North to Alaska

I got to take miss bug up to visit my parents in Alaska for 2 weeks.  She loved being on the boat and enjoyed all the water everywhere!  

Busted!

We're learning how to use a spoon.  What better way to learn than with a little Cool Whip ;)

And she's one!

We have found a great photographer here in Texas, Kristin - who runs Wit and Whimsy Photography.  I had a vision for a tea party photo shoot and she totally helped me bring it to life.  It took a little bit of hunting, but I found the perfect pieces to create our scene.

-- Teapot and birdcage from Hobby Lobby
-- Clock was a gift given to me years back
-- Vase is from Crate and Barrel, it's normally in our room
-- Tea cup was sent from my aunt to start a collection for little miss
-- Teddy bear was a baby shower gift from my aunt
-- Romper and headband found on Etsy

Can't wait to get this on a canvas and up on the wall!

Smash Cake

We have a very special photo shoot happening tomorrow . . .

Merry Christmas

Snow baby

Stores in Texas don't know what sleds are so we had to improvise . ..

Family Moment

We were so excited to have the opportunity to have our favorite photographer, Morgan, capture some family moments on a trip back to Montana this summer.  I love everything we got back from here but wanted to share a favorite ...

Happy Holidays

     

Merry Christmas/Happy New Year!

Mr & Mrs ...

We've got our wedding photos back from our awesome photographer Morgan about a month ago and thought I'd share some details from the day.

Chad was superman getting those chairs set up, busting out string to help get them lined up perfect! Glad it wasn't me :) Fresh Designs did our flowers, which were more beautiful that I even expected them to be. I made my hair pieces and earrings. I'd tried to make my own bracelet with spoon handles, but found one on Etsy that I fell in love with. Chad's aunt and uncle's backyard was the ideal place to have the ceremony. Their garden served as the perfect backdrop with all the trees and flowers they'd taken such care of over the summer in preparation for our wedding.

While Chad set up the ceremony I set up the reception space. It was in the ballroom upstairs at The Baxter Hotel in downtown Bozeman. It'd recently been renovated and had air conditioning put in -- which was a huge life saver as it was 80 that day in Bozeman! The staff there worked with us to make delicious huckleberry/strawberry lemonade drinks that were served to guests as they arrived. And Chef Sarah Knecht and her team had an array of mouth watering appetizers through the evening. She made our cake too, which was fantastic!

My mom and grandma had some time before the wedding and got our favors put together. We did magnets in our wedding colors (colored paper + flat sided marbles + modge podge + magnets). They packaged them up and got some activity bags ready for our littlest guests to keep them entertained. Rather than a traditional guest book we opted to customize a couple of Jenga sets so we can look back at it all whenever we play.

Chad and I chose to do all our photos before the wedding so we weren't held up getting to the reception to our guests there waiting. I was having a hard time coming up with something to use as a backdrop for the ceremony but saw something similar to this on Pinterest and knew that fit just right for how simple the ceremony would be. So glad we had a friend in Bozeman with some connections for finding a door to refinish (we actually ended up with a newer but kind of damaged door) for the look I wanted. My bridesmaid Kelly came to town early and she and I painted/sanded away and groomsman Luca helped with stapling all the flowers to it. It was a fun place to have our "first look" before getting to the rest of the photos.

To spare you all the ceremony photos -- like I said, it was pretty simple -- Dad walked me down the aisle, there was a reading/prayer/vows/rings/kiss and then back down the aisle with Chad!

Our wedding party was the best! We had such a great long weekend getting to catch up with everyone at last night out parties/rehearsal dinner/getting ready for the wedding and reception. So lucky to know such awesome people!

And we get to do it all again as guests again next year for Lance (Chad's brother) and Pam's wedding in September in Montana and our friends Justin and Emily in Texas!!

HITCHED!!

We had a beautiful week in Montana and the most perfect weather for our wedding August 13th in Bozeman. I'll post more about the wedding later, but that's why I've been MIA. Just got back to town and getting back into some kind of routine before we move into a bigger apartment in a couple weeks : ) Hope to post a little bit before all that happens. Until then, a picture from our ceremony and a picture of us the day after after a super relaxing float on the Madison River.