Finally, a break from life

Believe it or not, I am so thankful that winter is almost here. We've been entirely too busy. This summer was a great one, but we were away from home too much and didn't have enough down time. I can only imagine what it will be like next summer!

We re-decorated the living room and dining room (I'll post photos later) with new paint, window treatments, etc. It's crazy how a new coat of paint can liven up a room. We said goodbye to our insanely dark red paint in the dining room. It looks much bigger now.

We attended two gorgeous weddings earlier this month — one was on a Friday afternoon and the other was the next day. I'll get a photo or two up later of the stunning couples. Congrats to Robin and Rich, and Missy and Jamey!!! I haven't been to a lot of weddings in my lifetime, but it was a lot of fun to see the creativity and life of these couples shine through on their wedding day.

We've had a few unwanted guests at the house for about the past week. I'm pulling my hair out to get rid of them, but they are stubborn ... and smart. We finally got rid of one last night, but I'm afraid there's at least one more. I probably won't be seeing Ratatoulli anytime soon.

The wedding plans are coming along really well. I didn't really do much this summer, but now we're starting to get into it. We've got 8 months to go! We reserved our tent, tables and chairs; I tried on my dress and sent it back for a larger size (they measured me wrong); and we ordered the bridesmaid dresses. That was actually a lot of fun. It was me, Mom, Kari and Megan all piled into a little room trying on dress after dress. I wanted the girls to pick out their own tea-length dresses. I chose the color family of purples and pinks. Who woulda guessed?

Here's Megan's dress:


Here's Kari's dress (shown in the wrong color):


I can't find a photo of Annie's dress anywhere, but it's empire waist with a pretty bow just below the bust. It has spaghetti straps. It's very age appropriate for her and she'll look cute as a button.

Now we can pretty much head full force into the rest of the plans... now is when things get really fun. Late nights with girlfriends drinking wine and assembling crafty wedding things. Can't wait.

Oh, and congrats to Aron and Molly who just got engaged. They are good friends of ours (Aron plays guitar in Tyler's band) and they have set a date for two weeks after ours. I'll have a wedding planning buddy!

Until next time ...
Aimee