How the heck have you been?!?!?!?

Wow! Talk about a hiatus!
What? It's only been about 2 years since I last posted...

Well, lets catch up. How you been? Oh, me? I've been great! Had a baby, got a dog and made lots of memories in the past couple years. I just got back into sewing and painting and re-opened my Etsy Shop too! I'm going to try really hard to back into the swing of things here on the blog.
I've missed it, and you!

To give you a little look into what I've been up to...here are some pictures :)

We had this little man over a year ago..... <3

And now B is this big!!!!

We adopted this little guy and named him Astro :)

 Little Miss K turned 5!!!
And of course it was a LaLaLoopsy themed party!

Ali turned 15! Goodness.....I feel old now

I just started crafting again....It feels so good to be creative again!

And all the while still having fun this guy in the back! <3

 Well...that's it!

Tell me what's been going on with you??

I pinkie promise to start blogging more and more. I can't wait to share a bit of my new crazy life with you. Cause, oh. is. it. Crazy!

Much Aloha,
Monika ^_^*

Life...in a nut shell

Busy is an understatement when it come to what has been going on at the SewFullOfLove household. From Birthdays to Plays to Choir Concerts to Sewing...oh yeah...and working...

Calgon...take me away....

Do you remember those commercials??? Or am I Totally dating myself right now??? :) haha!

The Craft Fair that I am going to is just a few weeks away, and I have been sewing my little fingers off. (I probably should be sewing right now...but I really wanted to say HI!) I am excited, and a little nervous, because this is the first time I will be selling my creations face to face with people!

Mid March was Miss Ali's 13th Birthday too!!! We had a party at the house for her and her friends, and they all had a blast!

 We set up a sweets table and I made her cake....isn't it cute!

 Here's a little look at what else we've been up too...

Ali is in "Annie" right now with a local Musical Theater. It's so cute! and It was my Dad's 65th B-Day :) Happy Birthday Daddy!!!

And in between all that, I've been Sewing...cooking yummy meals...playing with my Ipad...and becoming addicted to Instagram!!! (You can find me at SewFullOfLove if you wanna follow me)  ;)

So I keep saying....Things WILL settle down....eventually :)

But, I'd rather be busy, then bored.

Much Aloha,
Monika *:)

My weekend...

It all started Friday night when my hubby had to go to the optometrist to get a piece of metal out of his eye!!!! Yes, a small piece of metal was stuck IN his eye! Crazy to say the least. He has to go back tomorrow to make sure his eye is healing properly. He's doing great now. Just thankful that it wasn't any worse.
The rest of our weekend was pretty relaxing. We had a nice rain storm on Saturday and it was Super windy all day today.
And....I got a present!! My wonderful Mr. bought me an iPad!!! :) thing is....I can't get Miss K off it! Haha! All she wants to do is draw and play games.
So we spent our day playing with our new toy and I was sewing my tush off. I am going to be in my first craft fair at the end of April! I'm so excited!! I'll keep you posted on how it's going :)
So I'm posting this from my iPad. Don't know how it's going to turn out...but here I go....... :)
Much aloha,
Monika *:)

My Beautiful Momma

How Gorgeous is she!!!

I have one of those photo screen savers on my computer. So when I stepped away from my computer today, my screen saver kicked in and started flipping through all my mom's old pictures.

My Dear Mr. scanned them all so we could have copies.

As I stared looking at all the great pic's, I thought...I LOVE looking through all her old photos.

I love everything...the clothes, the hair, everything!

She won "Miss Teenage Philippines" in Los Angeles in 1965!! She was 17 years old.

(yes she IS Filipino, I promise! Just half, other half is Irish)

See! That's my momma with my grandpa! :)

I guess I'm just feeling a little sappy and nostalgic on this Monday.

Love you Momma!! :)

Much Aloha,

Monika *:)

Pizza, Pizza

So the other week I went on kind of a Pizza kick. I made 4 different pizza's in one night!!

What can I say....I like having choices!

I saw this recipe over at The Pioneer Woman Blog for a Grilled Vegetable Pizza.

So I thought I'd try it.

Looks pretty darn good, right?......well it was! :)

I changed it a bit, just so Miss K could eat it if she wanted,

but I did make her her own mini pizza too :)

Hold the Cheese Please....with light sauce too.

And a traditional Cheese and Pepperoni

So after all this pizza eating, I thought, "What the heck!!! Lets make a Dessert Pizza!!"

Yup

A Dessert Pizza!!!

YUM!

You'll Need:

Pizza Dough (I bought mine at Trader Joe's)

Melted Butter

Cinnamon Sugar, or "Grinder of Goodness" (see below)

Peanut Butter

(I used Sunflower Seed Butter since Miss K is allergic to Peanuts)

Sliced Apples

Chocolate Sauce

Mini Chocolate Chips

I started by pre-baking the pizza dough with a little melted "Miss K friendly butter" brushed on it and grinded this "Grinder of Goodness" on it. (No, that is not it's official name...but it should be!)

After the dough was done baking I smeared Sunflower Seed butter on it like it was the Pizza Sauce.

Arrange the sliced apples all around, and drizzle with chocolate sauce. I used:

Again...YUM!

and lastly I sprinkled the mini chocolate chips (mine were dairy free) all around.

You can add nuts, dried fruit....whatever you fancy ;)

And if your feeling really crazy.....maybe grind a little more of that goodness on top!

Slice and Enjoy!!

I can safely say that everyone loved it.

We had chocolate sauce on our faces to prove it ;)

Happy Friday & Have a Hoot of a Weekend!! :)

Much Aloha,

Monika *:)

My Little Ham's

So, last weekend we had some fun in the backyard taking pictures and little Miss K decided that she needed some face time in front of the camera. These are either her official model poses, or she's "Voguing".  ;) Either way, she is absolutely adorable. Don't you think??

Oh...and we got her hair cut recently. Cute, right?! Now she says that her and I are twins :) haha! What do you think.....?

And Miss Ali....She's gonna be 13 next month!!!!!!!!! Holy Smokes!!!

She's growing up so fast! I just can't believe it sometimes!! She's becoming such a great young lady :)e

I love both my little girls so much. I'm a very lucky momma :)

Well off to bed. Maybe...just maybe...I'll be back tomorrow with an outfit post. Maaaaybe.

Much Aloha,

Monika *:)





Monday, Monday

Happy Monday Y'all!!

I guess I'm not doing so good with my New Years Resolutions :( Life has been so busy, I haven't had any time to post.

Hopefully life will settle down a little so I can get back to sewing and blogging.

Little Miss K is sick again :( She's back on her inhaler, and on some steroids to open up her lungs. Her cough is so icky!

I've mentioned before that she has allergies...Peanuts, Dairy are the main ones, but she also reacts to grass, dust and some other outdoor allergens. Poor Baby. So when she gets sick...She gets SICK!

Do you know any kids with bad allergies or do you have a child with allergies?

It's tough, isn't it?

Especially the food allergies. Dairy is in just about everything it seems, even things you wouldn't think. And peanuts, ugh! Peanuts are her BIG allergy. We have an Epi-pen and everything for that one. She has never eaten a peanut, and I don't want to know what will happen if she does.

So, needless to say...the little munchkin has had a rough few days. And in turn, the whole house has had a rough few days.

But here are a few pics from a much happier day! Earlier this month the whole fam went out and had a great afternoon. We rode on a Farris Wheel and everything! :)

Have a Great Week!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Much Aloha,
Monika *:)

Thanksgiving Crafts

Well, I'm a little late on posting this, but hey....Better Late than Never, right?

Me and the kiddos had a craft day at my sisters...Thanksgiving style. It was so fun, and the kids had a blast too :)

The kiddos made turkey's, and wrote on the tail feathers what they were thankful for.... and Miss Ali decided to be a little funny with hers....

She's a funny one I tell ya :)

I remember making these when I was a kid. :)

And my sister Ari and I had a little craft time of our own :) We made these fall garlands that we saw on A Beautiful Mess posted Here.

Now it's my turn....We are going to have Christmas Craft Day at my house :) I've been collecting ideas for both the kiddos and my sister and I.

Any suggestions?

Much Aloha,

Monika :)

Sunday Fun

Forgive the booty shot....but Miss K was having so much fun in the fort this Sunday!! :) We built it early, and it stayed up until we went to bed. The girls ate snacks, read books, and watched some TV.

Ali made a sign....She was having just as much fun in our little hide-a-way as Miss K was :)

I think this may become a ritual now :)

Do you make forts too?? ;)

Much Aloha,

Monika :)

Oodles of Noodles

So the little Miss is sick, bronchitis actually. Yep, bronchitis. That sounds pretty bad, right?? Well not as bad as yesterday.....I took the little one to Urgent Care yesterday, and that doctor told me she had PNEUMONIA!!
Pneumonia??? REALLY?
Today I took her to her own Primary Doc, and he said no, it's not pneumonia, its just bronchitis.
Two doctors, two different diagnosis's...
What up wit that??
I guess today we are going with Bronchitis....
She is doing better today though, so that's good :)
When I asked her what she wanted for dinner, she said Soup with noodles. I didn't have any Chicken Noodle soup, but I did have one of my Favorite Comfort Foods ever!

SAIMIN!

Nothing makes you feel better then a hot bowl of S & S Saimin....and of course I had to jazz it up with a little green onion and fried Spam......
Yeah....I said Fried Spam. You gotta problem with that???? It ain't Hawaiian if it don't got Spam! :)
(oh, and that's "Aloha Shoyu" in the Kikkoman Soy Sauce bottle...Shhhh, don't tell)

Miss K loved it, and she got extra excited because she got to use her kiddie Chop Sticks :) They're super cute with little characters at the top, and small loops for her little fingers to fit through.

Gonna go rest up now, I think I'm coming down with a bug too :(  hopefully Miss K and I can kick these icky's quick, and enjoy some of the weekend.

Hope you have a icky-less weekend! :)

Much Aloha,
Monika

Bits + Pieces

While over at Bleubird Vintage I saw a post of a few little "bits and pieces" of her week. So I thought I'd share a few of my own :)

1. Miss K staring me down
2. Pretty Hibiscus
3. Ali on her first day of 7th Grade!!!!! (we have a picture like this for every year since kindergarten)
4. Me and the Mr. at Miss K's b-day party
5. Ali and I at an Angeles Game!! FUN!
6. Miss K trying to splash me from her little pool.

Hope you had a fun weekend...

Much Aloha,
Monika :)

Who's 3????????

Miss K...That's Who!!! :)

Oh...so if you read yesterday's post, you saw that I made a shout out to my Mr. for his b-day. Yes, if you were wondering, their birthday's are one day apart!! :)

Let's put it this way......There's been a lot of cupcake eating happening in our house lately! ;)

Much Aloha,

Monika :)

Happy Birthday!!!

Today is my Mr.'s Birthday!!!! :)  

Hope you have an Awesome day babe!!

I'm off to make him his fav dinner...Lasagna!! :)  (shhhhhhh!!....it's a surprise!!) ;)

Much Aloha,

Monika ;)

Making Progress

It's been pretty crazy around here. We're in the midst of preparing for Missy Miss' Birthday Party.... Nothing gets you super motivated to get things done quite like a party at your house, right? :)

Oh... procrastination is a horrible curse!

So, needless to say, we are BUSY! But, it's the good kind of busy. The kind of busy that when you look at what you've accomplished, you feel proud and satisfied.

This is what our backyard looked like 2 weeks ago.......

Pretty scary, right?? :(

Now... two weeks later we are ready to sod!!! :)

All this work done in 90+ degree weather.... WHAT WERE WE THINKING??!!?? and YES... We did all the work ourselves!!! (with help from my F.I.L and B.I.L...thanks guys!!)

As I was taking one of our many breaks from the heat I snapped a few little pics.

and Missy Miss got a new Bubble shooter from her Grammy & Papa :)

 She literally filled the whole backyard with bubbles!! :)

The sooner we are done with this backyard, the happier I will be!! :)

On to this week....getting the sod in, getting Ali ready for back to school, getting ready for the birthday party for Missy Miss.....goodness.....can anything else be happening??!!

After Labor Day we are done with house projects for a while....then it's time for the Palm Springs Countdown!! ;)  (I'll get to that in a later post) :D

Hope you are enjoying the last few days of summer!!

Much Aloha,

Monika :)