almost finished.

tomorrow will mark the last day of my first year in college,

it really has been a great one, honestly im glad its over but i know that 

within two weeks im going to be begging to go back. i have learned a lot 

throughout this year, and honestly this year will be one that i will never forget.

one of my dear friends Evelyn Durshpek passed away on the 23rd of February

and everyday we would meet up at our "sexy bench" (don't mind the name). 

it was just always freezing in school, and this bench was in the perfect place.

the sun would radiate directly on us and beam on our skin giving us just a few 

moments to warm up before the next bitter cold hour and a half.

i would do anything to just go back to one of those days. 

i pictured our first year of completion together celebrating with a nice girls day out.

but life doesn't always go according to plan, and you know what, she is in better hands.

this year has had the good and bad days, but over all i thank God everyday for each of those days,
because without them i wouldn't be who i am today.

catching up.

 what a great weekend. i gotta tell you, family and friends are such a great blessing,

even some of my closest friends i consider them family. like my friend

Cat who is recently engaged to Aaron yayyy, they came out to eat lunch with my family today.

ahh just love the both of them. these few days have just been very productive,

as you see, i finally cleaned my closet (praise God)! i never thought that would happen.

but wow, my first year of college has flown by so fast, and im taking finals all next week.

i cant believe that summer is already here, and that means its been a year

since my sister has left to australia. i miss her dearly, every day i get reminded of her

by the simplest things and it makes me hope that soon i will see her again.

ohhh and i haven't introduced my babe to you, this sweet little man on the bottom left corner

is Smokey my handsome pit-bull. the three year old troublemaker never fails to put a smile

on my face, gosh and those puppy eyes, don't even get me started. i just love him.
haha and what cracks me up is it only took me a second to get him too look
at me in the photo i took of my family.

growing fast.

 

 

sometimes it takes those simple days that make you smile unconditionally. 

I decided to grab Mark and spend the day with my sister and her sweet little baby Benjamin Mathew. 

But we call him Ben, Benji, Benny, or Benjik
He was born on February 8th, only 7 pounds & 3.4 ounces.

The little man is growing up so fast, already trying to crawl and walk. 

oh and it is just the cutest thing when he tries to talk, it literally makes me melt. 

Childhood.

Today I was looking through some old photographs of my lovely family

of when we were younger and I came across some of theses,

 I was born and raised by two wonderful parents. 

Not like any ordinary parents, my mama and pops both were always extremely connected with us, 

like best friends, and to this day we still are. I love this crazy, wild, sweet, caring family.

God has blessed us abundantly, I have just such an amazing family.

 From the eldest it goes Vitalya, Maksim, Catherine, Elisay, myself, and the baby Samuel. 

Yes, a family of six full blood children, and some how we all found 

our ways to get along through the tough a struggling times. 

But you know what, I wouldn't trade them for the world, my family means everything to me.

Camping out before my little brother Sammy was born,

Top left (Eli), top right (Eli, Sam, Vita, and Catherine), the 6 of us, and Sam again on the right.

The eldest siblings, Vitalya and Maksim.

The little hippy Sammy

My mama and I.

relax.

 

getting caught in everyday life is easy to fall into, 

i just took these past few days just to relax and enjoy the beauty of life.

sometimes i appreciate using my time to be alone, alone in my thoughts, and away from the rest of the world.

you might think im strange but i actually enjoy it so, it feels wonderful to be carefree for a moment

and let the day take you wherever you need to go. 

its days like these that allow me to appreciate life even more.

 i was actually amazed at these cute little birdies on the beach,

and how close i was able to stand by them.

i think i started to scare them away by chasing them, 

but it was deffinatly worth it. 

 i wish days like this would come more often. 

McBig Mouth.

tonight some one was craving a double cheese burger, which honestly 

I don't know why they call it a double if the size of both parties look like they should be one,

but I'm not going to get into that subject. I just wanted to show everyone how big his mouth is, there probably is not a single thing he can gulp down in seconds.

miniature golf.

Evies Miniature Golfing.

 Tokyo Japanese Steakhouse

super delicious food, worth every penny

Crab meat and cucumbers in a spicy mayo sauce salad. 

(delicious, my favorite)

          

Ika- marinated squid in seaweed dressing

Mexican Roll

This sushi roll was absolutely amazing, i think it was called geisha roll

His smile just lights up my day!

Today was beyond amazing, we couldn't decide what we wanted to do, because it seemed like it was going to  rain, but mark still took me out to a great game of golf; i snapped a photo of our score, and
yes i beat him pretty badly, but he was a good sport. the second time around i promise he was more of a challenge, i was actually afraid to loose.
 i never knew miniature golfing could actually be quite fun. after the game we decided we were hungry
and ate some dinner afterwords, and yummmm... this was probably was the best dinner we ever had.
the food was phenomenal; everything just tasted so fresh and full of fun flavors.
im most likely going to go back sometime soon.
we walked on the white sands for the rest of the night, and the weather in the evening was gorgeous.
i don't remember laughing so hard in my life, we had such a nice time.

this was the best way to end a perfect weekend!

bianca.

Bianca Juzwa, one of my gorgeous closest friends, and sweetest girl i know.
we spent our Saturday in Tampa like any girl would... shopping, chatting, and having some really good laughs.
 i now know that if i ever get lost, she will help me find my way, and i mean that literally.
 this girl is a straight up gps. haha great times, i just love her.

special delivery.

today i came into work like any other day. accept today was an exceptional day, 

i got flowers delivered to me, and yes they did make me blush...

 but I'll tell you something, it was the sweetest thing i have ever received,

 and better than the flowers, was the little tiny note that was attached to them.

 sometimes the most simplest words from someone can mean so much. 

most of the people coming through the bank and asked me if it was my birthday, 

or what the special occasion was, but i merely told them it was "just because." 

almost everyone seemed shocked. but you know what, why not? 

why not make people feel special, everyone deserves to feel like they are important to someone. 

we've gotten so used only showing affections on valentines, and birthdays or other special occasions. 

it shouldn't be that way. and yes some people might think these little things don't matter. 

they do matter, because if they didn't then we wouldn't be human,

  we all love to be loved, and feel the urgency to express our feelings.

 so why not? go out and show your significant other how you feel about them, 

i promise you'll put a smile on their face, and i'm sure you will even feel good about it yourself.

busy as a bird.

what a long day. sometimes i wish i could just stay at the chiropractors all day, and relax...
but time passes when i am there too. even though i have the day off, i still have to run errands
 (i long to finish them all sooner than later).
 like the procrastinator that i am, i have decided (last minute) to change my final paper
 for my English class totally in the opposite direction.
i never really did believe in global warming. besides school taking all the hours in the day out of my life,
 for once i had time to make a scrumptious salad. it is very fresh and healthy.
mmmm..... try it out for yourself.

• 1 15.5 oz can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 9 oz frozen corn, thawed
• 1 tomato, chopped
• 1 small hass avocado, diced
• 1/4 cup red onion, chopped
• 1 scallion, chopped
• 1 lime, juice of
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp cilantro
• salt and fresh grounded pepper

chocolate.

it cures pain, warms your heart, and absolutely makes me melt. 

But my favorite chocolate is Dark... mmmm... that delicious sensation of chocolate touching my tongue 

makes any day, a better day. Today was a chocolate type of day for me. 

Working all day drained me and indulging in some delicious chocolate just made my day so much better.

I just wanted to share one of my most favorite videos that makes me laugh every time I see it, this little shell is just adorable. 

spartans birthday.

 

Today I went out to celebrate the birthday of a very wonderful man, who turned ehhh lets just say 30. I enjoyed the evening with the Sheremet family eating Mexican for dinner (which was delicious). I promise I never thought I would meet a family as funny as mine, but I guess today I was proven wrong. I wrapped the gift below. He kept guessing "oh it's dark chocolate, my favorite," which unfortunately it was not, so later on i decided to surprise him with a nice dark chocolate bar. We ended the night watching courageous, which I recommend everyone to watch (it literally put me to tears).

                           Just a new up-do i tried out, its very nice and sleek, I absolutely love it.

Easter.

I haven't had the time to write in a while. A bit busy, well since I was gone, by sister had a baby, his name is Benjamin Matthew. Oh just a doll. He is the first grandchild in our family. Besides the new edition, and old one came home as well. My brother Eli finally came home yayyyyy!!! He has been gone for over a year living in California, and finally decided to come back to, home sweet home.

Yesterday was Easter and my whole family (excluding the sister in Australia) got together for church and we had a delicious lunch together. The weather was just perfect. Praise God!

It was Benji's first Easter, so he got to see the Easter Bunny at Coastlife. oh he was just so excited and smiley. We even had a live petting zoo which was amazing!! I got to pet chickens, goats, lambs, a baby cow, and even a llama, yes i just did say llama!!

This man, has been with me through everything, This Easter I just want to say, that I am the luckiest girl in the world to have such a sweet man like my Mark.