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Showing posts with label Friends. Show all posts

An August Wedding

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Last Saturday, I had the privilege of going to a beautiful wedding. The bride and groom both being my friends. The bride looked like she walked out of a fairy tale! I also had the priviledge of creating the invitations and programs for their special event. It seems like yesterday we were sitting at Starbucks back in March coming up with the design. Having a great eye of her own made the process even more fun.. she was so great to work with. 






Two friends congratulating the groom's brothers...

Our good friends the Herr's. 
Our youth pastor (groom's brother) and his wife sporting one of the bridesmaids dresses accented 
nicely by the green bouquet. (Also the colors used in the invitations and programs)


Off to the brand new convention center for the reception...


A creative green apple centerpiece

The groom's mother along with her talented niece, (the wedding coordinator)
Both women full of life and always ready for a good laugh!


Us.
My husband worked all morning at the house sanding, covered head to toe in dust.
He cleans up nicely don't you think? :)


My long lost friend from Texas! Personally, this was a thrill for me. For 20 years, I grew up in a tiny old church all the way over in New Holland with this girl. Although we didn't go to the same school, and have gone our separate ways since college, she has always remained a faithful friend to me. The last time I had seen her was 3 years ago at her beautiful wedding. Reuniting for 10 minutes was not enough time to catch up but it felt like we picked up right where we left off. As quick as it was, I was so thankful to see that smile of hers in person! 


The groom and his brothers. 
When you're looking for a good laugh, leave it up to the Herr boys to make it happen. 


The groom with church friends he grew up with.


Always looking for a good time...
Catching up with my good friend, the groom's cousin.


It was a fun evening!

praying they'll live happily ever after...
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Starting July off with a Bang!

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My husband and I have been trying to find a good time
for us to slip away from the daily grind and enjoy some 
beach time. My parents gave my husband a gift 
certificate at Browns Nostalgia Bed & Breakfast for his birthday 
back in March. Finally we were able to use it!!

Ocean City N.J.


...waiting for our tasty meal at the Island Grill

...followed by a night out on the boardwalk

Mac & Mancos.... the best.

After breakfast the next day,
we took an early morning joy ride to the bay



...back to the boardwalk!

Just before we left to go home we were able to watch
it rain from a far distance. 
I want to go back. :(

Friday I was able to spend the afternoon with
my mom helping her with a project she's been wanting to get done.
In return, she helped me with a project of my own. We were each others motivators. 
My project was to put more color around my house 
to make it look more inviting. My mom took me to Funk's, helped me pick 
out some flowers and gave me a lesson on the art of potting plants!




Friday Evening my husband and I got together
with our Sunday School class to watch fireworks
in Willow Street. Followed by McDonald's ice cream 
and late night chat fest!


Some of the girls in our Sunday School Class... 

Saturday, we were invited to a family 4th of July party 
at the Kilheffer farm.  After a relaxing evening of food 
and chatter we went deer spotting!



Quietly we walked through the fields as we took 
in the beautiful farmland.

Cousins, good friends

We saw some deer!
(Baby Micah loving the camera)
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Movin' Right Along...

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Finally  got around to posting the finished 
frame work for our closets. It's hard to see with just wood posts but
Dustin put in two closets for our room and one closet for the room next to us.
Yaah for closets!


Future heating and air along with the finely 
installed insulation!
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Dustin and I decided to get out of the house have some fun one
Saturday evening. We went over to our friends place, Eddie & Sarah's, to
play an assortment of interactive games. The highlight of the night was a 
crazy wii game called Ravin Rabbids! 

Our host, Eddie. 
DDR Master!

one of the dance games from Ravin Rabbids...


Dustin's first time at DDR and turns out 
to be one of the best!

Cousin Chad showing us how it's done...


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Holiday Recap!

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Mrs. K's Toll House:

To start off the Christmas season, my mom, two sisters and Grace hopped in a car and drove to Mrs. K's Toll House Restaurant to meet a couple of my relatives that live in the Maryland area for a lunch in! That evening became the never ending ride accompanied by mother's Christmas singing due to the snowy forcast. ...love you mom! :)

Mrs. K's TollHouse

The House:

Little update on the house. Well, we've survived a month of living in our new home and surprisingly enough we have gotten a lot of big things accomplished. And that is all thanks to Dustin! We received our brand new appliances, we've gotten new windows, a new roof, a new water softener system, fixed a nasty leak, put in a new beam in the ceiling and started on electric! I need to keep reminding myself of this big list when I get impatient with wanting the next project to happen. Slowly but surely!

I can see out of my windows!!!!

The new beam! Now we are less likely to fall 
through the floor now. Woo!

The fixed leak from our upstairs shower!

Celebrating the first of many Christmas' in our new home.


Landis Family Christmas:

What fun time we had at the Landis homestead! Mom Landis made us a fabulous Christmas dinner. And as usual when we were done, we all unbuttoned our pants and ventured over to the couches! Never a dull moment.... or a quiet moment with 5 nieces and nephews running around. :) That is until someone had the brilliant idea of putting on a movie! As hyper as they are I love them all! It wouldn't be a family gathering without all the noise. Also, the newest member Micah, celebrated his first Christmas! He is now 4 months old!

Mom & Dad Landis attempting to read the Christmas story 

This seemed to be more appealing to the kids...Foot War! 

Baby Micah being adored by oldest sister, Kyla!


Vitto Family Christmas:

Another new family member that experienced her first Christmas was Gracie! Now at 6 months old, she can sit up all by herself, eat big girl food, and giggle like her mother! All the kids slept over Christmas eve and woke up all together on Christmas morning. Mom was a fabulous host as usual and made an amazing breakfast for all of us that morning. My grandparents and my aunt and uncle drove down to visit for the Holidays and again, there was never a dull moment. Eating and laughing was our specialty. Grace was pretty much the entertainment for Christmas.  At one point all 12 of us were crowded around the table just watching as Grace sat in the middle of the table, laughing, squealing and smiling. We're entertained easily. 

Gracie in her cute Christmas dress!

The siblings!

Grandpa's pride and joy!

Gracie preparing for Santa Clause

3 goobers :)

Grace opening her first present

A Phillies fan is born!

The beautiful quilt that my grandma made us as
a housewarming present!

Me and my Gracie-poo!

Grace and Grandma!


Eric & Heather's Wedding:

Our friends from church invited us to their beautiful Christmas wedding! They met early on in high school and have been dating ever since. Six long years to be exact! They have been waiting so patiently for this day! It was a beautiful ceremony!

Eric sang the song that he wrote for Heather when he proposed to her. 
There wasn't a dry eye in the Church!

Me and my love relaxing and enjoying the reception.
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year!





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