Yo y mi media naranja

despues de un juego de baloncesto

(Thunder vs. Rockets)

Girly Girl Fun

"The more you dress up the more fun you'll have"

-Brian molko

I think these two have just realized what it means to have a sister......LOTS of girly girl FUN!

I'm saving these images for their wedding days.

My two loves

My loves!

What I love the most about Isa right now...

Her politeness

Her love for princess dresses

Her taste in music

How sociable she's become

How she enjoys playing video games with her dad

That she still naps

Her desire to learn

Her eagerness to teach her sister everything she knows

That she compliments me every time I dress up

How she tells me she loves me everyday

How she must tell her daddy every morning that "you always comes back"

How she loves Fabuloso in her potty.

(I mean, how cool is it not to be able to pee in purple toilet water?)

How she loves Pistol Pete

That she loves to host play dates

Her thoughtfulness for others

Her creativity

Her interest in "workbooks"

How she can't see herself without her sister

How she can't live without her pink bear

What I love the most about Maya right now...

Her sweet voice

Her sweetness

How contagious her laughter is

Her admiration for her sister

How she says Mami

Her facial expressions

How she sings, Rain Rain Go Away!

How she terrorizes every room she walks into

How she asks that I chase her with a blow dryer

How she loves to dance to Sophia's intro

How she yells with excitement, Phia! Phia!

How excited she gets when Daddy comes home

Her dance moves....hilarious!

How she loves a challenge

How she compliments herself

How she's everyone's fan

How intelligent she is

Her love for food

How she hates going to bed without her sister

How fearless she can be

How she loves for all of us to dance together

(Oh yea, we host dance parties in the living room weekly!)

Nothing melts my heart more than watching my two loves love each other.

No matter how crazy these two drive me at times, I couldn't live without them.

They are the best thing that God could've blessed us with.

Spice in our Life

I love this quote. This quote can be applied to many aspects of life but today I'm applying it in my kitchen :)

I love spicy food. I enjoy the variation of taste that spices bring out in foods. Nothing screams my name out more than a fully colored, spicy dish :)

Mexicans love to use the basic, jalapeños and cilantro. For color we use tomatoes and onions. In.every.thing! That's standard so when in doubt, you should always revert to that. And I always do.

Today the girls are feeling a little under the weather - mild cold with severe grumpiness The forecast is that of rain and chilly winds so this mama is making them a traditional Mexican soup. Lentil Bean Soup - my favorite and to everyone's surprise, theirs too!

These beans alone are tasteless so all I do is throw in the Mexican basics. Yep, jalapeños and all. Add a little salt and a dash of this, another Mexican favorite when making soups...

And you're done.

Every Mexican has this in their pantry, I can assure you that :)

My soup is ready in no time and all I have to do now is wait for lunch to roll around.

¡Buen provecho

(spanish for bon appétit)

What is your favorite spice?

Quote Junkie

I love reading blogs. Whether they're personal blogs, crafty blogs, educational blogs, whatever! I love others' ideas, creations or motives. One idea that I absolutely love is that of sharing quotes (wink, Karie). You know the ones that you constantly see throughout Facebook and Pinterest. I find myself reading every single quote that comes across my newsfeed and saving images onto my photo libraries. So, I will steal my good friend's idea and share quotes I feel inspire and motivate me to move in the direction I want to go as an individual, a wife and a mother.

So first up is this one...

....because we all have difficult people in our lives :)

Spring/Summer Bucket List

We made a summer bucket list last year and we had lots of fun scratching items off our list. The list came in handy when trying to find things to do so, this year we're doing it again! Some of the items on our list will be a challenge to us as a family and others with be simply for Scott & I.

The Fowlers 2013 Spring/Summer Bucket List

-Cushing's Aquatic Center
-Visit splash pads
-Camping trip at Arbuckle Lake
-A family weekender with grandparents
-A family beach vacation
-picnics out on the lawn
-picnics date with daddy during his lunch break
-Remington Park in Oklahoma City
-trips to the Snow Cone Shak
-smoothies at the pool
-fishing with daddy
-weekender at the Echo Canyon Spa Resort in Sulphur
-Visit the Tishimingo National Fish Hatchery
-host play gatherings once a month
-a summer camp for Isabel
-participate in the library's summer reading programs
-A 5K Run
-meet more people around town
-take a turn at "Mommy & Daddy Date Night" with each of the girls
-camp indoors
-Thunder playoff games
-NBA watch parties
-evening picnics out at Prague Lake
-driveway chalk drawing contests
-visit Oklahoma Science Museum
-outdoor painting

There you have it! I'm excited about this list. Not sure if we'll get around to all the items on our list but it should be fun scratching items off.
How about you all? Is anyone else doing a Summer Bucket List? What do you enjoy doing in the summer? I would love to get feedback, I always want to know what others are doing :)

A Splash of Spring

This year I'm bringing Spring indoors! I have grown tiresome of all the rich dark colors that flow throughout our home. Can anyone say, depressing? Don't get me wrong, I love dark rich colors when it's 40 degrees outside. When I can curl up in my Dara & Co. blanket and sip on some hot tea. But, I find it extremely hard to enjoy spring days when our home still showcases fall and winter decor. This year I'm changing that. My life needs color and LOTS of it! I mean, who doesn't love a splash of color?!
My colors of choice are blues, greens and yellows. I have added accents in these colors throughout the house. The first area to take a splash of spring was my bedroom. I love jumping into a bed that feels very welcoming no matter the season, so it felt right to start here.

The bed feels fresh and welcoming of an afternoon siesta. Yeah Right! Who am I kidding, not with a three and a one year old.

Next is this accent piece of a staircase. I found this piece while in Las Vegas this past month at Bellagio's Giardini Garden Store, which of courses sells garden inspired decor. I found the cute spring gift boxes there too. The staircase sits on a chest of drawers and brings the feel of fresh garden flowers indoors. Freshening.
Next up is this yellow planter.

This is my favorite! Mainly because I found this in the discount corner at Pottery Barn. It's calming, colorful, fresh and simple. It sits in a corner of the bedroom. I think this really brings the outdoors, indoors. Looking at this picture confirms my desire in ripping out this carpet and replacing with a nice wooden floor. A project in the making :)
Moving on to the entry way. No big change here, just filled my glass hurricanes with spring fill.

The last area to receive a little splash of spring was the kitchen. I simply added green bushes above several cabinets.

My favorite accent piece in the kitchen is this blue, greenish, yellow platter.

I also picked this piece up at Giardini. It's unique in the fact that its handcrafted and imported from Italy. I hope this is an item that one of my daughters will cherish and showcase in their home years after I'm long gone. It truly is beautiful piece.
I am currently working on a spring wreath and a few other pieces so anticipate a following post. I hope everyone enjoys Spring as much as we do around here!

a family tradition in the making

This weekend we took the girls to Sulphur, OK. Sulphur is the small town where Scott grew up, where he holds his most cherished childhood memories. Sulphur is a pretty neat town that's about an hour and a half from Prague. Now that the girls are older, We talk about making frequent trips down to the lake to camp, learn to water ski and all the fun things that people do while at the lake. We talk about the possibility of becoming a lake family. It would mean a lot to Scott if the girls grew a passion for the Arbuckle Lake area.
Here are a few pictures taken from this weekend. The girls enjoyed exploring and hanging out by the banks.








Ha, yes, Isa is wearing her most favorite princess dress, Belle from Beauty and the Beast. She struggled getting around but swore that it was no inconvenience. Silly girl. Maya enjoyed running around collecting rocks of all sizes.
I hope to have lots more pictures to share in the future of our little family spending some good old fashion fun at the lake :)

In with the NEW

New Blog. New Name. New Look. New Year. Here you have the latest version of the Fowlers! Living life. Loving Life. And ready to share the thousand little things (hence the name) that make our world go round.