Pacheco 10k! Who's in?

Tia margie, tio lalo, char, lalo, mike and I were at dinner the other night and we were talking about sombrero festival. We thought it would be fun for all the pachecos to run the sombrero festival 10k next year (2014).  I can have shirts made for us. Who's in?

New family member

Samantha Claire Nava was born March 1, 2013 in Austin, Tx. She was 8lbs and 1.4 oz and was 20" in length.

New member of the family

Nathan Matthew Nava
Born: June 8, 2011 @ 1:25pm
Weight: 7 lbs 11 oz

After 12.5 hours of labor, Nathan came into this world in dramatic fashion. A result of shoulder dystocia, he was in the NICU for 5 days. He is doing well with no signs of side effects from the delivery complication. Mike and I couldn't be happier. We feel blessed to have him in our lives and excited to introduce him to all the family!

The best salsa ever!!

Ok, girlies... as promised, here is the recipe for THE best salsa ever!! It is sort of spicy but not too much, if you don't eat a lot of spicy food you may want to try it with just 2 chile habaneros. It gets less spicy each day.

5 roma tomatoes (the softest you can find)

1/2 garlic clove

3 red chile habaneros

Knorr suiza (original, no fancy flavors please)

Roast the first three ingredients. I do it on a comal, but you can use any pan or in the oven. They have to be very charred so the tomatoes are cooked through. The habaneros will puff up when ready and the garlic has to be almost burnt.

Blend with a teaspoon of knorr suiza.

You can also substitute the chile habaneros for 32 chiles del monte (also know as chile piquín) They are the kind that I gave you Char for christmas. You don't have to roast these, just put in the blender as is.

Enjoy!

Tzatziki Sauce (cucumber sauce) - YUMMY!

Mike and I went to our monthly dinner event. This month's theme...GREEK! my chicken...uh...not so good :( it was a bit dry, but the Tzatziki sauce received rave reviews. What's that? Oh, you want the recipe? Sure... here it is (serves 4, adjust as needed):

Ingredients:
1/2 cup seeded, diced cucumber
1 teaspoon kosher salt (I used seasalt since that is what I had)
1 cup plain yogurt
1/4 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 tablespoon rice vinegar
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 clove garlic, minced (I used a bit more, since I love garlic)
1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
1/2 teaspoon Greek seasoning

Directions:
-In a small bowl, toss the shredded cucumber with 1 teaspoon kosher salt. Put in fridge for at least 5 mins (I had it in there for 20 mins because it took me so long to do the next step) :)
-In a medium bowl, mix the yogurt, sour cream , lemon juice, rice vinegar, and olive oil. Season with garlic, fresh dill, and Greek seasoning.
-Remove excess water from cucumber. (I used a paper towel and squeezed)
-Mix cucumber into sauce.
-Season to taste with salt and pepper (I didn't do this because it was already delicious)
-Refrigerate until ready to use.

I hope you like it as much as I did!!!

Actualización de Tía Ceci/Update on Tía Ceci

 

Dear Family and Friends, :)
My mom has just come out of surgery and everything went well. She is still in the recovery room and we will be able to see her within the hour.  Thank you all for your prayers!! (and for all the support!)
-Adriana

Querida familia y amigos,
Mi mama ya salio de sirugia y todo resulto bien. Sigue en la sala de recuperacion; Vamos a poder verla dentro de una hora.  Muchas gracias a todos por sus oraciones y apoyo!!
-Adri

The Primas Promise to Post

I had the pleasure of seeing a bunch of the Primas at Sanda's beautiful and touching baby shower this weekend. I will post some of the photos early this coming week, yay!

At the shower the girls promised they would be contributers to the blog; to keep them accountable & share my excitement I'm sharing this info with you.

So I hope you readers are excited to see what we post and I also hope other family members are inspired to post, comment or simply just read as well.

XXOOO, Char

Lalo and Char's Chapel Hill Apt!

Margarita, You're HIRED

Congratulations to my beautiful, fun, smart and ever-successful mother in law for her promotion to Special Education Diagnostician!!!

There was a great amount of competition district-wide for this position but the winner was Mrs. Margarita Garza!

Please join me in congratulating Margarita, as she will be able to read everyone's comments in the section below. We are so proud of you! Congrats again, Suegra!

Vanessa and Jason's Wedding Website

Hooray! Vanessa and Jason now have a wedding website with information about their wedding ceremony and reception, accommodations, and tons of their beautiful pictures!

www.VanessaandJason.com

We booked rooms at the Marriott Residence Inn and the workers there said the rooms blocked that qualified for the special negotiated rate were quickly being booked, so you should probably reserve your rooms ASAP!

Vanessa would also like to invite everyone to sign the guest book. Congratulations again, Vane and Jason! We are so excited for the nuptials this coming September!