The Story of My Life

Orange Beach, Perdido Pass, LuLus....Little Man's actual birthday which we celebrated for 2 weeks.... Our friends that were our neighbors when Baby Girl was born were there from Indiana and we hung out on the beach drinking Gilligan's Islands and eating homemade Hummus made by Papa Bear, tanning and catching up! The kids had a blast and so did the Mom's. Making new memories and remembering old ones! We spent the nights at mt Mom's- Gran Gran's -and got to see her and Gramps too. She even joined us at the beach when my sis and neice joined us as well. Instead of making a bunch of posts about my wonderful beach trip, I made a movie slide show of the great pictures. There is 4 minutes of the best pictures to one of my favorite songs by BonJovi..... I love it, but if you are not a Jovi fan, mute it.......ummm...Dull, that may be you. Recipes by Papa Bear....LOVE HIM!! Gilligan's Island 1 oz vodka 1 oz peach schnapps 3 oz orange juice 3 oz cranberry juice Hummus 2 cu...

My friend, whom you have all known as Princess.....you know, the one we were pregnant at the same time, our kids are the same age....had major sinus problems and missed BonJovi ..... You know the one....my best friend. I have introduced her to blogging on a girls sleepover..... and she is HOOKED already. Give her some Bloggy love. Leave a comment because you all know how exciting comments are..... and give her some encouragement to keep on blogging- since it is such good exercises for the mind and soul. http://www.mysweet3.blogspot.com/ BTW...her blog design by....me!

You know that if there is a Chicago pizza place to be found, my husband will find it; and we did....in even in Vail, Colorado! The chef and owner of Vail’s LaTour , a five-star French restaurant, Chef Ferzacca decided to return to his Chicago pizza kitchen roots and open a "red sauce joint" in Vail. Before Ferzacca became a classically trained chef he worked in the steamy kitchens of Chicago’s most famous pizzerias. He worked tirelessly slicing mountains of pepperoni and tomatoes, preparing him to open his own pizza joint high in the mountains of Colorado. With ZaccaZa !, Paul is returning to his roots and his love of Chicago-style pizza. This Red Sauce Joint specializes in family-style pastas original Chicago style deep-dish pizza, authentic Napolitano thin crust pizza, steaks and seafood. ZaccaZa ! Only uses the finest meats, fresh cheeses and San Marzano tomatoes. ZaccaZa ’s deep dish and thin crust pies are unique, as the sauce is on top. This is not stylistic gimmi...

Our last night in Colorado, we went to Hooters, my kids favorite restaurant.....in Westminster Colorado. The kids got to spend one last evening with their big brother. We told our waitress that it was almost my son's birthday and they gave him a birthday treat. His face was really red....he acted embarrassed but I know he loved it. Afterwards, my babies were completely worn out from our week of adventure..... We caught a plane the next morning and headed back to Sweet Home. What a wonderful vacation!

Hidden between the Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak, America’s most famous mountain, lies the magical town of Manitou Springs. " Manitou ," a Native American word for "spirit," describes this beautiful mountain community. Nine named mineral springs throughout town are fed by the snows of Pikes Peak. Long before white men traveled here, the Ute, Cheyenne and many other natives considered this area sacred This was my favorite little town of the trip. Trendy, historic, beautiful, relaxing ....good food, good view. Antique shops, art galleries..... Long before bottled water was the thing, this little town bottled its mineral water from nine springs in the 1800's. Each spring boasts water that taste different because of the various minerals it passes through to the surface. By the mid 1870s, the bottling industry had begun producing bottled mineral water for the public benefit. Manitou Table Water, (recharged with natural gas), and Ute Chief Mineral Water were a ...

Garden of the Gods is a public park located in Colorado Springs at the foot of Pikes Peak. The impressive geologic features of the park are the ancient sedimentary beds of red and white sandstones and limestone that were deposited horizontally, but have now been tilted verti cally and faulted by the immense mountain building forces caused by the uplift of Pikes Peak. The impressive Garden of the Gods Trading Post has been around since 1900 and has some amazing gifts, like the hand-carved wolf sling shot my son tried out many times on our visit. I got a beautiful necklace for myself here as well. Little Man with the Balancing Rock formation can be seen here. Evidence of past ages, ancient seas, eroded remains of ancestral mountain ranges, sandy beaches and great sand dune fields can be read in the rocks. The name Colorado is said to come from the color of the sandstone- from the Spanish word meaning reddish or ruddy. There are many fossils to be seen including marine forms, plant fossil...