Alexis' Bridal Shower

A few weeks ago we celebrated Alexis at her bridal shower. It was a really beautiful and perfect day. Her Maid of Honor did a wonderful job (we all helped where we could), Alexis looked stunning, and it was so great to celebrate her on a day that I know she has dreamed of forever.

The shower took place at Lenzi's which is right up the street from my house. It was recently redone and was absolutely gorgeous- the perfect setting for Alexis' "romantic" themed shower.

We kept it simple and played a few easy games- a how well do you know the bride and groom quiz, a "guess how many kisses in the kiss jar" game, and a few other little fun things went on. I made a photo book of Alexis' and Rich's life together so far and had everyone sign it. I was pretty proud of how it came out and I know Alexis loved it so that made me happy. Alexis got just about every item on her registry and there were so many people there to celebrate her. I loved capturing photos of the day and everyone said they had a wonderful time.

Bring on the wedding! Love you, sissy boo.

Halloween 2015

Hey folks! It has been wayyyy too long. I partly blame my recent binge watching of House of Cards, but also life, as always, has been crazy- crazy wonderful, of course.

Here's my long overdue Halloween post!

When Nicholas was born we started a tradition of inviting over friends and family for Halloween. We are lucky to have a great neighborhood. The houses are close together and we get approximately 100+ trick or treaters. It is SO fun to watch, we even had a great time before Nicholas was born. This year Nick's brother and wife came over with the kiddos as well as our friends Matt & Jen and their daughter Eva, my Mom was visiting, and Nick's parents and sister stopped in to see everyone as well.

Nicholas went back and forth a lot on his costume (Iron Man, Superman, Wolverine, a super dino robot....) and one day he pulled out his Superman shirt today and I said "how about you be Superman for Halloween?" And it was settled! My brother Erik has bought his costume every year and this year was no exception. The costumer came in and Nicholas was in love, haha. I let him try it on but then had to hide it so he didn't ruin it before Halloween came.

Also, Teddy's birthday falls on Halloween so we celebrated his big day as well. <3 Here are some pictures of the night.