Nasty Spring Storm

About a month ago a bad storm blew in. It lasted less than an hour but the wind and lightening was relentless. I took a photo out of the kitchen window. It did not turn out all that great, but you can see the trees being blown.

Amy's Shower

Here is the amazing house that the shower was held at.

 

On the right in the white dress is Amy, and standing next to her is my cousin Mary, Amy's aunt. Entering the room on the far left is the groom's mother, Lisa (great name don't you think? ;).

My mom and Nana at our table.

Guests enjoying themselves. If my memory serves me correctly, th women at this table work at the hospital at which the groom's father is a doctor at.

The ceiling was painted with a scene, and in the door of an upstairs room you can see a very life-like statue of a waiter.

I had to crop a close up out of the previous photo so you can see the detail better.

Here is the room where dinner then desert was served. We brought in our plates and helped ourselves. The entire table was full of deserts, and I had a small slice of each one! They were unbelievably delicious.

I went to the most amazing shower yesterday. It was for my cousin Nora's daughter Amy. The house the shower was held in was spectacular and is used for housing the art collection of the owner. The art and the house were a beautiful backdrop to the perfect shower. Eiffel Towers holding votive cups lit each table, and delicious pastries from 3 countries, including France and Italy, were featured as desert. As a result of that, I am sitting here with my coffee eating Tarimisu for breakfast while I blog! =D

Dobby and my Flowers

I was outside watering my flowers and noticed Dobby sniffing around as he looked for the perfect plant to potty on. Apparently, in his view, my time spent in the garden is for providing him with toileting options doggy-equivalent of a spa. Lucky for my flowers he is not a Great Dane?

Pictures of Precious

 This is the day we brought Precious home. I am trying to remember the date, but I believe it was sometime in April 2011. Dobby was completely obsessed with her!

 Prettybird had to say hello and welcome Precious too.

Pretty soon Precious made friends with a stuffed puppy. She is our sweetie pie!

Ta Da! Our New TV

Our New LG Flat Screen TV

My Best Buy Rewards Points were about to expire, so the pressure was on as to what to do with them. After much deliberation, I decided to go ahead and upgrade the downstairs television, since this is a central place in our home. The new TV was too large for the entertainment center, so I bought a cheapo TV console at Target. Erik put that together for me as well as installed the shelves on the wall, which were also a Target bargain. It really opened up the room. Need to repaint and replace the trashed carpet and the room will be beautiful! Actually, we could use two more windows and a new couch... but first things first ;)

Having Fun with Flowers

I decided to play around with some of the pictures I took of my flowers, so I opened Photoshop and had some fun. Here are a few of the works of art I created (LOL works of art!) It is amazing what we can do with a computer isn't it. Move over Van Gogh?

Baby Robins

Three Baby Robins!

Here are the baby robins only two days after the picture I previously posted. They grow so quickly! Momma Robin still isn't happy with me when I turn the spigot off or on, so I try to get it done as fast as I can so she can return to her babies. As you can see all three are doing well! I am so glad we planted these bushes. It is fun adding to nature, and giving the birds places to take refuge and nest.