: I'm loving all things yellow right now and took the presentation of the yellow lemon cupcakes very seriously.>>

That night was so great getting to hear her laugh and seeing her in great spirits again. I'll never forget that night.