Vases and Flowers

So unfortunately tomorrow is the last day of Spring Break, however I must say that this has been the most relaxing Spring Break I have had thus far.  I got a bit of stuff done around the house, did some planning and had a fair bit of time to go out with family and friends while still finding time to relax and just enjoy having some time off.  

A couple weeks ago I finally used up a Home Sense gift card I received as a house warming present.  I thought I'd share a couple pictures of two of the vases I purchased with the gift card.  It was a lot of fun picking stuff out for my home, not having to worry too much about cost.  I must say I really enjoy all my purchases I made that day.

The Vase under the yellow Gerber Daisy picture

I was down in my basement thinking I haven't posted new pictures of it in a while.  Christine came into a sofa set and TV recently and it has made our basement a lot more inviting, homey and practical for us.  I set up my Wii down there and must say I use it a lot more than I did when it was upstairs (in front of a large window and on some very creaky hardwood floors).  I thought I would share some pictures.

My sister-in-law also picked up the vase I painted when we did pottery for her birthday the other weekend.  There is a bit of a glare in the picture but you get the general idea.  I had decided on a black and pink flower theme to match my basement decor.

Spring has Sprung

Spring has arrived early in Winnipeg.  This little guy has been hanging out a lot in my backyard.  He's been around all winter but I can tell he too is enjoying the warmer than usual spring.  

With spring comes Olena and Steve's birthdays.  I was able to celebrate Olena's birthday with her on her birthday weekend but Steve was unfortunately out of town for it.  He is also out of town next weekend for his birthday.  This past weekend ended up being the perfect time to celebrate both birthdays, right in between both of them.  Here are some pictures from our family celebration.


 My mom and I saw this cute cupcake holder a couple weeks ago and just had to get it.  It is super cute and I am sure we will get a lot of use out of it.

Every year my mom builds us a birthday present tower out of our gifts.  She tried to make sure both towers were the same height this year.  I think she did a pretty good job. The small stack of gifts off to each side were from me.

Buddy was really interested in opening the presents this year.  Or maybe he just liked how the boxes tasted.  He's never sat and chewed through the boxes before but take a look at some of the damage he did on the boxes below.

Olena, as usual, is quite the dog whisperer.  Both dogs love to cuddle with her.  Buddy was a bit jealous that evening and kept jumping up on Olena's lap every time Kea went over to say hi to her.  

Both dogs wore themselves out by the end of the night.

Amazing Weekend

I wish I had some pictures to share but unfortunately I did not take any pictures with my camera this weekend.  I will have to get some from my sister-in-law to share at a later date.  I just had an absolutely amazing weekend and I wanted to share.  Friday night was pretty quiet but I did get to go for a nice long walk with my roommate.  It's been a while since we've actually had a chance to spend some time together.  Funny how we can live in the same house, yet I feel like I barely get to see her.  Saturday the festivities began.  In honour of Olena's birthday we planned a full day of fun.  We started out by getting our nails done and then met up with some friends to paint pottery at Brushfire.  I painted a vase for my basement.  It needs to be fired in the kilm so I won't be able to pick it up for at least a week.  After that we went to Kawaii Crepes for dinner with some more friends. It was absolutely delicious and I will be going back there for sure.  I had a crepe with chicken and yams in it for supper and then a peanut butter and cheesecake crepe for dessert.  There were so many crepes to choose from it was hard to decide.  After dinner a few of us headed to the new country bar, The Ranch Saloon.  It was a lot of fun.  I went back to Olena's for the night and then she made me a wonderful breakfast.  I'm so lucky to have such an amazing sister.  On Sunday we went to a friend's baby shower and I got to spend some more time with my awesome friends and had some more delicious food.  By the time I got home on Sunday night I was exhausted, the good kind of exhausted though!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend as well.  The above average temperatures and the feeling that spring is already in the air, just added to the beauty of this weekend. :)