Almost 30 years old

I had this photo shoot done by my friend Tashua at the end of summer. I thought it would be nice to celebrate being almost 30 years old with some fun pictures. I love how they all turned out.

Which one is your favorite?

4th of July

I love it all! The freedom we celebrate, the American flags waving everywhere, the patriotic clothes,the yummy barbeque, the frozen deserts and of course the fireworks! I am so grateful that we can live in such a beautiful country.

Iubirile mele!

See you soon!

We had so much fun with grandma and grandpa visiting museums, playing outside, swimming, shopping, playing pretend, dressing up and much more but in mid June we had to say goodbye to them as they returned back to their home in Spain. It was hard to let them go and we all cried even though we knew they will return soon. Good byes are the worst for me when it comes to my family. We are grateful to Skype that has allowed us to see each other everyday making our lives a little sweeter.

Backyard fun

We are so lucky to have grandma (buni Gaby) and grandpa (bunicu Dodo) here!

My princess is 10!!!

At the beginning of June my little princess turned 10 years old. Yes, I said she has entered into double digits. Can you believe it! It took me a while.

I love my bright sunshine more than I can describe, so when she requested a music themed birthday party I said of course and decided to make it as special as possible because she deserves it. I baked her a 3 tier cake which I decorated with grandmas help in white, black and yellow fondant. I also created a little spotlight in the living room where she and her guests could dance and sing. We really tried to spoil her a little more than normal on her birthday. We are so grateful that Heavenly Father gave us the privilege to be her parents and intrusted us with such a beautiful and kind daughter. We love you Jasmine with all our heart!

She is so beautiful!!!

Memorial Day

Some of our good friends joined us and celebrated memorial day by going bowling in the morning then walking and shopping a little at the plaza followed by going out to dinner with everyone. We all had a great time together. My mom and dad loved the atmosphere at the plaza because it reminded them a lot of Europe where you walk to the boutiques and eat at restaurants on the patio.

School projects and achievements

Where to start!? At the end of fourth grade we were invited to Jasmine's school for the annual award celebration. I knew that she was going to receive several since she has been a member of the math and chess club as well as a school councilor, a star reader and much more. Another great part was that my mom had never seen an award celebration for one of her grandchildren (she was at every award I received in school growing up) so she was a little nervous but very excited. Jasmine received more than five awards that day and right at the end the fifth grade brought a special award which they described as a grand recognition award for a special person who they have watched help others in need all throughout the year. When Jasmine's named was called I could see the happiness in her eyes and my heart started to beat 10 times faster. Everyone was so happy for her including my mom who is her biggest fan.

I am so proud of my little girl and all the hard work she puts into everything. She gives more than 100%. I love that she is my oldest because I know that my boys have a great example to follow.

Also take a look at one of her cute book projects : Charlotte's web! She had to write a summary of the book and collect the main characters in a basket to present to her class.

Ice cream

Grandma and grandpa took as out for ice cream one sunny afternoon right after grandpa and Jeremy got off work. With such nice weather we enjoyed our frozen delights outside. The kids asked for french fries also and grandma and grandpa said why not. French fries go great with ice cream! Jasmine and Andrew said we should go out for ice cream every week. I think my figure would definitely suffer from that.

Daddy daughter

Just look at how much fun they had at this activity! I love their cute smiles!!

Mother daughter date

When I received the invitation for this event I was super excited. Not only because it allowed fancy hats but also because my daughter was going to serve a fancy meal and teach me about the good table manners she has learned. Jasmine and I had a blast dressing up for the event and the atmosphere there was wonderful. We truly enjoyed our time together.

Capitol building

I love going on field trips with my kids. I am one of the first parents to volunteer for such things even if it involves being on a bus with fourth graders for several hours. It makes my kids so happy that I am there therefore it's all worth it. I will let the picture speak of some of the fun things we have seen and learned on this field trip.

Delicious food

I just wanted to share some of the delicious food that gets made from scratch in our home. We all love fresh bread, bread sticks, pizza and all kinds of yummy sweets. One of my favorite snacks is sliced apples with cinnamon.