Category Archives: Personal

A Wintery Bridal Shower

Fall tends to be my busiest season and since our families schedules are hard to coordinate, as soon as Julie and Aric got engaged we started planning her shower. We picked the only day we all had free and thankfully the ring showed up right on time! Since they are having a winter wedding we…

Scarf Swap!

I first met Rachel from Floral and Fudge Blog years ago at North Park University. Her roommate Ruth and my roommate Esther are sisters so we would have them over to our apartment a lot to escape dorm life and because Ruth made a killer lasagna :) That was almost 10 years ago now, Facebook…

Our Dominican Honeymoon :)

At this time last month we’d been married for two days. We’d made it to the Dominican and through the first evening of getting lost in our resort and not being able to find food – at first we were both a little nervous the week would be a disaster. But sleep always helps and…

Happy Birthday Mom!

In my house growing up we always did birthdays big. It normally consisted of a birthday week instead of just a day and my mom went all out. When we were little, it was a big event with all our friends. She’d plan relay races, crafts, food, and games – even a piñata! There was…

The Hustle Begins…

Happy September! A little over a week ago today I was looking into Scott’s eyes and saying our wedding vows with a few happy tears breaking through in the hot August sun. We then escaped the country to Punta Cana where we slept, relaxed, laid on the beach, ate too much food, drank champagne for…