Blessed Weekend!

This past weekend Tay and I headed back home to meet up with my Mom and spend Saturday taking care of our sister! Nothing helps you recover faster than a day doing NOTHING with your Mom and sisters.

Tay making our dinner arrangements on the way to JC, Hungry girls...

I wanted to finish my apron so badly, and I knew my Grandma M would be the perfect teacher to help me wrap it up...So Friday after dinner we went to Grandma's and visited with her and Darnell....

Grandma helping me with the bow....tricky!

Lesson #1: Don't use pins instead do a quick stitch by hand to hold the fabric together, run it through the machine with the stitch as your guide, then remove when you are done!

Hers...and mine, new generations....

Finished! Thank you Grandma....she truly has a gift in what she does! I am so grateful I get the time to just visit and be with her in her element, and learn all her little tricks of the trade. I am so grateful for our time we got to spend just chatting and sewing at the kitchen table, I love you Grandma! (The Front)


The back, I LOVE bows...

Wrapped and ready to go home to Austin!


Saturday, we spent the day spoiling and taking care of our sister! She is taking it easy and her recovery is going well, but we just know seeing us is going to make it go by so much quicker, lol. I am so grateful for her and her amazing doctors and nurses. They took such great care of her, and for that I am grateful....

If you know my family, you know we love the Kennedy Family, so we woke up early Saturday morning and spent the day taking care of Claudia and celebrating the life of Ted Kennedy. We watched it from start to finish on CNN. What a beautiful tribute to a man who truly was a servant for the people, and used his authority and every ounce of his gifts to be the voice for those who couldn't be heard. What a great message his life leaves us, NEVER GIVE UP and with great reward comes great responsibility, Thank you Teddy!

My Mom spoiled us with an oldie but goodie breakfast, YUM! We spent the day, snacking, coloring, crying, and just enjoying Claudia and CNN....You're NEVER too old to color....so Tay and I colored for Claudia, lol, thought I'd share....

One picture I colored....She loves Kittens...

Tay's color by numbers, lol, great job little sister...

My other picture for Claudia, I asked her to pick her 2 favorite colors and I would surprise her, lol, Red and Purple...and here was her surprise....

Sorry if you don't like the picture Chona, but I love you and I think you look great! All her nurses, told her she was such a natural beauty, and I agree.....she is my model, sharing my apron with her, lol.....

I am so grateful she is safe, and I hate I couldn't spend more time with her in SA!

Sunday, my parent's led a Parish appreciation breakfast for our Church in JC...it was so good catching up with everyone I grew up with, and am so proud and thankful for my parents. They are such great examples to me and my sisters, they truly live out our lesson today. Being a Christian is not just about showing up to church on Sunday, or volunteering and being seen at all the events. It is about the way you choose to live, and treat others, the silent leaders that truly show the pureness and sincerity of their hearts. I am so proud of my parents, and I hope we are able to be half the parent's they have been to us!

After church we were so tired. Curt and our Uncle Charlie prepared for dove season, Adolfo is super excited to get out there next weekend! So they started preparing this weekend....We had a date with Chica, we just caught up and watched a movie in her room and ate ice cream....I fell asleep go figure.....

Here is Chica pretending she is on her first date (to DQ with Adam Sandler, ha!).....

I am so thankful for the quality time I got to spend with my family, wish I could have seen GMA J and Grandpa this weekend too! But they got to spend a nice evening catching up with Claudia & Jaime, so I guess we can share, lol...You can't put a price on the gift of time, you never get it back or a second chance to re-live it, so don't take it for granted!

Adolfo spent the weekend in Austin, getting ahead in his classes, relaxing, and getting ready for dove season. Now, I am just sitting here enjoying my night with my husband, I missed him! We hope you enjoy your week, we will!

Joyful, The Castros.