Thanksgiving Weekend!

Well we had a looooooooooong holiday weekend to celebrate Thanksgiving. We started off Thursday by going to David's mom's house for Thanksgiving. Oh My Goodness, the food was soooooooooo good! I love going to my mother in law's house for Thanksgiving just for her turkey because she covers the turkey with bacon. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, I can't think of a better combination! Then I have to confess we were extra bad on the desserts. We were in charge of taking them and this is how it went down.

We went to Jewels and as we walk in we start wondering what pie we should get. David wants pumpkin pie, but then I say I don't like pumkin pie I want cheese cake. So then Natalie says, " I don't like neither I want chocolate cake." So in true Mendez fashion we bought all three! Hahaha! And being the piggy that I am I ate both cheesecake and chocolate cake! They were delicious! This is me with my mother in law.

The kids ofcourse playing XBOX.

David with his sister!

And David with his Mommy!

Then on Friday we went with my brother to the mall to look for some coats for the twins and man o man it was packed. It was an adventure just trying to find parking but it was worth it. He scored $75 coats for only $14.88. You can't beat that!

Than on Saturday we celebrated my niece Jackie's 12th Birthday! I loved her cake!

This is her with her Mom Gracie!

And here she is showing off her gift card to Claire's that my mom and me got for her!



And something must have been wrong with the cake 'cause look what faces Emily was doing! Lol!

We ended the weekend by eating again! Hahaha we're always eating in this family. But with a mom who cooks so good how can we not eat all the time! So Sunday that's what we did, eat and be merry! You can only imagine how December parties will be!

Marker Nap

Well I couldn't get Jaime to take his nap on this day so I let him have some markers and paper in his crib. Bright idea on my part huh! hahahaha! Well before I knew it he was sound asleep...................................

But he had left quite an artistic work of art on the sheets. Oh well, it was mommy's fault.

But atleast it worked and anything that gets him to take his nap is fine with me! LOL!

Bon Fire Fun

We enjoyed having the last bon fire in my mom's backyard soooooooooooo much that we decided to have it again. The weather here in Chicago has just been so lovely that we couldn't help want to be outside. The kids in our family love it. From the youngest to the oldest. And in true Sanchez style we had to have some Canelita con leche! Salud!I think the fire made us feel nice and cozy and romantic. If you don't believe me check out my brother with his wife! So cute!But the fire also gets us feeling very silly. Monkey see, monkey do! And the perfect picture to end this blog is this one of my very handsome hubby posing by the dying fire!!!!!!!!!

My Mother's Birthday

We went to Old Country Buffet to celebrate my mom's birthday! We pretty much filled up the whole party room with just her four kids and 17 grandchildren. Here she is with her four children! Juan, Alma, Claudia and Me.

Some of her grandchildren enjoying the food!

Here are her 17 grandchildren. From Top, left to right: Juan, Jaqueline, Ethan, Cesar, Daniel, Omar, David, Ian, Emily, Jaime, Valeria, Rafael, Natalie, Briahna, Rebeca, Julian, and the one running off is Hailey.

Plancarte Family

Barranca Family

Mendez Family