little brother's big day

july 2010

mr. and mrs. fair

lara's girlie shower

i finally had my house clean enough and presentable enough to have people over...our first big event...lara beth's lingerie shower...

chocolate cake from another tough bakery...oh my

a little decor...

a very full house...

thankfully, joey knew how to cut a round cake...

banana punch!

the honoree! my future sis-in-law...

ps. she is wearing bertie b

so hard to say goodbye...

...to my 20's!

on easter sunday, i turned the dreaded 30! i am embracing it and liking the new decade so far...

but so much happened during my 20's. here are some things i remember the most.

i graduated from collage.

i went to tanzania, africa. i met my husband.

i moved to nashville, i taught my first art class.

i got engaged.

i got married!

i adopted duke! i moved to my hometown!

i got pregnant!

i had kate!

i got the job i have always wanted. i bought a house.

and other random things...i lived in west, middle and east tennessee, i taught every grade level of art, i was on the front row of an offspring concert, i became an aunt, i went to grad school, i lost two of my uncles, i was in two makin' music shows, i visited brandi in chicago, i was a bridesmaid more times than i can count, i watched every episode of friends, i learned to paint with oil, i spent the night in the fhu art house, i broke in to a house in henderson (acidentally), i visited alabama for the first time, i went to see mamma mia, i went to lima peru, i drove from michigan to east tennessee all by myself, i gained weight, i lost weight, i gained weight, i bought my first new car, i discovered aveda, fiestaware, anthropologie, ikea, urban outfitters, and pottery barn, i learned to decorate cakes (sort of), i met faith hill, i read all the twilight books, and so so so much more.

floral shoes + flower girl

kate is going to be the flower girl in josh and lara's wedding in july (the day after her 2nd birthday). so yesterday, we headed off to david's bridal (where lara works) for some fittings and to visit lara. while i was trying on bridesmaid dresses, kate found this floral pump on display. lara let her play with it. she loved to scoot around the store in it, waving, smiling and watching herself in all the mirrors.

...but then it came time for kate to try on dresses. i really hope this isn't a taste of what is going to happen in the wedding. she was terrible. she hated the attention and the crinoline. oh my...