recently

just a few

pictures 

i've done

recently:

my baby brother in law

Mac

and a few

of sweeties,

Ella and Ava:

and the lovely Linh:

and a wedding:

and there you 

have it.

that's what 

i've been 

up to.

gardening and baking

i finally got around

to pruning the 

lantana in the front beds.

it was getting a little

out of control

out there!

and i planted the

summer bulbs in the back.

i'm excited for them

to bloom and see what 

colors they are!

i wanted to use my

new mixing bowls

so i made some 

banana walnut bread.

it was really easy and 

delicious!

here is the 

recipe if you want 

to make some too!

1-1/3 cup flour

1/2 cup Splenda Granular

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 pinch salt

1-1/4 cups mashed bananas

1 tbsp. canola oil

1/3 cup milk

2 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 cup walnuts

bake at 350 degrees 45 minutes.

happy birthday to me!

today is 

my

23rd

birthday!

i'll be updating

about the

weekend later,

but for now,

feel free to 

wish me well

;)

wow

things 

have 

been 

crazy

lately!

i have so much

to catch up on

here in the

blogging world.

however i will

just start with

our trip to 

new york city!

it was a long trip

so here is just a short

timeline:

Monday we arrived 

in NYC, checked into

our hotel which turned out 

to be itsy bitsy and 

somewhat crazy,

so we moved.

went to a Jimmy Eat World

concert in the upper west side, 

i broke my ankle, 

walked on it the whole next day

till i couldn't anymore,

went to the ER, 

got crutches, 

went to a broadway show,

met lauren graham there

next day to Ellis Island and

Statue of Liberty,

went to 30 rock

and sat in on a test taping

of the Late Night show with

Jimmy Fallon

we went to our conference

(the international arts movement)

and met some amazing people, 

some being:

makoto fujimura, helen sung, 

matt kearney, billy collins

.

amazing. 

we went to 

3 more broadway shows, 

saw more celebrities,

(nathan lane, 

matthew broderick, 

and more)

rode the subway a lot, 

walked

(or crutched rather)

a lot, 

got stuck there

because of  a blizzard,

but we are home.

and it is much warmer here.

thank goodness...

and that in a nutshell

(a tiny one)

was our trip!