So after my hiatus of two months I, like most, am setting a New Year's resolution to...wait for it...wait for it...blog more! Bet you weren't expecting that one.
"So, Natalia, what HAVE you been up to the past couple of months?" you ask. Well, I'll tell you. The end of October, as you may have heard, was Halloween and I decided to make my costume!
Yep! I was a CupCake!
Sorry for the bad quality. My laptop recently crashed and I've not retrieved my photos from it so I'm having to use my FaceBook photos for some of these.
Then in November, I had a birthday cake to do for a young girl, turning nine, who likes to ride horses. Her mom gave me the color scheme and this is what I created especially for her!
Everything was handmade from gumpaste and fondant. I was pretty proud of my first horse and learned a lot from it too!
Then a couple days later I had a birthday cake to make for a great guy, Jason Womack. He and his lovely wife, Lindsay, have been our close friends for over 12 yrs but I've known them since middle and high school! They have both been involved with music pretty much their entire lives and he plays guitar (mostly) so I made this for him.
I was privileged to be able to share this cake with them since most of the cakes I make are for others and I never get to eat them. BUT, I have to be honest and say that it wasn't my best tasting cake. It was more like pound cake than the light cake I was hoping for. For this I apologize, my friend, and hope for another chance to prove my baking skills. :-)
Now we get to Thanksgiving and it's such a magical time because for me it means the start of the holiday season and that's my favorite time of year! We had Thanksgiving dinner at my In-law's home and my mom and dad were able to join us. We always have so much food and such a great time! But before we were able to enjoy dinner, Rachel, my sis-in-law and I ran in the "Run Through the Woods" race that takes place every year Thanksgiving day! It was my first 5 mi race and I LOVED it!
Us at the starting line.
After the race.
Striking a pose for the paparazzi.
So AFTER the race we got to enjoy dinner with all the family!
Which I am not able to obtain pictures of at the moment but you didn't miss much there so don't worry.
I absolutely love decorating for Christmas and usually I start before Thanksgiving or shortly after. This year I started after because of the timing of everything. But I got it done and I was pretty pleased!
The fireplace...
The tree.
The weekend before Christmas we had a big announcement event in Market Street here in our community and that announcement I am glad to say is the return of The Woodlands Marathon, set for March of 2012! This is under the arrangement of my sweetheart's new business, Launch MuntiSport! He has had the support and participation from an amazing team of 3 other guys who have as much of a passion to see this happen as Rick does. This is going to be a huge event and it has been a year in the making although the actual chain of events that led to the announcement only started a couple months prior! Things have happened very quickly and we've had to go with the flow and bend with responsibilities. This is a very exciting time in the Frank household and for The Woodlands Community! To give you a better scope of what has happened here are a few links with articles.
Now, we typically spend Christmas Eve at Papa and Nona's (in-laws) and let the boy's open one gift and then we have Christmas day at our house with all of my family, and this year, all of Rick's too! So this year we had about 25 people in my home. It was a bit crowded but still so much fun! We took family pics and then I was only able to get pics of the aftermath.
Christmas Eve at Nona and Papa's
Casey and Corban
The Three Stooges
Trying out their new chairs and checking out their stockings!
Christmas Morning!
There are a couple more videos but I can't get them to upload properly. So I'll just provide more pics!
Corban got his "Bucket O Soldiers" from Toy Story 3 that he wanted!
Casey cleaned up with an Xbox 360 with 2 games and extra remote, Sonic Comics, a watch and a few other things!
Corban also got Woody! Santa also brought him a rocket, Buzz costume and jet pack!
THIS is the Frank/Norrell Family
At the moment we have ALL boys BUT Rebecca, in the yellow sweater will be having the first girl in March! This is a very exciting time for all! We are so thrilled to finally start evening up the odds.
This is The Resendez Family...
...and the Resendez/Frank Family...
Yes, there are a LOT of us!
Here's my little Buzz Lightyear
And when it's all over...
Even the dogs got to taste the delicious food that we had! I actually cooked my first turkey this year with sides of dressing, mashed potatoes and green bean casserole!
Rock
Demi
Shadow
The aftermath...
It took me 2 days to get everything cleaned because I was being so lazy! The food was put away of course but the dishes lingered.
And that my friends brings me to today! I made a Ham Asparagus Strata from a BHG mag recipe and some Lemon Creme for an order of Lemon Blueberry cupcakes (will post pics later). Now, we are off to another friends bday party! If I can just get Rick to put the xbox controller down! Sorry Don!
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