Viva La Fiesta 2014

Every year in Santa Barbara we celebrate Old Spanish Days. The festivities start on Wednesday at the Mission with Spanish Dancing. There are lots of fun things to do at the Mercados, rides, bounce houses, and of course confetti eggs. The kids love all the fun.

Jennifer Zacharias Baby Shower

My dear friend Jennifer is 8 weeks away from having a baby girl. We threw her a tea party baby shower at the El Encanto hotel on a beautiful day in Santa Barbara. The color palette was pink and gold glitter.  Flowers were in gold glitter vases with a beautiful arrangements of pink peonies and…

Easter at El Dorado 2014

Easter at El Dorado Country Club in Indian Wells is always so much fun. The kids ran in the Easter egg hunt and he had a lovely brunch followed by the Barker Marionette’s puppet show. These puppets have been seen by Grandma Wink, Jon and now Camille and Tripp. Happy Easter!

Happy Birthday Jon and a Rocket Launch

We celebrated Jon’s Birthday with a fun family Birthday dinner. He loved all of the balloons and decorations and the yummy cake. He got lots of fun presents including a remote control spider (Jon is arachnophobia), tools, clothes and a rocket that launched 1100 feet in the air. Tripp and Jon could not wait to…

Easter Fun at El Dorado: Bingo and 5K

We had so much fun this week in the desert. We played Bingo at the Club on Friday night and Winkie got at Bingo. The kids loved playing Bingo and learning all the numbers. Then Jon and I ran in the first annual El Dorado Easter 5K around the Club on Saturday. Everyone had a…