Throwback Thursday...picking blueberries July 11th, 2010

 A short vignette of a hot afternoon picking blueberries...

Blue Skies Blue Eyes and Blueberries from John Phillips on Vimeo.

 

***The best thing about 

Memories...

is making them!***

 

XOXO,

Jūratė

Because memories aren't made playing video games ;)

Painting with Isabella from John Phillips on Vimeo.

Best things in life aren't things!

XOXO,

Jūratė

Our Easter - Mūsų Šv.Velykos

In February Isabella started asking me to get ready for Easter. I told her that it is little bit too early to do that. Time flies so fast when you are busy. I had not noticed when two months were gone. Three days just before Easter Isabella came to me and said: " Mommy, I'm very upset...we don't have any Easter decorations! You don't care about Easter!"

...well we had to get busy...

baking, coloring, crafting, cooking...

 {made a few nests to place on top of the flower pots}

 [Lithuanian bunny family out of toilet paper rolls}

 {egg dyeing with Kool-Aid and wax}

{ ta-da..our modern Easter eggs!}

 {Easter morning bunny stopped by and left a basket filled with goodies}

 {...and also he hid a lot of eggs in our "no grass" back yard}

  {went to a mass at St.Mary's}

 {with papaw}

 

I hope you and your family had fun celebrating!

XOXO,

Jūratė

That's how you learn to ice skate

Throwback Thursday...last December...

A Short Film Documenting Isabella's first attempts at ice skating

 after getting her skates from Santa Clause.

Painting Žibutės (Kidneywort) with watercolors

March 25th and it snowed again in Columbus, OH!

Spring...where are you?! 

To overcome negative thoughts about spring Isabella and I decided to paint

 favorite Lithuanian spring flowers Žibutės (Kidneywort).

 {learning how to blend colors}

 {trying to make not too muddy}

 {ta-da}

XOXO,

Jūratė

Celebrating our 16th Wedding Anniversary

16 years ago I left behind my family and friends in Lithuania to create my new life in America. I had nothing but two suitcases and a new husband. Yes. Two suitcases, that's it. My entire life fitted in those two suitcases.
Looking back on that day 16 years ago, I can still feel the emotions I felt. An over arching sadness saying goodbye to my family and friends, anxiety about settling in the new country with my new husband, and overwhelming fear of the unknown.
America has been good to me, to us - after that many years I still have the same wonderful husband ;) and a beautiful daughter. These two people in my life that make my life worth living and I just want to say...

Dear God,

I wanna take a minute, not to ask

for anything from you, but simply to

say Thank You, for all I have.

I'm grateful and counting my blessings everyday.

Cheers to many more wonderful years together!

XOXO,

Jūratė

Picking flower girl dress

Yesterday we had a very lovely day...went shopping for a flower girl dress.

Isabella is super excited to be a flower girl for the first time.

Looking forward to summer and this wedding!

XOXO,

Jūratė