Cinco de Mayo

It's one of my favorite holidays. There's absolutely no rhyme or reason why Americans celebrate Mexico's Independence Day...except that it gives us an excuse to eat tacos and burritos and break pinatas and light Virgin Mary and Jesus candles. Viva Mexico! Our Mexican meal was fabuloso! Olivia put her own twist on tacos by substituting grated potatoes for meat, which I much preferred. Mixed with sauteed mushrooms, peppers and onions and topped with fresh avocado and mango salsa, you'd never even miss the beef.


This is Tyler. He and I put this little shin dig together at the last minute. Yes, this is the Tyler I'm dating. He's 7 years younger than me. Perhaps he's mature for his age, or perhaps I'm just immature for mine. Either way, we don't feel the age gap much....unless we start talking about high school music...which would be elementary school for him. Then it feels a little weird, so we don't talk about that much. :p

Olivia and Matt cookin' up tacos!

After dinner entertainment....beating the crap out of this pinata. Keva got to go first because she had the most pent up aggression in the group. All I can say is that Tyler was either brave or crazy for being on the other end of that stick with a pissed off, blindfolded, hammer swinging woman chasing after him!

Mexican candy....straight from the Mexican mall just down the street from me. What a great discovery!

Here's a few clips of us experimenting with Mexican candy. If you've never tried hard mango candy with chili centers, well, now you'll know why.....

Did I mention my boyfriend is really mature for his age.....???