Friday, July 2, 2010

Kimmy's Shower

A few weeks ago, I got to hostess a shower for my dear friend Kimmy. The shower was at this BEAUTIFUL home that I totally covet!! Don't worry, I snapped some pictures of it. In fact, I would pretend to be taking pictures of some of the guests, but really turn the camera and take a picture of the furniture or whatever. I know, I'm sly.

Bride-to-be and her mama, Rita
Kim's sister- Julie, dear friend Heather (miss her!), and dear friend Cari (get to see her!)
Some more guests
some more guests, please notice the house in the background :)
Girls getting food. LOVE the chandelier! Love the bird cage! Love the paint color!
The Spread...
chicken salad sandwiches, cucumber sandwiches, fruit salad, cream cheese and raspberry chipotle dip, yummy bars (compliments of me), and petite fours (no clue on the proper spelling).
Close up of the precious petite fours and the beautiful flowers.
to drink... water or lemonade iced tea (aka- an arnold palmer).
served in real crystal of course.
The Favors (one of my additions)
"Tea Time is a Great Time to pray for Kim and Jason!"
(Kim's favorite drink is Chai tea- so there were 3 types of Chai all bundled up. Gave these out after our group prayer time for Kim.)
Now for the secretive house photos...
The Office Area (off of the kitchen)
built in cabinets, stainless steel counter, U-shaped, there were 2 computers
The "old" extra fridge
The guest bath. LOVE the tile work and the colors
The Dining Room built-ins - on both sides of an arch way. LOVE the dining chairs too!
The display in the living room.
Unfortunately, that's all I got. The kitchen was to DIE FOR! but I never had a moment in there by myself, so I didn't get any pictures. Oh well. The pictures are in my mind!
The shower was wonderful! and now we are on to the wedding!! Coming up so soon! July 16th in Colorado! Will post about it then!
Tonight we are on for Toy Story 3! I think the last time Ty and I went to the movies was at Thanksgiving in St. Louis... so I'm excited!

Thursday, July 1, 2010

The Year of Leather

June 30, 2010 we celebrated our THREE year anniversary!!

And because I'm just a "little" cheesy, we (I) like to do the traditional gifts. So this is the year of leather!
Ty and I went to dinner at Sambuca's.

Of course I photographed the food for you :)

I ordered the Veggie Lasaga. It was delish!
(oops forgot to take pictures of our salads, they were good too)
Ty had the Blackened Red Snapper Etouffe (no clue how to spell that).
He loved it!

For dessert... the flourless chocolate cake! The creaminess was to die for!
After 3 whole years, sweet Ty has figured me out! He was about to bite into the dessert, but stopped himself and asked, "Do you want a picture first?" Oh how my heart swooned!

Do you think we liked it??
Ty came home from work with these gorgeous flowers for me! 3 sets of them... maybe for 3 years together? don't know- I need to ask.
And finally .... the LEATHER
We have been wanting a leather chair for a few years now. We picked this out together last week. It really completes the room! I want to replace the lamp behind it... I have some ideas and will blog when I do :)
Happy 3 Year Anniversary to Me and Ty!!

Catching Up

Yes I realize it has been many months since I've blogged. I have no excuse. The simple fact is, I've taken pictures of things I want to blog about and I've "written" blog posts in my head... I just haven't sat down at the computer in quite some time. Something about an iPhone and being able to read blogs on it instead of a computer.

Anywho... in a feeble attempt to catch up...
I have spent my time doing this....
LOVING every second of Kindergarten!
Man, I really miss those kids!!
Gardening!

The garden has grown and filled in so much since these pictures. I can't make any promises, but I would like to post updated pictures!
Hanging with Hubby

This picture I snapped as we were heading to a PGA tournament. We've gone to 3 this year. He loves them and I enjoy going too! This day was a "PINK OUT" day in honor of Breast Cancer. I LOVED the opportunity to wear pink AND match my husband!

Weddings

Ty, his brothers, and I at a friend's wedding. I was in another wedding in May, threw a bridal shower a few weeks ago (have great pics from that for a blog post), and am "in" one more wedding in July. Tis the Season!

I really do have many more ideas on things to share... and now that my summer break is in full force and I have successfully cleaned the house... I will begin posting more often. Yay! I love this!