New Layouts... that I love!

Okay creating these layouts made me a happy camper! I created these for something that if all goes well, then I can share w/you. If not, I'll cry. ha! I love each one too! Does that happen to you?! Also I love the fact that each one looks different. Don't get me wrong, I love when I'm on Pinterest or blogland and I see a layout. Right away I can name that designer! With mine... not so sure someone can say the same. What do you think?

*just a close up on the app #rhonnadesigns. Love it!

If you're still reading... THANK YOU! Hope you like what you see! Please let me know your thoughts on my layouts. I am loving them!

Happy day!

xo

Bdays, Halloween & Sneak Peak

Oct. 30th: Mischief Nite: I had it when I grew up, did you? Out here, no one really does it. However, the nite before a football game some houses get TP'd & such... then it takes me back! ha!

My mom's 79th bday. She'll tell you that she's 39 still. UGH! It was only funny the first 20 yrs you told this lie ma--! We had a small party for her here at home w/Carrie, Rob & Gia, all 5 of us & Gramma's friend, Dot. I even went crazy & printed 100 pix from Costco that same day to fill her album (she thought I would never do it!) I filled up w/pix from this year only! And I still could of added more!

The curly candles: Graciella's idea =)

Lele & Gramma

Dorothy: Gramma's new bff =)

Graciella & Giavanna

Lele, Gia & her mommy xo

Gia & Carrie

Oct. 31st, Halloween: Leleanna had a game (surprise! surprise!) at 8am the next morning. They won & Lele killed it! Daddy had to hold her back! She scored 5 goals! Whoohoo! Supah Stah---! Did you lunge fwd & throw your arms up in the air, while saying Supah Stah---?! Try it again, w/emotion people! heehee

The Dream Team: Jenna, Sera & Lele

Final score: 12-2 Thunderbolts!!

Antonia had a game in Scottsdale at 11am. Yep. You guessed it. Ran home after Lele's game, let puppies out & left that quick! Antonia had to be there by 1015! Her team played a good game & tied 3-3. Another game they SO should of won. The girls are still young though & learning from their mistakes. =) I'll keep it as that! heehee

Trick-or-Treating: Carrie, Rob & Gia gave candy out at our house, while I took the girls around our neighborhood. We were ready to start walking before the sun went down! Whoohoo! We ended up going around w/a neighbor & her son. Not many people were in the Halloween spirit! boo--! The girls had fun though. By 630, we were outta here! And off to a party! We brought cupcakes to add to the tons of food Grace had at her house.

70's rocker chick, Cinderella & my China girl

I love this pic. But not those For Sale signs that are ALL over!

We saw the Jesson girls long enough to take a quick pic!

Nov. 1st:  I had set my alarm for 450am bcuz we HAD to be out of the house at 615! Nope. Didn't go down like that. Of course, my iphone had to switch time zones that am. ?? I check the other clocks, once I turned my cell alarm off & they all said 6am! What?! Really?! Then, here comes Carlos walking in from work! So instead of having an hour to get myself & 3 girls ready... we had 15-20 mins! We left about 625am & jumped on the freeway headed out to Maryvale. (I learned this when we got there bcuz of the sign! duh! haha!) Anyway, it was hot. Once again. The girls were playing w/out a key defender. So that meant Graciella would be playing her position. She usually plays fwd. She does an awesome job though as def & no one gets past her & her tiny self! =) They have a new girl Maddy too. (she switched clubs - lucky us!)That was her first game & she scored our one goal! Go Maddy!! I'll hold my comments to myself, just in case someone reads this & has NOT heard them first hand! =) The girls played tough & held their own. Graciella hurt her knee, so bad Coach Beny had to carry her off the field. This is when Del Sol scored 3 goals. ?! Need I say more? I know G does not hold down the fort by herself back there, the other team members have to step up & do their job! Okay, I'll leave well enough alone. The other team's coach received a yellowcard! yay! And one of his players did too! That team w/the elbows! Whoo! It was bad. Soccer at this level is rough alone. But to teach your girls to go that extra mile & 'hurt' the players? Nope. Wasn't working. Graciella ended up going back in & was okay afterall. Thank God!

Graciella left w/a teammate & her family & we headed home. But NOT w/out a stop to QT first! =) She came home w/this! Interesting, I know. ?? I think a guy made it at Margaritaville.

I got this in the mail from a Rice Babies giveaway. =) Thx again!!

Nov. 2nd: Happy Birthday Carlos! Also, Happy Bday Harley! Yep, my husband & puppy share the same bday! We love you & appreciate all your hard work daddy! xo

Carlos had to rush off to work after we did cake & gifts. =/

We decided to take the boys for a walk & afterwards, we took all the Halloween decs down. I even had to drag the huge ladder out to reach the spider above garage. Ugh! That's all I meant to get done, but then we raked, swept and took the party to the truck! The girls went to town & cleaned all the garbage in the Suburban. They even broke out the cleaning wipes & wiped everything down! Whoohoo!

Hugo, Graciella, Antonia & Harley

(I like this pic but it's blurry! I took it w/iphone but I took the Rice Babies pic too same way! Hmm. Perhaps, I need to hold my breath next time!?)

Nov. 3rd:  Whew! I wish I could of flown to a tropical beach somewhere by myself for the day! I don't know what's going w/Graciella. She's 11 now & no it's NOT the whole pre-teen thing. She's a good kid but goes thru the same thing everyday. I cannot take it anymore. So, on that note, she was told as much that morning before school. I had volunteered ALL day in Antonia's & Lele's class, so this took my mind off all that happened in the am. =) After school, she was okay & went off to practice okay as well. We'll see. Perhaps I'll go more into detail at a later date.

Lele & I took pix for a sneak peak before the sprinklers went off & the sun went down! Thx to Connie & Gary for holding them, so I can get the perfect pix! =) {they just happened to be going tor a walk!}

Please leave a comment & let me know thoughts on color combos, prints, etc! I will def use your input in the NEAR future! Thx a bunch!! xo

Hanging w/the Bikers

Sunday morning, we met up w/a few couples & went for a ride. Gorgeous day to do it (not a cloud in the sky!) & it got hot! I didn't think to put scun-screen on (as Antonia calls it!). Oops. Our first stop was Four Peaks Brewing Company in Tempe. I had this huge mushroom & Swiss burger w/these beer battered fries?!!! YUM---MEE! Finished it all but one tiny bite! ha!

Shaunna & Rich

Next, we took a little ride & got on the freeway towards Saguaro Lake. We made a quick stop at this little beach on the lake. The women we were with reminisced about coming here in high school & getting trashed! Hmm... not me! I was too busy for all that! I grew up back East too. I never understood what the big deal was to drink till you puked!? However, Carlos & I took some self-pix. I'm excited! We so-- need more pix of him & I. We have barely ANY! Sad I know! But I made a promise to myself to just do it & take them, regardless if it's not a good hair day or whatever! NO EXCUSES! We've been together so long & we honestly don't have the tons of photos we should have! Sad. Here's one from that small beach.

See the road sign?! Take note of that & how much or LACK of a shoulder, there is...

Next stop, Lakeshore Restaurant right on the lake. Nice views. Patio & steps leading down to the marina. Everyone drank beer & I got a Rootbeer float w/some powdered donuts! I felt like such a kid! Oh well. Beer is just nasty! Soaked up the view of the water, mountains, boats, jet skis... it was beautiful! (I thought to bring the girls back here, they'll love it!) I can go there everyday! Great photo-op for that self-pic! =)

Here's a few of the other riders:

Carol & Miles

Jason & Bart

We hung out there for awhile & headed out through the curvy, hilly roads. For SOME reason at one point, I saw that our bike was TOO close & over that solid white line on the shoulder. I also saw the pavement had big chunks missing from it w/sand & small rocks. My reaction was to raise my butt off the seat so I wouldn't hit these bumps hard. When I did that, Carlos felt me get light & couldn't turn the bike back towards the road. I thought to myself, I have to jump off this thing bcuz NOW we were hitting those missing parts! I wasn't scared, I just was thinking of a way to jump off! (luckily, we weren't near the parts of the road that just go downhill towards trees or cacti!) Carlos handled it like a PRO! He saved us! Whew! His ankle got tore up from the floor board & rocks but other than that... NO SPILL! That was a thought! This is why I was going to jump! I didn't want this huge, heavy Harley Fatboy that had a hot engine & pipes rolling OVER ME! But Thank God, it didn't come to that! I just got off & sat on this rock for a few mins. The other riders had turned around by then & rode back to us. The guy behind us saw the whole thing. He saw me come so high off the seat & he thought we were going to spill! He told Carlos he couldn't believe he got us out of that! He never saw riding like that! He's done it twice himself & it didn't end up like us! He came over to Carlos, shook his hand & gave him a man hug! The couple in front of us, saw us in his mirror & got worried too.

Surprisingly, my adrenaline didn't kick into high gear. Had that been the case, I would of been possibly air-vacced out of there. Nice huh?! It's happened in the past. Adrenaline kicks in big time & I'm off to the hospital via ambulance! I wasn't even shaking afterwards. Carlos said that he was thinking of how to steady the bike over the broken up road & not having my adrenaline kick in. I LOVE THAT MAN! He saved the day! Wow. We were lucky.

So-- off to The Monastery in Mesa. (by Falcon Field) Little ride to get there. Gorgeous out! It was pretty cool place. Neat-o! hee-hee. They had an inside bar & outside tables, bar, band, ping-pong tables, volleyball sand-courts, bench swings... you can buy meat there & cook it yourself outside! We sat outside & saw this PINK firetruck pull up. Yes! I grabbed the camera & left real quick to take pix! They were having a 'boob ride' (I read a sign inside the bar!) to raise $ for this girl that worked there. We also heard 200 bikers were coming. ??? No room whatsoever for bikes & people! We never saw them though! =) We had left to get truck & pick up girls from Tucson.

On our way home! Happy to be ALIVE!

Had a headache lastnite & felt yuk. And again this am. I'm thinking it's from the sun yesterday. UGH! I have TOO much to do today! Girls had fun in Tucson w/Melina though. I'm happy they got to spend some time w/her & her bf Zach. =)

Have a good day people! xo