The Ditata Family ;)

The other weekend we went to Lake Las Vegas for a picnic with The Espejo Family. We laid on a blanket in the shade and watched people paddle board, played with Grace and watched a play rehearsal for Shakespeare.  The weather was perfect and we had strawberry/kiwi Capri Suns - doesn't get much better than that!

Grace is getting so big...SO FAST! She's making all these funny noises now and I love to play with her and hear what she has to tell me. :)

The Espejo Family

I love when I'm holding Grace and people come up to me and say, "Oh my gosh, she's gorgeous!" I like to pretend like she's mine so we decided we'd take a "family" picture too. This is our first photo as "The Ditata Family". ;)

The boys played catch while us girls chit-chatted and took pictures of Grace. How could you not have a fun day when this lil' chick is around?!

"S" is for success!

October 8th was Savannah's 23rd birthday and she had an "S" themed party. Since Halloween is right around the corner everyone had to come as something that started with an "S". I had a few ideas: Steelers Fan, Sarah Palin, Statue of Liberty, etc., I was talking to Courtney about how I wasn't sure about what I wanted to be  and she suggested we be "Spanish". I had two sombreros and a poncho at home, so I just had to get ginormous sunglasses at the Halloween store and a mustache. Once we got ready we decided to bring cigars to look legit:

Remember the game, The Sims? Well Eddie was a Sim. He created the green diamond to float over his head and made his t-shirt. He was the cutest Sim I've ever seen! :)

The Party was so much fun and it was so interesting to see some of the ideas that people came up with. Here's a list of a few celebrities that showed up to the party: Serena Williams, The Situation, Snooki, Stone Cold Steve Austin. Some other costumes were: Spanish, Sim, Savannah, Sperm, Scuba Diver, Skittles, Soldier, Slackers, Stewardess, Sailor, Satan. I've got some pretty creative friends!

Kasie (Savannah) - Courtney (Senor Santiago) - Me (Senor Sanchez) - Cassidi (Slacker) - Francesca (Scuba Diver) - MaryAnne (Skittles)

The Boys.

My Blues Traveler.

"You know I don't speak Spanish!"

 She's got Beiber Fever!

 Peace.

The "S" Party was a SucceSS!

Piece of Cake

Last weekend Eddie attended a job fair while I woke up early Saturday morning to do a 5k race for breast cancer with Kasie. Although my mom and dad did not have breast cancer they did win the battle with cancer so I'll do any type of race to support their cause, but for some reason this race was very emotional for me. I woke up, got ready and received messages from my family about how proud they were of me for doing the race and I just thought proud of me? I'm proud of my family of survivors. Although it was hot and the sun was beating down on me, running in the race was a piece of cake compared to what my parents went through. These cancer races are very important to me and I'm so happy I got to do another one!

Thanks for pushing me Kase! :)

On a lighter note, that afternoon we had plans to go tailgating for the UNLV vs. Reno game (even though we ALL knew who was going to win - Reno). Kasie, Bethany and I made "FUNR" shirts in hopes that we could talk smack to the UNR fans. At first I thought we were going to be rained out because it was pouring  on the way there, but the rain stayed away from the tailgate lot and let us have some fun!

The shirt came out cute, huh?!

Betho - Kase - Sav - Me - Cass

The Hubmister.

Ed playin' football with the guys.

Once we decided it was time to start the party we rounded up the troops and got everyone in on some flip cup and once again the girls dominated!

It begins with the boys having high hopes...

...but always ends in a girls victory!

Around 6:30pm the cops started kicking everyone out and telling everyone to go home. When the cop car started approaching our area Ed decided to pose with the cop car:

Apparently he's above the law.

We kept our distance.

After tailgating we went to PURE with some friends to dance and have some more fun. It's been awhile since Ed and I have gone out to a club with friends so it was fun to do some dancin' with my hubby!

The girls at Caesar's Palace.

Shots of buttery nipples - our drink of the night!

Frack - Frick

Basically, life is good! I'm very fortunate to have friends that push me to be a better person and to enjoy life. I must admit life is very challenging right now, but the people that I'm surrounded by everyday truly make it all worth while. Eddie and I have been having so much fun lately and have really been enjoying the simple pleasures in life and that is truly what it is all about!