Summer Bloom

When Oscar and I first moved into our apartment, I decided to go ahead and plant some flowers. I love plants for the home, growing up my mom would always have flowers inside the house, and I loved how much it beautified the home. So, I bough a few plant pots some soil, and seeds. It all started out well, my plants grew, the flowers bloomed… but then I always end up killing them. The plants lasted about a month and then they just withered away and died, I tried this with 3 plants. After reading Daylins’ post Convolvuluses a few weeks ago I was really  motivated to plant some flowers again. About 3 weeks ago I bought some new seeds, and planted them. I’m happy to say that I already have flowers, I’m still waiting for the third plant to grow (this one was planted a week and a half after the others)

I hope that this time around I’m able to keep my plants alive for a long time. I can’t wait to have a house and fill my backyard with flowers. I love having them around!

Miami Heat

Basketball season is over, with the Mavericks winning the championship, and defeating my team, the Miami Heat. It was a great season, full of exciting and stressful moments. Needless to say the Heat was at the center of the media frenzy, unfortunately most of it was negative. The Heat going to the playoffs, and then the finals brought all our friends together, nearly every playoff game we watched with friends, which made it even better. Oscar and I also went to a few games; it was so much fun to be in the American Airlines Arena filled with energetic fans, and take part of what was a very crazy season. We hope that next season we will be able to attend more games.
A few pictures from the games we went to:

Family Times

Recently my 4 year old niece had a dance recital, so my family attended to see our little ballerina. I have to admit I was very surprised to see how much choreography the girls could remember, although there was someone on the side they could look for if they needed help.

I look forward to going to her next recitals! She’s such a precious little girl.

Here’s a pic of Lina  with my Sis & I

This is what I made for her, to pin on her dress!

There’s always an excuse to craft, I really liked it. I'll be doing more of these for different occasions. 

I can’t believe the first baby of the house Jeremy (my nephew) is so big, he just finished 4^th grade, at the end of the summer he will start his last year of elementary school. I could still remember when he was a baby. Okay, saying that makes me feel like I’m old. You know, reminiscing about when family member where babies, and saying how fast time is going by. 

Its been a very eventful month; recitals,  graduations and what not. we'll see what the summer has in store for us.

^xo, Val

See it, Love it, Pin It

I recently, and by recently I mean two days ago started using pinterest. It is agreat way to store and organize all those great things you see online. I started getting together the ideas for either food, crafts or cool stuff I find. I had always wanted a way to categorize things online, just like you would magazines. I love that I don't have to save every website or blog I like to my favorites, now i can just pin what i like anywhere I am. I look forward to going back to all those crafts I want to do and create a pinterest board for my future diy!

My Furry Friend

Say hello to my little furry friend…… Millie

Breed: Yorkshire terrier (Yorkie)

Age: 2

There's a reason why they say dogs are man’s best friend. I have always had a dog, as a matter fact growing up I had a one just like Millie (I guess I can’t get enough of them). I love having a dog. She is great company, especially when I’m home alone, which happens quite often considering the hubby and I work opposite schedules. I think she likes it when he's not home, because all my attention is for her. 

Millie is a great dog, she is so much fun. I love how excited she is to see us, whether we've been gone for hours or stepped outside to throw the trash away. I love that all she really ever wants is food, a walk, and our attention. Theres a million reasons why we love her, i could go on forever. I think we will always have a dog, an unconditional 4 legged friend!

Don’t go to a store to find your next best friend, Adopt!

PetFinder

^xo, Val

Crepe Wreath

This past weekend I decided to make a wreath. I was inspired by a coffee wreath  shown in one of the blogs I read Nesting Place. I had seen others made out of Crepe paper but in rose form, I didn't think Oscar would appreciate the roses much so i went with twisted crepe paper. What makes crepe paper really good for this project is that you can find it in nearly every color.

I added a special accent on mine "Families are Forever" and hung it in the entrance to our home.

To view the instructions click on the Link Crepe Wreath !

^xo, Val