A Beautiful Day

Claire and Devin were married August 14, 2010.
I will miss my lovely roommate, but Devin deserves her, and they are very happy.

Honestly, it was one of the most beautiful and relaxed weddings I have ever been to. Usually there is a few bride-zilla moments, some hair loss by the Mother-of-the-Bride, a few mishaps in food and decor, and some extremely stressful moments for the bridesmaids. Not so, at Claire's wedding. Everything went perfectly. The bride was cool and composed all day. Everything turned out, and the reception was lovely. I was able to help, but also was able to relax and laugh with some of my favorite guests. Here are a few (well, a lot) pictures from the big day.

Waiting...

And here they are!!

A Radiant Bride

The food was AMAZING. And Beautiful, too.

The sign in table

The gift table

They hired a videographer. He was fun to watch.

On the way to cut the cake, Claire's shoe slipped between the boards of the deck. Good thing there was a lot of Cameras on hand. :)

Devin's sister had to give them instructions on how to cut the cake.

Wow. What an action packed picture. :)

First dance

This little boy watched them dance almost longingly. He was so cute. He got to dance with Claire later.

Dessert was amazing!

Stacy got Erilyn laughing really hard.

The videographer got them to do some pretty strange stuff.

Bridesmaids

They finally left! It took forever to chase them out of the door, strangely enough, but we finally got them to leave.

It was such a beautiful day! Everything turned out and was lovely. Congrats Devin and Claire! I wish you the best! You'll still see a lot of me. :)

Tea Party for Claire

I should have blogged long ago, but I still need to post pictures from Claire's Tea Party Bridal Shower.
I had fun picking out stuff from the DI, finding mismatched china and a tea pot for cheap. That was half of the fun. Thank you Annie!

Devin and Claire: A perfect Pair

cute Brittanie, my co-hostess

Sadly, I didn't take any pictures of the fabulous food. Adorable Claire and Sarah show it off for us in this picture: shortbread thumbprints, little sandwiches, and pound cake.

Erilyn always makes cute cards

Claire was excited about getting an apron.

Can I say that I love this picture? We had fun taking pictures of everyone with Claire in an old fashioned picture frame. Sorry some of the pictures are blurry.

All of us together! What a happy party!

Although less people turned out than I expected, I still think it turned out. The sandwiches by Brittanie were lovely and delicious, and all of the people who came were adorable (I felt a little over dressed because I didn't know what everyone else would wear, but I had fun wearing a tea party dress).

Crazy Summer

I know I haven't posted in a while, and a lot has happened. I just haven't been inspired. And I feel the need to start including more pictures = spending more time on each post = procrastination. But I really do love blogging, really. :)
So first of all, Annie, Neal, and Joseph came to visit us from across the country. We had a BLAST. Rather than try to describe the whole awesome two weeks, here are some pictures. They capture a lot. :)

At the Airport

Much Crossword was done

Cousins

Dad and Joseph had special time every morning. Dad (grandpa) soon gained the name "Papa"

Favorite picture. EVER. haha.

Joseph mimicked us doing DDR. It was cute. :)

Swimming!

Cute PJs

Alien Cookies at our family reunion - Toy Story themed

Sneak Peak at the Tea Party Annie helped me plan. She was a HUGE help! (so was the DI)

What a fun two weeks! It felt like they had never left. Now we can't wait for more adventures around Christmas time!