So the weekend in Nashville was amazing. It was so good to see old friends. most of whom i hadn’t seen since they got married..and now most of them have 2 or more babies!! They got to meet sophia and see me in all of my preggo glory. Tricia and Phil’s wedding was beautiful. I was highschool friends with tricia and we did a year of international volunteer work together straight out of high school for the Church. I’m so blessed to have such a great and holy friend like her! I’m so happy for them. Her whole family is fabulous..most of you know Anna from In Honor of Design..thats one of her big sisters. and another one of her sisters, Maria, is over at Going Natural Woman.
Overall the weekend was a big adventure and we had fun with it! We brought a certain amount of money to spend…and then that was going to be it and we ended up being wayy under our budget for the weekend so i was very happy. Sophia was amazingly good in the car. it might have had something to do with ben and i singing the itsy bitsy spider for hours straight (hand motions included) but the 9 hour drive was totally worth it. I love getting to see old friends and meet new ones! I was so suprised when some of the other wedding guests told me they knew me..that i was the busy budgeting mama!! haha. so sweet and flattering that they read my blog! Some old family friends even approached me saying how they find me so refreshing when it comes to motherhood and they read my posts every day!! that just made me so happy..i was gushing. haha. here are a few (ok i know a million…) photos from the weekend! because we are camera happy people and i love looking at other people’s photos..
so here you go. snoop away!
EXCITING NEWS TIME!!!!!
1. I was approached a while back by Lakehome and Lifestyle Magazine (based in Kansas City) to be an ongoing columnist for them..their “martha stewart/nate..hostess with the mostess” girl. ?!?
I was soo excited for the opportunity and actually just sent in my first article last night! I’ll share it with all of you when it goes to print! It was a fun project to do…it was all about outdoor entertaining. and i contacted some fabulous Photographers who let me incoporate their amazing images into some inspiration boards to go along with the article. I’ll share them sometime soon.
2. This one is exciting..but overall just flattering! A fellow blogger e-mailed me the other day wanting me to check out a post….She said she was inspired by my post on our Gender Reveal Party and ended up throwing one for her BFF! It was so fun checking out her post and seeing some of my ideas as well as some new ones that were fabulous! Here it is!
but….with the giveaway ending..that means a winner will be chosen! $25 Print credit to nextdayflyers.com. The winner is………………Jenn!! Congrats and thanks to everyone who participated in this giveaway!
4. Speaking of Giveaways….my sister (founder of blanqi with sabina) wants to team up to do a giveaway over mother’s day!So make sure you come on back then to enter to win your very own Blanqi. If not for you..it would be a great gift to any expecting girl you might know!! Everyone likes a product that makes them a hot mama…seriously. ps they just launched their website so you need to check that out. my brother did it and i loveee how it turned out.
5. I’m 24 weeks pregnant today!!! can’t even believe it. time is flying by. sort of.
5. I’m 24 weeks pregnant today!!! can’t even believe it. time is flying by. sort of.
So there you go..the exciting news in my life right now. feeling so blessed. Hope you all had a wonderful weekend as well! I’ll be catching up on all of your posts tonight when sophia is sleeping!
Rachelle
April 20, 2010 at 2:09 pmWoohoo! Congrats, on everything! :)
It looks like you had a great time– love the baby belly!
Fancy Pants
April 20, 2010 at 4:46 pmIt looks like you had a great time! That wedding looked incredible! Thank you for the shout out:) Congrats on all your news:)
Ashley
April 20, 2010 at 8:23 pmIt looks like you had a blast! Just found your blog and I love it. Im not a follower!
carissa @ lowercase letters
April 20, 2010 at 8:27 pmi thought fancy pants got the idea from you! how sweet!!! oh goodness – the wedding was beautiful! gorgeous bride – she looks so much like anna! i love every pic of you and sophia… you two are darling. congrats on the column. woweee!!! i have a feeling i’m going to be begging for your autograph soon. : ) yippee to the blanqi giveaway! congrats on 24 weeks. you look fantastic.
Sabrina
April 20, 2010 at 8:56 pmLove all the pics! Thanks for letting us “snoop”.
I’m with Carissa, looks like we’ll be asking for your autograph very soon.
You look so pretty in all the pictures!
Angie S
April 20, 2010 at 10:09 pmI love all the fun pics you posted!! It looks like a fabulous wedding and weekend!
Congrats to Jenn! I just love her :)
Hattie
April 20, 2010 at 10:42 pmGreat pics! Looks like y’all had an awesome time. Love the pic of Sophia in her crown and in her dress for the wedding! So happy to hear y’all had a great trip!
Jessica
April 21, 2010 at 8:16 amIm glad you had a safe and fun trip to nashville! My sister lives there and its a great city! Congratulations on getting to write that article. I cant wait to read it!
Anna Liesemeyer
April 21, 2010 at 8:41 amyou are the best. Iam sooo glad you took so many pics because I was to distracted most of the time to take any! What a great re-cap!! Loved seeing you all!!!
<3
Lane
April 21, 2010 at 9:31 amIt looks like ya’ll had a great trip! You looked amazing! And the baby sleeping at the wedding?! You couldn’t have planned it any better. :)
Meg
April 21, 2010 at 4:31 pmYou take such amazing pictures! On top of that your family is beautiful, you are stunning, and you have a great blog. Is there anything you’re not good at? That church is breath taking and the bride was absolutely beautiful.
P.S. Thanks for showing photos of the stencil work in your dining room. I’d love to see more photos of your house! Yet another thing you’re freakishly good at. ;)
alli/hooray
April 21, 2010 at 9:44 pmLove the car ride outtakes! Anna’s sister looks like a beautiful bride and it’s awesome that they had a military wedding!
PS. The pizza dough recipe you posted awhile back has become an absolute fave in our house. We can’t get enough of it.