Yesterday

Yesterday down came all the decorations! Yep, the Christmas decorations that took hours to put up (mainly lights took a long time to hang) came down in a matter of minutes. Its sad when Dia de Los Reyes passes and the holiday season is over. In our family, tradition is that we keep everything up until Dia de Los Reyes.

What is Dia de los Reyes (3 Kings Day)? Its celebrated January 6th of every year and commemorates the arrival of the 3 wise men who brought gifts to baby Jesus. Its even more special in our house because its also my moms birthday. Yep! She is a Dia de los Reyes birthday baby. I think its pretty awesome because my moms name is Reyna and Reyna means Queen. So on the day of the 3 kings my mother a "Queen" was born. Too cute huh? We also celebrated the birth of a dear friends newborn who was also born on January 6th this year. She got named Reyna too! My mom found out and got so excited that another Reyna is in this world!

Well now the house isn't as colorful without all the decorations. I cant wait to start decorating for a new season/holiday (valentines?).

I leave you with the cutest picture ever from yesterday... my son was playing with one of our cats and when I say playing I mean literally he gave the cat toys to join in with him in playing. The cat didn't seem to mind actually. I think she just loved the attention.

Checked out My H-E-B Texas Life?

This Saturday I picked up a copy of My H-E-B Texas Life, It was actually in my newspaper (Can be found in store). I had looked at other issues before but this one was special. It had a lot of useful information I wanted to share with you guys.

First of all have you checked them out? Its a Free publication!

Do you shop at HEB? You can actually write to them about a shopping experience or something related to the publication or really as long as its related to HEB (share it with them) and they might put your letter in the publication. Email them or write to them and if you end up (fingers crossed) in the publication you get a $25 gift card for H-E-B (Just for sending them a thoughtful note) in the mail! Cant hurt to try!

This issue was Health themed! (perfect for your New years resolutions)

• It has tips to help you be healthy and eat healthy
• Talks about healthy portions
• It even has yummy recipes!

Plus it talks about a contest for Texas students in K-8, Its called "Think OAT-Side the Box". They want kid created design ideas for H-E-B toasted Oats and H-E-B honey nut toasted oats cereals. If they win they can have there design featured on a limited edition cereal Box plus a $5000 prize for there school and a breakfast party for there class. (Entries due by 4/2/2013) Obtain entry form/rules and more details at heb.com/oats  

Last but not least... Coupons! It has a bunch of special HEB coupons inside that can really help keep you on a budget.

So go to your local H-E-B and pick one up! Its a great resource for Free, you'll see what I mean when you open it up.

Project 52 Week 1: The beginning of 2013

Project 52: Week 1

So I have decided to start a project 52. What is a project 52? I recently had someone explain it to me that a Project 52 is a way to capture your year one week at a time in glimpses through photo. This is my first try at it so I'm feeling a bit iffy about doing it but I thought of it as a good opportunity to try something new. Plus it will be a challenge to see if I can finish a year. There are many versions on how to do this that range from a craft challenge a week to goals in steps and more but mine is going to be my week in review for a year. There are no rules so this works best for me.

So here it goes:

For this first week We rang in a new Year.. Happy 2013! My sister turned 22 on New years (pictured on the bottom the lucky New Years Baby). Its been so cold in SA so we havent left the house all week, we have been getting comfy with our pillows and blankets instead. Luckily I had some fun come to me when I got in the mail some awesome things I won in 2 different giveaways. I won some books for munchkin and lots of paint supplies for us to create some art. Looks like we will be painting up a storm soon!

Please let me know if you have done a Project 52, any tips would be greatly appreciated. If you are currently starting one as well and want to link up then let me know!