THE BEST OF ALL GIFTS AROUND ANY CHRISTMAS TREE: THE PRESENCE

of a happy family all wrapped up in each other - Burton Hillis

Laughter, gluttony, family, spirit and cheer.
We spent last night celebrating with the Youngs and this morning with the Petersons.  Now we're ready for nap!  It's been a wonderful celebration.

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

SNEAK PEEK - LIBBY

OUR FIRST SOUL SISTER'S WEDDING

Last night we had an incredibly beautiful, romantic and fun wedding reception for a beautiful bride, Ashley.

I made the wedding cake - vanilla with raspberry filling, white polka dots, gold chevron and fresh flowers.
Larry came to my rescue with cutting the chevron out - luckily he has a math brain and figured out the dimensions we needed.  He also drove me and the cake for delivery - I think I held my breath the entire time.

Here is the cake set up with all the flowers applied and the cutest 'love is sweet' sign.  The details of this reception were amazing. It was seriously breathtaking.

The dance floor provided lots of boogie-woogie fun and the sweeping white fabric and lights were magical.

There was a lemonade stand with the cutest mason jars, cutout lids and paper straws.  The lemonade stand served strawberry, watermelon and blueberry lemonade.

The Sweet Shoppe had sweet treats galore.  It was any sugaraholic's sweet dream.

The gorgeous couple greeted a gazillion guests, got lots of hugs and well wishes.

The cute little lad on the bench is Landon - bored out of his gourd.   Romance, shmromance.

We watched the couple's first dance.  My favorite part was watching my beautiful friend, beaming with pride, watch her daughter dance with her groom.  I have to admit, I watched with tears streaming down my face.
And then the daddy-daughter dance.  I'm so happy for this amazing family.

It was the happiest night.

bottom photo credit: heather hemmert

Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Hegerman!

SNEAK PEEK - METAL CHAIRS

Having these chairs and table painted white has been on my wishlist for a while, so I was absolutely delighted that I was going to get that wish this weekend.

BEFORE

AFTER

1.  I'm thankful my husband chose this project for my Mother's Day present.
2.  White paint makes me so happy!
3.  I can't stop smiling when I look outside at them.

SNEAK PEEK - LONGBOARDLARRY BENCH

This is the COOLEST bench.  It's coming soon to the LongBoardLarry website.  AND, the best part is that Larry will be doing custom colors.

THE CHICKEN COOP IS ALMOST FINISHED

The interior is finished and our little chicks are happily roaming around their new backyard lair.  The exterior still  has some work, you know, the bells and whistles but here is a little sneak peek.

Chicka-chicka-boom-boom

Zelda and Rosie

Lily is constantly checking on her babies.

What started out as this...

has turned into all hands on deck.  Even Josh helped while he was visiting.  I was very thankful for his height.

Hopefully it will be finished in a week - it will all depend on this crazy rainy weather we've been having.  Once it's all fancy schmancy, I'll show you the final results.

BASEBALL WITH MY MAN CLAN IS

a little of this and a little of that.  To better illustrate, here's a sneak peek into last night's game.

Example one - And he's safe!  Yippe kai yay!

Example two - bored out of his gourd.

I absolutely love it!