Wednesday, July 30, 2014

RICHARD2REFF


There certainly aren't words to describe this day...it was just as perfect as a day could get for my sister and I just soaked in every dreamy minute.  The weather was beautiful and all the details came together and the actual night of the wedding felt kind of like floating through a dream to me.  It was just so fun.  I was breathless at my sister in her dress, breathless as I entered the tent and saw my moms vision all set up and just delighted that the whole thing felt like you just had a giant warm chocolate chip cookie...just happy!  Congrats Mr. & Mrs. Reff!  Such a fun weekend and to many many more celebrations to come! 

I feel like I didn't take that many pictures no the actual wedding day, so I am pining for the photographer to get hers out, I didn't even get a good one of the kids...but I think she has one!  Here's just a brief overview in pictures on the weekend....

 

Because my mom can't help herself, even the lake house got some wedding love!


Al & Brian had all the kids over before the festivities got underway to give them their gifts.  There were 9 kids, so as you can guess...there was MASS CHAOS.  But it was a hoot and these guys definitely stole the show a lot of the weekend!  So precious!


C & Brian's nephew Evan sharing a snack at Stray Dog!

 

Beanie goes in for the smooch on the way to the Fiesta that the Bailin's hosted at their pool for Ali and Brian Thursday night!  There was games and friends and tacos!  What better way to kick off the weekend???



 

Some adorable Sapp girls and their mommas!

On Friday we had a beach day and lunch at my parents house during the day and then all got ready for the rehearsal that afternoon!  


Us with our momma







And the dinner was at a super cute restaurant called Frankies!  
Here's a shot of all of Ali & Bri's siblings...




And that brings us to the BIG day...

In the morning we all got hair makeup and dressed at the Bridesmaids house.  What else would we be wearing to do this than matching robes???!!!  That Al thinks of everything!




And then we got our sparkle on...


road the bus to the vineyard and let the fun begin...





They are all so precious, I'm melting!!!




And holding true to her style, their was obviously an after party!  




Let's do it again, OK?
Wish we had a rewind button for a few special events!
XOXO

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Besides wedding bells we've been.....

Realizing our "baby" isn't such a baby...


Redoing some furniture...

 

Dining room chairs (I used a staple gun & drill all by myself...ha)


And fixing up C's room to be very girlie...perfect for our little tom boy!


Here's an old hutch of Ali's I painted for her clothes...



And speaking of C Lu...

 


We've been having such a fun summer watching her grow, hearing her vocabulary grow and seeing her "flex her muscles" on her opinions...she's got her own ideas folks!  I love having this snugly little buddy around.  She melts our hearts day in and day out!

I have found this to be SO VERY TRUE....


We snuck in a day date and lunched outside...


We celebrated our FAVORITE guy on Father's Day...



I had to show both of these to capture the full swing of emotions within seconds for Beanie!  Haha!

We have watched, sung and played a LOT of Frozen...


Got a lot of time in with this girl that we love....


We are learning the truth in this too...


We have made a few ok, maybe more than a few trips to get ice cream...


We have traveled to Michigan and spent time with the fam...
This is in DT Saint Joe



Beanie has realized that his tender red headed skin and light eyes need some extra care...


We had the chance to see some special friends...
(these two are my sorority sisters from college)


We started reading chapters of Harry Potter at night out loud to Griffin, and I don't know who is more taken...Griff, Ry or me???  Reading cred to Ryan for doing awesome voices...


Ryan and I ran in our first 10 K, the BIG 10 race in downtown Chicago!  And aside from a little incident with my diabetes it went awesome and was such a fun event.  The cherry on top??? Griff ran his first 5K and finished!  He was a rock star!


And...well, this picture seems to sum it up pretty well...
our summer has been nothing short of silly, crazy, mass chaos....
but we've been having a great time, enjoyed awesome weather 
& are doing our best to stay sane in the midst of it all.