Brad's Surprise Bday party

Holla!

So, today my good friend Heather and others organized Brad's Surprise Birthday party (His birthday was actually the 22nd of February and he turned 22). It was a good excuse to get together and meet new people. The cake idea kind of fell through (it took forever for it to be cooked and the candles melted into the cake). But I definitely got my share of laughs today. I think no one can top Kathryn's ability to make cakes. I hear the one last year was in shape of a treble clef. This year, it was not made from scratch and there was more wax on the cake than the cake itself. We still ate it anyways, and it was good. I didn't take a picture of it, because I don't want anyone blackmailing me for it later in life.

Brad was indeed surprised. And the color of the walls in the lounge gave my pictures a nice kick. ;-)

Enjoy!

First reaction to the crowd!
































Brad talking to Kathryn from France, on Skype.

Maslenitsa 2009

Hello, everyone!

Last Friday I drove out to Cleveland for their celebration of Maslenitsa before Great Lent. It was incredibly dark in the restaurant, my ISO was set at 1600, so some of the pictures turned a bit grainy. I did use the tripod, for the first time, but the people there moved incredibly fast, so some photos looks very smudged. Here are the couple of my favorites.



































Love and forgive one another!

Darina

Blini dinner

Yes, it's that time of the year! BLINI! It's kind of like French crepes, but better, dare I say. Thin pancakes served with everything ranging from salmon to peanut butter. Sounds awesome? Well, it is.

Here is a photo of blini, that Zhenya made for us. Just a preview of an explosion of blini that we are going to get tomorrow in church. So excited! ;-)

Valentine's Day Pictures

Here are some of the pics from the brunch on Saturday.













































Love one another,
Darina

Valentine's Day extravaganza

Here is the sneak peek into the pictures I took today at UCO Valentine's Day Breakfast.

















Love one another!

Darina

Engagement pictures

Well, hello there!

This year a couple of my good friends have gotten engaged. I've had the honor of taking their pictures. One couple is already married, but I made them pose in front of my camera anyway.

Tomorrow is Valentine's day, and even though I'm not celebrating it, I'm going to go to this breakfast that University Christian Outreach puts on on this pink day. I'll take heart pictures, I promise and I'll post them. Also, tomorrow night I'm going out!!!! I'm excited. I don't think I went out Saturday night in the past couple of months. My friends and I are going to a dance performance. Then probably out to Ann Arbor, but not for too long! Will take lots of pictures because the gray weather outside is not very inviting to my Canon.

Enjoy the pictures!


























































Love one another!
Darina

Next level goals

So,

I've been looking at how to customize my blog template and make it my own. I've been diving into Photoshop experience. It is so fascinating, I think. There is this unexplored territory which I was always not approaching before.
Now I have to design a poster for my senior recital, and I have some ideas about what I want, but I just can't seem to find time to sit down and do it. Oh, well maybe after tomorrow's GRE. ;-)

Here are some images from the Tatiana Ball.

Irochka posing for me.


















Galunda and Grisha dancing.



















Love one another,

Darina