This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment.

Tomorrow is the first day of summer.

Today, I am sad because I have a headache that will not go away. I am very unhappy with how I look and feel. I do not feel motivated to make any changes. I also have PMS.

Life: 

-I met Brooklyn last weekend. She's so precious and I just can't wait to have one of my own! :P

-Marvin asked Dennie to be his best man. It was adorable and spur-of-the-moment and I couldn't help myself from tearing up.

-We got to hang out with my neighbors dog since he was away at a conference. Walking the dog together on a breezy night made me want a dog! For about one minute. 

-It became cherry season. Yum. Can never have enough.

Brooklyn at brunch!

Marvin & Brooklyn

Dennie saying "yes."

Higgins and Marvin on the stoop

Cherries galore

I carry your heart.

It's been awhile! Life in pictures over the past.. month (time flies!)

Me and Jackie and baby Nicky. He's home now!

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Marvin graduated!! It was a rainy crazy night at Nassau Coliseum but fun times afterwards. I'm SO proud of him.

Marvin came to help out at my school during their Portfolio presentations. Here he is with some of my favs

Marvin's graduation party... all the men (and boys) passed out after a night of partying.

We picked a venue!!! Here's Marvin signing the contract :):):)

Our wedding will be at the lovely Chateau at Coindre Hall - on July 3th 2015 <3333

As the weather has been getting warmer, I have just been loving Brooklyn even more. Here are some pics from around the neighborhood...

Rose gardens on Brownstone patios are everywhere...

One of the parks nearby, kids playing in the sprinklers

One of the menu community gardens that are open to the public to just walk around and peruse

Makes you forget its Brooklyn...

Homemade pizza!!

These gorgeous peonies I picked up at the farmers market this morning

And some other farmer's market delights... freshly made mozzarella  (was literally made seconds before I bought it) Tarallis (literally just took me five minutes to look up the correct spelling of this, considering I pronounce it "tadoll"), local vine tomatoes, sugar snap peas & strawberries. Some organic maple glazed nuts... and some of my favorite Momo's carrot ginger dressing in the fridge!

Other significant life events:

- We choose our wedding venue and date! I know this was already mentioned but I feel sooo relieved.

- I picked my bridesmaids!

- We got a nice camera, and have been loving playing with it

- We payed a woman $80 to clean our apartment. While I felt sort of guilty, it was sooo worth it. She cleaned EVERYTHING, including the inside of the oven and refrigerator. We will definitely be using her from now on! Its not that I feel like I'm "above" cleaning my own house, or even too busy for it. Its just that I honestly feel that it is so worth the money. Every time I clean I feel I cannot get it clean enough, and I never even know the right stuff to use.

- We're having an engagement BBQ! I'm so excited to get all the family together and I just can't wait.