GORGEOUS WEDDING

Almost a month ago, we went to Florida to be part of celebrating Adam's sister's Wedding and it was FANTASTIC!!! It was a total whirlwind 2 days, but the event was gorgeous. Amanda was a breathtaking Bride, the venue was gorgeous, and it was truly a fun Reception! Ainsley and Elise were both flower girls and they did a great job. They LOOOOVED their fancy dresses, getting to stay up late, and drinking "bubbly juice" (SPRITE, not Champagne) in pretty stemware.


CONGRATULATIONS to AMANDA and LUCAS!!! It was a blessing for US to be part of your day.


Oh yeah, Mitchell was 'kind of' in the wedding. He wore a dapper little outfit, practiced walking down the aisle with the girls, etc.. but at 'go time', he froze and hung out in my arms during the whole ceremony. We're thankful that Amanda had such a laid-back attitude! Mitchell did rock the dance floor, though... dancing with total strangers, spinning in circles... it was awesome.


The girls got to hang out with the Bride/Bridesmaids for a little while and had a blast, apparently!

I'm not sure exactly HOW this happened, but could she BE any cuter!?

One of my favorites from the day...Great, great, great!!!

Adam was honored to walk his sister down the aisle...



RECEPTION

just LOOK at that floral centerpiece!! hand-made by the very talented Brenda Donovan...

mid November

Mitchell is such a champ. About a month ago, he decided that he wanted to work on potty-training. At 2 years and 2 months old, I had very low expectations when he kept pointing to the toilet and saying, "Me Potty!" (which actually sounds like "Me Bobby"). So for a couple days we let him run around the house mostly naked most of the time- and as Adam likes to point out, 'what male WOULDN'T love that!?!...uh, sure. Mitchell did love it and only had a few accidents over the course of a few days. Although exhausting to enthusiastically run him into the bathroom every 3 or 5 minutes, hoist him up on the toilet, and then entertain him while he keeps trying to get off, phew... IT WAS WORTH IT!!!!!!! To have a potty-trained BOY who isn't even close to 2 1/2 yet, is fantastic. He is so proud of himself, the girls still cheer him on every single time he goes to the toilet, and we've only had probably 3 accidents in the last 3 weeks. AND that INCLUDES 7 days in Florida, 2 days at Disney (posts to follow) and 5 days with a stomach bug that caused constant diarrhea. constant. at Disney. awesome. but, the little man loves his choo-choo (Thomas the Train) underwear and didn't mess them up through all of that. it's great.

And now that the weather is cooling, we've been able to enjoy the outdoor fire-pit that we got Adam for Father's Day. These are a few pictures from our first s'mores event of the season.

Ainsley loved the s'mores, but didn't want to get her hands/face/clothing dirty.

Elise just wanted to be comfy and let the marshmallow slow cook...Gus getting in on some crumbs, too.

And Mitchell LOVED the mess and staring at the fire, but then only wanted to eat the Graham cracker and the chocolate. Not interested in the marshmallow.