Downtown fl.

What a great day it was to spend time with my two favorite people; the sun was nice and warm; no more rain and just giggly little Benny at my side. We spent the morning by the pool side soaking up some rays and making some new friends (which we ran into again later again when picking up dinner). It was a superb day to layout and enjoy the wonderful weather. Although, Benny didn't like it so much; he can't be in the sun for very long, he starts getting really hot and fussy. Well after some fun in the sun, my sister decided to take me downtown to explore the beautiful city. We had so much fun roaming the streets and looking through all the cute little shops, an I actually found a favorite. The day skipped by so fast I wish it would have lasted longer, but I guess it gives me something to look forward too.... Next weekend ;)

Fun visits.

Today is my brother in laws birthday, so I decided to visit his little family for his birthday. Ft Myers is lovely, I'll have more pictures up tomorrow.

Cookies for breakfast.

As high as the sky is above the earth, so great is his love for those who respect him. Psalm 103:11

This morning my mouth was watering for some tasty treats, what's a better way than to go with some sugar-free treats are so packed with dried cranberries, walnuts and rolled oats that they taste slightly similar to a granola bar,bonuses beat thing about them is, you can whip them up in less than half an hour.

Ingredients:
3 ripe bananas
2 c. rolled oats
1/3 c. applesauce
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tbsp. ground flax
1/2 c. dried cranberries
1/3 c. Walnuts

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Using a fork, mash the bananas in a bowl. Stir in oats, applesauce, dried cranberries, walnuts, flax and vanilla extract. Mix batter well. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto a cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes.

Fresh.

It's nice to not have so much humidity in the air. Since this tropic storm debby, I have enjoyed the wonderful windy, rainy days. Today was a perfect day to stop by the beach and sight see some of the extreme waves. Even though the ocean look quite dangerous it was still beautiful to see the strong wind working through each wave colliding into one big crash and sprinkling all of its droplets across the sand; I just love how alive it is. I spent the rest of my day with mark (doing something I really shouldn't be doing) shopping. We explored through places we have never been and actually found a few stores we may consider to favorites in the future.

Tip of the day: cucumbers in water taste amazing, actually very refreshing.

Typical Sunday.

The tropic winds and rain, couldn't stop me from starting my regular Sunday with coastlife church. Plus I got to spend the day cuddling with mark, oh I love the rainy season! This calls for a lovely day of movie marathons. Splendid.

Stormy days, my latest updates.

Since the weather has not been very uplifting lately I have been hearing so much complaints about it. But you know what just because it's gloomy (which I absolutely love) doesn't mean your day can't be fun. Since this rainy spell has bestowed upon us, I have enjoyed spending my time catching up on some of my sketching, as well as cleaning. I went through my whole room one night and cleaned out all my drawers and closet, the things I have been dying to do (and I'm so glad I finally did). It feels good to know that my room not only looks clean, but behind every loop hole it actually is clean too. I snatched up some fashion finds, which were at a great price too. Mark and I also enjoyed playing a few games together. We played 20 questions and we actually asked the same question at the same time, it was silly, I guess we're starting to think the same now haha... Anyways besides that I had some delicious meals I wanted to share this week. All fresh and healthy. I tried making hummus without tahini and it turned out great (added a ton of garlic for that extra garlic breath taste hehe). Lately I have realized that just throwing all the veggies you can find together calls for a great wrap or salad, I haven't enjoyed such fresh homemade random flavors such as these. Mmm it's my latest obsession.

Monday funday.

You know how you completely dread to wake up to work on a Monday morning, 

knowing you have an eight hour shift ahead of you, trying to imagine retired life to make 

yourself feel better... Well that wasn't this kind of Monday for me, however I actually try not 

to let any day feel like that if you know what I mean. I feel like in the business world I have

 learned so much, not only about work, but about others, and how important it is 

to show others you truly care for them. It feels good to know that you can make someone 

else's day by a simple gesture... My manager took me out for dinner today, it was very sweet 

and lovely to spend sometime with her (out of work) laughing and just having a good time.

Then acting silly with marina my new bestie, showing our love for America, it's moments like 

these I want to cherish for life.

 

oh and this was a little something i got my papa for father's day. 

Lazy afternoons.

I love to relax with this cutie. We completely spent the whole day cooking, eating, watching movies, and playing skip-bo with his family (just what I like doing best). I recently discovered what joy it brings to be in the kitchen creating recipe-less foods, and just shuffling favors all around; it's become our recent little hobby.

Tip of the day: always taste twice before adding more salt.

Horses.

I have always been in love with horses, I don't really know what it is, but I feel a connection 

with them; these simple creatures are filled with such adventure. When riding misty I felt so free, 

like my everyday problems had been forgotten (oh boy and I really needed this relaxing moment). 

It's so wonderful to have such amazing friends with such generous hearts. We were able 

to ride free thanks to some great friends. Besides the blisters, scratches, and sore butt, 

I would do it all over again, any day!

This cutie

He always make my day, he even dedicated the whole day to spend with me... 

So sweet. We made Mexican for lunch, and swam (for the first time this year) in the 

pool while listening to some Frank Sinatra; oh and I have to say, homemade sparkling 

drinks are simply a must on a hot day like today.

Greatful.

Went to bradenton to join Kari jobe singing worship at bayside. 

What a wonderful night. I feel so happy to know God is so real, and to always be reminded of his great glory.

More birthday fun.

Ok I know I haven't been writing lately, I have just been so caught up with celebrating! 

My beautiful sister came down for the weekend to spend it with me and her lovely 4 month old 

baby B. Oh what a joy it was to see the both of them all weekend long! Together we made 

some fluffy pancakes for breakfast and watched a bunch of FRIENDS on the cloudy days. 

That show is my ultimate favorite. We painted our nails, had some girl talk and just did 

all the girly things you could think of. For my birthday I decided to go with a slightly 

different cake; this time I made it myself, an all ice cream cake with coffee ice cream as 

the filling and dark chocolate covered almonds and bananas to top it off. Ohhh yes it was just 

that amazing. Anyways I got to go to another birthday party of a young gorgeous girl named Ali, 

oh what a wonderful gathering it was. I very much did enjoy myself with food, 

friends, presents, laughter. Let me just tell you, this party was peachy keen, and the food 

was fabulous. To top it off the Charles family surprised me with a wonderful carrot cake, 

(my favorite of course) I am just so blessed to have such loving friends. 

It has been such an amazing birthday, I will just say that it was probably the best I have ever had. 

Now that it is all done and over with, I want to do it all over again. Hehe, I mean 

birthdays come only once a year why not enjoy them as much as you can 

(I basically celebrated for 3 days). Oh and now all I can do is wait another year to celebrate all over again.