Fall

fall has been so beautiful here in minnesota. it is so colorful everywhere you go and even our yard is quite colorful.

fall is my favorite season of the year...time for sweaters and boots. i love the fall style.


the weather has been nice for the past few weeks except today it got pretty cold...but the perfect time for making pho soup :)

just enjoying the beautiful fall in our yard, flipping through catalogs with fall collection and enjoying the smell of pho cooking on our stove.

hello fall!

xoxo,
athena

New York

for the past few weeks my husband and i have done some traveling and we had such a wonderful time. one of the places was in new york city, it was quite an experience. new york is definitely a busy place, and is lots of fun. it was my first time there and i described it as san francisco and las vegas combined :) we are so grateful to have our aunt, cousin and cousin's boyfriend there to tour us around! they took us everywhere and we would have been so lost without them! here are some images of new york from our camera... on the ferry and spying the statue of liberty.

cousin eva and her boyfriend, jesse at washignton square park.
eating at the pier.
up the hill in new jersey to see new york city. beautiful moon that night.


at the history museum near central park

times square


hung out at the biggest starbucks i've seen so far - in times square
it was an awesome trip! looking forward to revisit new york again!

xoxo,
athena

2 years

Today is our 2 year anniversary and I couldn't be more happier being married to this awesome man. He continues to impress me by working hard in every area of our lives to keep our dreams and vision alive. It just gets better and better every year! Happy Anniversary to my wonderful husband - I love you!

Me Without You

Talent everywhere - so awesome! Check this out all done with vocal sounds...



I know I've been hiding from blogging lately :) but I'll be back soon with some new posts.

Muah!
Athena

Beautiful Friendship

This is a cute little banner posted from ShopRuche. It made me think about all the wonderful friends I have and how important they are in my life. I'm so grateful for my best friends, close friends, long distance friends and even acquaintances because they've one time or another have made a difference in my life or simply put a smile on my face. But there were those that have especially walked beside me during my days to celebrate or my days to grieve. They've been there through thick and thin, sacrificing their time. So with that, I just want to say THANK YOU to the wonderful friends in my life!
xoxo,
Dora D.

A Sock Monkey Baby Shower

Here is a baby shower this past weekend for my godson Tyler and his beautiful mother and father to be. The theme of the party was the sock monkey with colors blue, red and yellow.
The center piece of the dessert table was the chocolate bundt cake along with mixed flavored cupcakes. Around it were the classic coke bottles (mainly as a decor piece), tootsie rolls, M&Ms, popcorn and of course the Sock Monkey itself.
Please check back next month... we will be planning an owl themed baby shower!
xoxo,
Dora D.

too darn cute!

i saw this picture on facebook from the "ellen degeneres show" (hope i won't get in trouble for it) and i just can't stop looking at it. it's too darn cute! i literally spent 10 minutes adoring this picture and going "ahhh," smiling and laughing the whole time. not sure what kind of dog this is but it looks almost like a sheep dog - my dream dog and hoping to own it one day! And this darling little baby just makes me want to give her a big hug! seriously, doesn't this picture just makes you smile? i'm praying hard for each of my own tonight :)

-athena