Happy Halloween

My favorite part about Halloween is actually giving out candy to the trick or treaters who knock on my door, and I was deprived of my favorite part of Halloween this year. I guess living in an apartment building does not allow many kids to knock on door and scream "Trick or Treat Halloween", don't get me wrong I love where I live. I love how everything is so close and convenient, and what can I say about the community? I am only hoping we can find a home one day in this wonderful community, but we will see what God has in store for us.

Anyhow I am off to a costume party (as I like to call it), and I will be wearing an old costume I had since I waited for the last minute. I hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween!!!

Sofia's First Halloween

First I want to start out by saying Happy Halloween!!! Today some of my family and I took Baby Sofia to her first pumpkin patch! What would be more appropriate than to take her dressed as a pumpkin! Can I just say she is the cutest pumpkin I have ever seen! Not only did Sofia go as a pumpkin but my little dog Puchie went as well!

Sofia the Pumpkin

Puchie the Pumpkin

Fernan, Puchie & I

Our Pumpkin!!

Every year Fernan and I carve a pumpkin the day before Halloween. Why do we do it the day before? I have no idea, we just started doing it that way, and well it just stuck! So we bought our annual pumpkin and carved away! This is our first Halloween together as a married couple, and the first pumpkin we carve keeping our tradition from our dating relationship into our marriage. =) I believe if we would have carved this baby at the carving contest last Friday I believe we may have gotten first place, instead of third! Oh well!!! Congrats to the winners ;)

Our pumpkin carving ritual would not be complete without oven roasted pumpkin seeds!! Rinse, paper towel dry, sprinkle garlic powder etc., roast at 350 degrees for 8 min, and your done. =)

The final product!

Touchdown Tuesday - Week 7

Another week and a second win for me! Whoo-hoo!!! It looks like my luck in fantasy is really starting to turn around! Brady is getting me some good numbers!!

Here is my match up for week 7

Congrats to me on my victory!! Sorry Brandon! I won thanks to my defense!

My boys came back this week after having a week off, and well they broke the pattern with another win this week. Hallelujah!! The boys won 37 to 21 against the Atlanta Falcons. I can now say that it looks like things have changed for my boys now that Austin Miles is on the scene.

Austin Miles running for a touchdown!

Watch out 'cause here he comes!!

Patrick Crayton running for a touchdown!

Boys Celebrating!!!

The Boy's vs. The Falcons

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NOTE: Photo's courtesy of Yahoo sports

Jessica's Birthday

Tonight was my friend Jessica's 26th birthday...ahh we are getting old. Some friends and I went to her new place to cut her a cake, drink some wine, and just enjoy each others company. Happy Birthday my friend I hope you enjoyed your day and the rest of the celebrations that are to come. I pray for many new adventures in your 26th year!! I love you!

Esther & Hector's Wedding

Last night I witnessed one of my oldest friends tie the knot. I love weddings!!! I love everything about weddings! I love all the details that go into it, the events leading up to it, the anticipation of the bride arriving to the church, the look on the grooms face as she walks in. The preparation of a new home and I especially love sharing in someone elses happiness. I can not stress enough how much I love weddings!! Getting married is a special time in a couples life, and should be cherished. Watching my friend reminded me of that special time Fernando and I had as well, and I can not believe we are almost a year in. I am am very happy for you my friend as you open a new chapter in your life. Congrats to Esther and Hector as they begin there new life together. I pray that you always put God in the center of your marriage! I love you guys! I can't wait to see your honeymoon pictures!

Mr. & Mrs. Hector Mesa!!!

Photo Sign In

Party Time

Goodbye!

Note: Photo Credit to Fernando Herrera & Melissa M. Hernandez-Herrera

Pumpkin Carving Contest 2009

Yesterday evening I participated in my very first pumpkin carving contest. Some friends of ours (Julie and David who were also the judges) invited a big group of us to their home for an evening of pumpkin carving and hanging out around a fire. I was very surprised to see how nice all the pumpkins came out considering that many of the people who participated had never even carved a pumpkin before. We had a great time and I am already looking forward to doing this again next year.

The pumpkin we picked for the contest!

Carving

The Final Products

Eight of the Nine Pumpkins

Everyone!

My Teams Pumpkin!

Miami Springs Pumpkin Patch

Some co-workers and I decided to visit the Miami Springs Pumpkin Patch. We get an hour and half for lunch to eat, run our errands and go about our shenanigans. So what a better way than to spend a fall lunch hour at a pumpkin patch. I love fall!! I love how it gets so much cooler than the usual 90 degree weather here in South Florida, its so nice when its in the 70's, and breezy. Thank God for cold fronts! I usually don't go anywhere near a pumpkin until the day before Halloween, which is when my Husband and I pick out a pumpkin ourselves for our annual pumpkin carving. We have been carving pumpkins on the 30th of October since we began dating, and it is a tradition I hope to keep throughout our marriage and with our children in the future. Pumpkin carving is also a tradition I have had with my father, but this year is a bit different for one I no longer live at home and for another we will be participating in a pumpkin carving and pumpkin pie contest this Friday at our friends David and Julie's home. I am very excited about the pumpkin carving contest because I have never participated in one, nor have I ever baked a pumpkin pie. So I decided to buy a little pumpkin to begin preparing for the world's best pumpkin pie. That's right my pie will be the best!!! I bought 3 pumkin muffins and a pumpkin for $2.75, not a bad price I'd say, so if your looking for the right pumpkin at the right price check out the Springs Patch. Anyhow I look forward to visiting another pumpkin patch by my home with my husband to pick out our contest pumpkin, and again later next week to pick out our traditional pumpkin, perhaps I will invite my parents and create a new tradition with both them and my husband.

Here are a few pictures of our lunch time shenanigans.

This is the Pumpkin I bought to make my first Pumpkin Pie from scratch.

Wish me some luck, because I am going to need it!

Touchdown Tuesday - Week 6

Hallelujah!!! I finally won a game!!! I think it's now safe to say that the Brady curse is over. He got me 48 points in fantasy this week, what a performance!!!! I am so excited, I am praying for another win next week. Hooooahh...thats for you Manny!

Here is my match up for week 6

Congrats to ME on my victory!!! Whoo-hoo!! Sorry Ian!

As far as my boys they were off this week they had a bye week! Hopefully they took this time to refocus and strategize for the coming games! It was good week, and I am happy! Hallelujah!

Connect Weekend 2009 Video Recap

New Moon Soundtrack

The New Moon Soundtrack is being released today which is four days earlier than the original intended date. We are 34 days away from New Moon hitting theaters, that's right I am counting! I can't wait until November 20th, I am so excited! Anyhow here is the iTunes ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’ Original Motion Picture Soundtrack track list: ENJOY!!!

1. Death Cab For Cutie – Meet Me On The Equinox
2. Band Of Skulls – Friends
3. Thom Yorke – Hearing Damage
4. Lykke Li – Possibility
5. The Killers – A White Demon Love Song
6. Anya Marina – Satellite Heart
7. Muse – I Belong To You (New Moon Remix)
8. Bon Iver & St. Vincent – Rosyln
9. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Done All Wrong
10. Hurricane Bells – Monsters
11. Sea Wolf – The Violet Hour
12. OK Go – Shooting The Moon
13. Grizzly Bear (with Victoria Legrand) – Slow Life
14. Editors – No Sound But The Wind
15. Alexandre Desplat – New Moon (The Meadow)

BONUS:
16. Lupe Fiasco – Solar Midnite
17. The Magic Numbers And Amadou & Mariam – All I Believe In
18. APM Orchestra. – Die Fledermaus – Duettino: Ach, ich darf nicht hin zu dir
19. Death Cab For Cutie – Meet Me On The Equinox (Music Video)
20. Ulf Bastlein – Wandrers Nachtlied II, Op. 96, No. 3, D.768 (preorder only)

Death Cab For Cutie – Meet Me On The Equinox Music Video

Connect Weekend 2009

Where do I begin? All I can say is what an awesome weekend! I love my church, and I can clearly see God really doing something here at Relevant. What I love about connect weekend is how people connect (hence the name connect weekend..lol), the silly games and pranks everyone is involved in, the worship, the lessons learned, the friendships created, God moving, and the list can go on and on. Connect weekend is all about connecting to God and to others and that is exactly what happened in Bradenton, Florida this past weekend. I am hoping to have a video recap by the end of the week from Bryan Lobos so stay tuned for that.

Here are a few pics my dear husband (DH) and I took of Relevants awesome weekend.

The Welcome Bags

Everyone

Green Team

Some of the Blue Team

Yellow Team

Red Team

The Little Boy Who Stole My Heart

The Worship

The Moon

Touchdown Tuesday - Week 5

I feel like a broken record! I think I must be a cousin of the Energizer Bunny because I just keep losing and losing. Ugh! I must admit I was not into fantasy football at all this week. I was out of town and completely disconnect from the rest of the world, so fantasy nor football were at the top of my priorities list. I watched zero football this weekend so this weeks touchdown Tuesday is not as eventful as others have been, come to think of it I don't know if it ever has been considering I am 0-5. I guess the KC Chiefs and I have one thing in common because they are also 0-5, I can hear Manny M. poking fun at me already (Hoooaaah). Victory "would have been" so sweet this week since I played my adoring husband, but I guess the victory was sweet for him. Ugh!

Here is my match up for week 5

Congrats to my hubby on his win! No one can say I am a sore loser!

This week my beloved Boys played the Kansas City Chiefs and beat them 26 -20 in O.T. I guess there really is a pattern with these guys they win, they lose, they win, they lose and well they won this week. I really hope they break this pattern with another win next week. I hear that Austin Miles did a phenomenal job in Sunday's game, boy am I sorry I missed that sight.

Austin Miles running to score the game winning touchdown.

I like to think Miles is giving God the glory for the win.

The Boy's vs. The Chief's

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