Catch up

I just downloaded up batch of pictures so here is a little update from the last couple months. 

Andrew Surprised me with Peonies

Mom Wearing Her Birthday Crown and Earrings

Dad opening his birthday presents

Andrew opening his awesome Birthday shirt from Briana

Boston Enjoying sitting at the table

Erika being Erika

Dad being Dad

Sad Day

So I joined Google + a few weeks ago and noticed it was sharing a bunch of pictures that I had not posted and had no idea where they were coming from, so natrually I deleted the album. Well long story short I guess that album was all the pictures from my blog and now all the picutres from my blog are gone and can not be revovered. I am sad because now I can't go back and read my old posts with pictures. I am going to stay positive and just move forward.. but I still really sad.

My Garden

My Garden is in full swing. We had a few issues... but it is the first year so I am ok with that.

Cool Weeds in the yard

Cuties baby carrot ever!

Shout out to Cassie

Congratulations to my amazingly talented sister Cassie. You have spent the last three years working your butt off, many lost days from no sleep, stress, and loneliness but you made it. You are done and now have that silly little piece of paper that says you are an official graduate from one of the top private schools in the U.S.- Washington University with your Master Degree in Architecture. I remember being so jealous when we were little because you would draw really cool floor plans on graph paper. I could not make my floor plans as cool as yours. I never thought that you designing houses at the age of 7 would carry through to this stage in your life. You are talented, smart, kind and beautiful and I look forward to seeing what you do now moving forward in your life. You are destine to do great things.

Love you lots,

Dina

Mum

~Ten Things I Love About You~

1) You are a generous

2) You are caring

3)You love the color Peach

4) You laugh at dumb commercials

5) You watch Lifetime

6)You pretend not to love the dogs but when no one is looking you tell them you love them.

7) You like to talk while you watch TV

8) You are Strong

9) You like to be tan even though you know it causes skin cancer

10) You text message

Me

Bowser's First Run

We have kept Bowser on a leash for the last 4 months. This is the first time we have intentionally let him run. He almost didn't know what to do with himself!

Peonies

I have not been able to identify my favorite flower until now....I can say with certainty that Peonies are my FAVORITE flower.

Happiness

  "Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul."

~Democritus~

I love this picture :)

I Heart my MacBook

~Love~

Greeting card personalized with Smilebox

Dear Sorn from Dinsorn

You know the way to my heart.... 

Cleaning. I don't tell you enough, THANK YOU for cleaning. You do such a wonderful job when you clean and it is so nice for me not have to worry about it. I usually start with the idea of a "Team Work" clean day, but that usually doesn't happen and you end up cleaning on your own. Between school and work my time is limited and I usually don't want to spend it cleaning, so you must know how much I appreciated what you do. On this most recent cleaning excursion you cleaned my room, made the bed, dusted my dresser and vacuumed!!!

Again, Thank You and I love you!

Idea....Maybe if we got one of these I would clean more?

Word of the Day

Acculturation- Is the degree to which individuals incorporate the cultural values, beliefs, language and skills of the mainstream culture.

What my Christmas looked like.

A New Year

I am usually not one to make New Years Resolutions and keep them but I feel that this year is different. I tried to keep my goals realistic and simple to help myself accomplish them.

1. Fit and Fitness- Do something active for 60 min each day.

2. Stay on a budget-No more frivolous spending. I am going to manage my monthly spending in hopes of seeing my savings account grow.

3. Learn a new word every day- More on this later.