gwen getting ready

as if getting married and planning a wedding wasn't stressful enough, ms. gwen also designed and made her wedding dress. how amazing is she?!

the ceremony

this was such a sweet ceremony with lots of fun and touching moments. i was at the bar getting a cocktail as gwen was walking
down the aisle. now, that's a fun wedding! click to see larger.

friends, cake & dancing!

need i say more? click to view larger.

95 years young!

at long last, photos from my uncle andrew's 95th birthday. i decided to bake him a pie, since A. it's old school and B. i have a ton of rhubarb growing in my yard, so why not, right? we spent many hours together talking about his time in the war, looking through old photos and i even learned that he speaks Croatian. who knew? now i ask you, does this look like the face of a 95 year old man? he even mowed the lawn that day and used a serious power saw. you go!

meet my new best friend, porter

spent some time today with my new best friend, porter - the darling son of my friends andrew and emily. who could resist those big, brown eyes or curly locks?

strawberry rhubarb pie

with the help of my lovely new neighbor erin, we each made a fabulous strawberry rhubarb pie with the giant stalks of rhubarb growing in my yard. when asked to pick 6-7 stalks, i was inspired by their color and had to take some "portraits." the process was fun; from cutting the fruit to rolling out the handmade dough - we enjoyed an already hot evening with the oven on, but it was well worth it as we discovered this morning over pie & coffee.

a weekend in Door County, WI.

here's an array of images from our trip up to door county, wisconsin. my in-laws retired up in sister bay almost 10 years ago now and it's such a treat to visit them. we did lots of hiking, took merritt the 'wonder dog' to the beach and even stumbled upon wild morel mushrooms. they completely freak me out, but dan says they were quite tasty sauted in butter!