1st Anniversary Vacation

I can hardly believe that a year has gone by since our wedding day.  It really doesn't seem possible.  But here we are on July 28th, 2011, 1 year and 4 days later.  For the past week or so, Garrett and I have been playing the game, "remember this time a year ago...." We've had lots of fun reminiscing all of the wonderful events of our wedding week including our rehearsal dinner, the night-before BBQ, every detail of the wedding day, the 'happy hour' at our house the following day, and of course the honeymoon.  We had such a fabulous time with all of our friends and family and will never forget that week.  

When thinking about what we wanted to do to celebrate the year anniversary of this wonderful week, we knew we wanted to get away for a few days for some R&R.  Remembering the dreadful heat of our wedding day, we decided it might be nice to escape the constant "heat advisory" that seems to loom over St. Louis every July.    With this in mind, we settled on Door County,WI--a frequent childhood vacation spot for Garrett and his family.  

Aside from the gorgeous views, perfect weather, and relaxed atmosphere, one of our favorite aspects of going to Door County was the fact that we got to bring our dog, Sadie!!!  :-)  As you will see from some of the photos, I think she had just as much fun as we did.  We stayed at the Country House Resort in Sister Bay, which overlooks the water and was just a short walk away from the marina, shops, and restaurants.  Here are just a few photos from our fabulous trip!

Garrett & Sadie in Sister Bay

Mini Golf!!

Grilling out at Peninsula State Park

 White Fish Dunes

 Cave Point

 Sister Bay

 It was a little chilly, so we made a fire on Washington Island

 Drinks on the dock

 Garrett driving the boat we rented

 Sadie LOVED the boat!

   Watching the sunset on the last night

Hope you enjoyed the photos! These are just a few of the hundreds we took ;-) Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the week.  The weekend is almost here!   

Brian & Jessica's Baby Shower



We've come to that exciting time in our lives when more and more of our family and friends are expecting babies.  Our good friends, Brian and Jessica are due with their first baby (a BOY) this September and so we decided it would be fun to get all of our friends together and throw them a Couples Baby Shower.  Our parents (particularly our fathers) were baffled by this concept of a "co-ed" baby shower; however, as you can see from this photo, I really do think the guys had just as much fun as the girls:-)

The object of this game was to be the first to drink their (6oz) beer from a baby bottle.  It took a lot longer than you might think!

Brian and Jessica's nursery is sports themed, so that's the them we chose to go with for the party as well.  Here are a few photos of some of the sports-themed party decorations.



Wreath made out of diapers.

Onesie Jerseys

Score Board

Sports Cake

To make the base of the cake I put together two 9x13 cakes.  The baseball and basketball were used making the Wilton Sports Ball Mold seen here.  It was very easy to use.

We had so much fun hosting the shower and can't wait to meet their new baby boy!  Now that the shower is over, we are focusing our attention on getting ready for our Anniversary Trip to Door County :-) Can't believe that we have been married for nearly a year.  Photos from the trip are soon to follow...    



    



Blog Post #1: Meet our Family

I have worked in education as an elementary school counselor for the past four years, yet this is the first time I have NOT had to work through the summer.  And might I say, these have been the most relaxing few weeks of my life ;-)  So with all of my free time, I figured it might be fun to start a blog! I've had so much fun following blogs of friends, families, (and strangers) and I figured, why not take a stab at it myself?

With this being the first blog, I thought it seemed appropriate that I should "introduce" myself and my family and give some direction as to where I want to go with this blog.  So here goes... My husband and I coincidentally both moved to St. Louis the summer before our 7th grade year.  We became friends throughout high school and college (GO MIZZOU!) and began dating just before graduating from college in 2006.  We were married in July of 2010, and are looking forward to celebrating our 1 year anniversary in a couple of weeks!   

Although we do not have any "human" babies yet, we treat our dog, Sadie, as our baby and love to spoil her.  We adopted her two years ago as a puppy and are very much looking forward to taking her up to Door County next week.  She loves to swim and will be in Dog Heaven!   

When I am not working, hanging out with friends & family, or spoiling Sadie, I am usually thinking about food :-) I pretty much love everything to do with food including: planning menus, grocery sopping, cooking, baking and of course eating!! I'm currently taking a cake decorating class.  Here is a little of my work from last night:

So that pretty much sums up where my life is at right now.  While I don't claim to be a fabulous writer, I am looking forward to sharing our life's adventures and food inspirations through this blog.  I hope you enjoy!