Laura's Wedding Shower

Today was Laura's wedding shower, and Debi transformed her backyard into a beach scene. Above is the Surf Shack. Complete with boogie boards! :)

Debi created the mermaids out of paper mache'. And would you think that the rock is actually a doggie igloo covered with paper to make it look like a rock? LOL

Phil actually trucked in the sand for her, we had fun Friday putting it in the backyard and designing it to look like a beach. Alex even made the sand castle. :)

It was so much fun, and the yard looked beautiful, Debi is just so creative!!

Wedding Infinity Embroidery Guest book.

This is the wedding embroidery guest book I made for my friends wedding. The embroidery was the same design I did for my friend Kay's friend. And the book is the same. It is a guest book that was already made. Kay actually took the jeweled heart that was on it and put the embroidery on it. So I copied her idea. Thanks Kay!

They really really liked the book, I'm so glad I could make something for their wedding. :)

And if you're interested in the embroidery, please contact me. We have an etsy store that we will be selling the embroidered medallion piece for your own Guest book or even for your Photo Albums.

Michael Jackson RIP

It was so sad hearing that Michael Jackson had passed away today. I still can't believe it. I mean you always felt that he'd be around forever. I remember going to see the Jackson Five way back at Circle Star theatre in the 70's. That was my first concert ever.

Thank you Michael for making such beautiful music. We'll all miss you so much.

Growing Kittens

The kittens in our yard are growing up so fast! The dark grey kitty is my favorite. He's got the best personality! :) And he's just SO cute. He let me pet him once, and I'll keep trying. :)


Here's the three that are left. We're thinking that the black kitten got adopted by someone. It was really pretty with long hair! :) And these are the ones that hang out in our yard. I call them the Stalker kitties. They're always watching us and waiting for us outside our back door. LOL

The light grey one on the bottom is the shy one. It is always right up at the window until you walk over to it. Then it runs so fast. We think that it's a she.

The Orange one is the alpha cat. It's the biggest of the three, and has the most outgoing personality. It always eats first, and the fastest. And is always jumping on the other two.

It's so funny to watch the three of them in the yard. We have our old Christmas tree in the yard, and they're forever climbing in and out of it and jumping on each other. I can watch them for days...

More embroidered patches and Phil's jacket

This was Philip's father's day gift to Phil. His coach's jacket for the Rockets. The Rockets is our rec ball team for softball. He wanted the Rockets logo that we designed for patches on the jacket with the FGSA logo on it. Since we are the embroiderers for the league's jackets, I totally did one for him. LOL I'll get a better pic of him actually in his jacket. :)


And these are the patches for the tournament team's bags. What's cool about these is that it fits in a clear pocket on their bat bags. We had a hard time deciding what to do, cause the bags are black. So we decided to go with the Navy Lettering, grey material, and orange trim. It just stood out so well in the pocket. We figured orange and black was too much like Halloween. The blue and the black didn't go well. And since Grey, Orange, and Navy are the team's colors, it fit perfectly!

Will be embroidering them tomorrow!

Lumpia

One of our friends from the tournament team, Michelle, made really yummy lumpia the other day, and she was so kind enough to give us some. Cause OMG, I love lumpia. :)

This is what lumpia looks like before you fry it:

This is in our deep fryer...

And the finished product. All hot and yummy!!
Thank you Michelle for the lumpia! It was SO ONO! :)

Earrings for Lexi

Sorry that the picture is a little fuzzy. These are a pair of earrings I made for Lexi's 8th grade promotion. The findings are sterling sliver. I found the stars at Michael's today after I realized both bead stores near my home were closed on Tuesdays. Sheesh. LOL

I also used lavender Austrian crystals that I had from awhile ago. They just matched perfectly with the stars. :)

Now I am back into jewelry making mode! YAY!

Fremont Flyers first tournament in 2009

The Fremont Flyers 14U team's first tournament was in San Ramon this past weekend. It's always a lot of fun to go watch the girls play, plus visit with the other parents. Phil helps to coach the pitchers and catchers on the team.

Lexi running to catch the ball.

Danielle and Alex mugging for the camera. They just crack me up!


Here's the team between games. I love their uniforms this year! I gotta learn how to do tackle twill.

Here are the coaches. Larry, Phil, Clint, and Rusty.

Phil talking to Lindsey.

This is how we spend a lot of our free time during the summer. Phil's been helping Rusty coach since Alex was about 6 or 7. And we've been watching her games since she was in t-ball. I love how much she's grown since we've first started watching her play.

Junior Kekuewa Jr

Here's my cousin Jr. playing the guitar. I just love his guitar playing skills. Go Cuz!!

Too tired to sleep

Have you ever been too tired to sleep? OMG, I've been doing all this embroidery for the past few nights for the Tournament team Phil helps to coach, and it's 5 am and I can't sleep. Didn't help that I had the worst migraine. But I had so much energy once it went away! LOL

And did you know there's nothing good on TV at 2-5 am? ;) Well, guess I should try to get some rest. I'll take photos of the shirts in the morning when there is better light.

Have a great weekend all!!

Craig Ferguson's I'm Yours

Craig Ferguson's take on Jason Mraz' I'm Yours. You have my favorite Jason Mraz song, and you have Craig Ferguson...life is good. :)

Baking up a storm...

So the past couple of weeks I've been baking up a storm. I have been making my Cranberry Cornflake cookies, made some white chocolate macadamia nut ones, and lots of bread. LOL I will post pics of them as I bake more, cause as Christoph says if I don't post pics on the net, there's no proof I made them. ROFL.

I'm also finishing up some shirts for the Flyers. They're the tournament team for the FGSA. We start this weekend with our first game, that should be so much fun! I have 9 more shirts left to go at this point. I think I'll get some sleep and start over in the morning.

Will post pics when I get them!

Malted Milk Ball Krispy Treats

Another one of Phil's creations. The Malted Milk Ball Krispy treat. He crushes malted milk balls and puts them inside the krispy treat. To make it so we could tell them apart from the regular ones at the snack shack, I melted chocolate and brushed it on top. Then sprinkled crushed Malted Milk Balls on top.

They are Yummy!!

Cinnamon Raisin Bread

This is the second loaf of bread that I've tried in the bread machine. Since we started to make bread, we've been wanting a bread machine for awhile. So, my friend Skye gave us her old machine. And it's the best thing ever!!

The bread we made by hand was too dense. This bread made with the bread machine was so good! And so bread-like. Not pound cake like. LOL

I used the recipe in the instruction manual.

Raisin Bread 2 lb loaf

1-1/4 c Water
2 Tbsp Butter or Margarine
1-1/2 tsp Salt
4 C Bread Flour
3 Tbsp Sugar
2 Tbsp Dry Milk
1-1/2 tsp Cinnamon
2-1/4 tsp Active Dry Yeast
1 c Raisins


1) Measure and add Water and Butter to the Bread Pan.
(I cut up the butter into smaller pieces.)

2) Measure and add Flour, Salt, Sugar, Dry Milk, and Cinnamon to the bread pan.
(A book I read said to sprinkle the flour into the pan, then put the other ingredients
in the corners of the pan.)

3) Use your finger to form a well (hole) where you will pour the yeast.
The Yeast must NEVER come into contact with a liquid when you are adding
in the ingredients. Measure the yeast and pour carefully into the well.

4) Snap the baking pan into the bread maker and close the lid.

5) Select the Basic Setting (on the Oster machines.)

6) Press the crust color button to choose light, medium, or dark color crust.
(I used the Light setting on ours)

7) Press the start/stop button

when adding fruit like raisins, the bread machine will make a beeping signal during the kneading cycle.

When the bread machine beeps during the kneading cycle, lift the lid and add a few raisins at a time until they are kneaded in with the dough.

The machine will take care of the rest.

It is a very yummy bread machine recipe, try it out! :)

Craig Ferguson's Istanbul

I forgot to DVR Craig Ferguson last night, but found this on Youtube. OMG, he just cracks me up!

David Eddings...

I just found out today that one of my favorite authors, David Eddings, has passed away. http://www.fictionmatters.com/2009/06/03/david-eddings-dead-at-77/

I started reading his books when they came out in the 80's. My favorite series was of course the Belgariad series. I would reread these books every year when I was younger. I think I'll have to go back and read the series again. Once you pick them up, they're hard to put back down again.

He will be so missed by everyone.

Peanut Butter Cup Krispy Treats

Today Phil made a special flavor of Krispy Treats for the snack shack. He calls it Peanut Butter Cup krispy treats. I don't know his actual recipe cause it's all a secret to me. LOL But he does put in Peanut Butter chips, and I drizzle chocolate on top. They are very delish!

Nights in Rodanthe

So I watched the dvd Nights in Rodanthe finally. OMG, I really liked it a lot. SO much that I decided to read the book.

Now I usually have a really big problem when a book gets made into a movie. And I know that they could never fit everything into what is in a book into a movie, cause the movie would be like 3 or 4 days long. LOL My problem is when they don't put in the things I thought were important, or when they change a ton of things for the movie. So normally I'll try to watch the movie first then read the book.

So the movie and the book have relatively the same plot. But the execution of the main plot of the love story were executed much differently. And for the first time ever, I really liked both versions. Mainly because they left out in the movie Amanda's struggle with her own love story.

I'm not sure if it was because it would have been too Notebook-ish. I have to read another one of his books to see if this is a regular theme with Nicholas Sparks.

But I really did like how the movie changed the way the story was told in the book. Because, really, you couldn't get most of what was going on in the book into a movie version. I was annoyed at first when reading the book, but then really liked how they did the movie, and then really liked how the book was written.

So, if you haven't seen or read either, I'd watch the movie first, and don't even try to compare it to the book. Then read the book as a totally different story. It just made me appreciate both versions that way. :)