Dan & Kingsley

Yesterday we celebrated the wedding of Nick's brother Dan to his long time girlfriend Kingsley. It was the perfect day and the bride was calm and collected, and everything fell into place. Dan and Kingsley have been together for 5 years (today is their 5 year anniversary!) and have two beautiful children, with another on the way. Kingsley is 7 months pregnant but you'd never know it from the photos!

This was also Nicholas' first wedding outside the womb! We had tried to get a babysitter but had no luck, so we were very thankful the bride and groom didn't mind that we brought the little guy. We were out about two hours past his bedtime (he's got to sleep between 7-8 pm since he was 8 weeks old), but he was happy and crazy and danced the night away. Mama and Dad are tired today, but it was well worth it.

The photographer took some amazing shots and I cannot wait to see them- we're hoping they come in quick so we can use one for our Christmas card.

Kingsley's bouquet- she got the idea from Pinterest and made it herself- so awesome!

Really? There's a baby in there? Flawless!

Kingsley's Dad seeing her for the first time. I can't remember exactly what he said, but it was very sweet.

Alexis and Rich

Yum!

Light Sabers for everyone! Nicholas was hoarding these for awhile, taking all the ones he could find and just running away with them.

The one family photo we managed. I'm hoping the photographer got a better one :)

This kid...

Two of our favorites, Sam & Aisling

Perfect :)

We were pretty much all feeling like Teddy at the end of the night :)

Food of Late

I've tried to make a new recipe at least once a week, whether it be dinner, a snack, or a dessert.

A blog that I am currently in love with is www.detoxinista.com

I've been trying to eat less "diet" food and more real food. I have been eating right, I haven't been drinking, and although I haven't lost weight, I feel a lot better.

Check this website out for great, natural (paleo if you will) recipes. Many of them require very few ingredients. My current favorites are the "Dole Whip" (I'm not sure if that's what it's called on the website but it's basically fresh frozen pineapple and almond milk and blend blend blend) and "Flourless Peanut Butter Blondies", both of which I found through Pinterest.

Here's another recipe that I've had for a very long time, and finally got around to making:

http://www.health.com/health/recipe/0,,50400000122274,00.html


xoxo

Pinterest Idea

I signed up for Pinterest a few months back and didn’t see what all the fuss was about. I’d pin a few things and then do nothing with them. I’ve since pinned about 500 or so things and honestly, still haven’t done much with them. I’m a very organized person so I don’t have a need to have stuff all in one place, because I already do. Plus, Google pretty much takes care of it for me if I need a new recipe, information, etc.

I recently came across this idea, pinned it, and have actually used the pin. I thought it was a great one.

Basically, you take a jar and every time something good happens in the year, you write it on a piece of paper, put it in the jar, and at the end of the year (I’m thinking NYE), you open it and go through the memories.

As you can see I'm not the craftiest person in the world, I may go crazy and get a ribbon to go around the jar lid, but I'm happy with the way this looks :)

With Nicholas growing and changing what seems like every day, I thought it’d be a great idea to keep track of all the wonderful things that happen, both for him and for us. I’m a firm believer in “it’s all about the little things”, and think we all need to count are blessings, no matter how small, more than we realize.

xoxo

Crystal