Cast Time.

Enjoy the cast. 

Breakfast with Susan and her babies

A Day with the Grandparents

I just love having them around me. 

Aunt Liz and Mama Olga

Making Tamales with Mama Olga

-How to Make Tamales-

With Mama Olga

I have never made tamales before and when grandma said she wanted to I had to jump on the opportunity. 

Family, grandma finally taught me how to make tamales! ♡

And — spoiler alert — they are so much easier than I was expecting.  Like, so much.

Seriously, I don’t know why I’ve been so intimidated by these little guys over the years!  They are actually really simple to make at home, and next-level delicious when served fresh outta the steamer.  Granted, they do take about two hours to assemble and steam.  But in that amount of time, you can make literally three dozen servings (that also happen to be freezer-friendly, a meal prep dream come true), you can customize them with just about any meat or vegetarian filling and sauce that you prefer (either 100% homemade, or I have some speedy store-bought shortcuts below), you can steam them either on the stovetop or in the Instant Pot, and — in the end — you get to enjoy the most delicious homemade tamales made from scratch.

Seriously, we can’t get enough of them.  Which is great, ha, since we now have a freezer full of ’em. (Nevermind, everyone who helped took them home.) 

The tamales were so yummy. Like SO SO SO Yummy!!!!

Athena's 10th Birthday Celebration

Happy Birthday Athena. 

Enjoy your day with your family. We love you so much.