I was so sad my mother-in-law couldn’t join us this year because of covid but we have so much to be thankful for. Praise God for his faithfulness and his perfect love. Thanks be to God.

We all cooked all day long as we always do on Thanksgiving day. I did have to call (or yell) to get them back a few times, but I know everyone really helped out and I loved having them around. Everything turned out good except for my turkey… I made a mistake on the temperature bc I got confused with other things going in and out of the other oven. Bummer. 🙁 I was so sad, because this could’ve been a really delicious bird. It was still good but it was dry and there was nothing I could do for graving.  
Is the a hashtag for “turkey fail”?

I don’t know what got to me last night, but after I prep the turkey and prepared the menus for the big turkey day, I had this crazy idea to make new table mats and napkins, so I started sewing at 10pm and finished 1am. I can’t help when something triggers my creative juice to start flowing. I just know I must obey it. ;P

This guy!!! He doesn’t ask for anything for his birthday, not a party not even a present! When he came home from school I surprised him with a little outdoor tent dining in the back yard with his favorite food, sushi. I also went crazy and bought all the junk food he has ever asked for in the past which I always said no to, like cheetos, cream soda, etc… when he saw them, he was beyond shocked. Lol. He was so happy (even got teary eyed) and thanked me a million times.
He. Melts. My. Heart. Every. Day.
Happy birthday to my son! You make me so proud and so happy. Thank you for being who you are.  I am so infinity grateful to God for having you in my life. Love you son.

We celebrated my dad’s birthday with a lobster feast. Happy birthday to a loving Dad/Grandfather who loves God and loves his family, a faithful follower of Christ and a devoted husband. Love you Dad!

We’re having special guests this evening and I made, watermelon feta salad, Mexican street corns, guacamole, lobster rolls, and for dessert, peach cobbler.

We played Basketball, golf, tried skateboard tricks and ended the night with badminton game. Thank you Noel family for coming over to play with us! We are so grateful for your ministry!

Live entertainment by Chloe!

So thankful for this gorgeous spring weather so we can have a garden brunch for Mother’s Day. I feel so lucky and blessed to have my parents living with us, other wise this wouldn’t have been possible to get together on Mother’s Day.  
I put on a make up and got dressed for a change and it felt like a normal Mother’s day.
Happy Mother’s Day, everyone!

bon appétit!

Shane helped me make roasted potatoes with garlic and parsley.

yI made an Italian Easter pie. I actually messed up my dough last night so had to run to a market this morning and got lucky with finding a pre-made dough! Turned out not very pretty looking but pretty delicious nevertheless. 

Also made Texas Oven-Roasted beef brisket.