Do I start every post with..."Wow, it's been a long time coming or I can't BELIEVE how long it's been since my last post", survey say:YES!!! Well, all the above is true, then I put some kind of line in about how busy I am, again true, so now that we are all on the same page, lets get started! We are getting more and more comfortable as the days move into fall here, I of course am always throwing my pennies in the wishing well with hopes of an Indian Summer. Speaking of summer this has been a really good one. I like to make recap lists, maybe too much but here I go...We had Kari and Jeremy's wedding to start us off, met amazing new friends and got to turn some acquaintances into friends, definitely a high-lite! Then as the galls of TOC and I prepared for our biggest event to date I had a lovely birthday party at the Dunn Gardens with a girl scout theme, and let me say that some capitol F-U-N was had! All the while one of my best childhood friends came for a visit from England and brought her man for a two week stay, we had the kind of time we have needed to have together for the first time in years! We then headed H-O-M-E for a long overdue stay in the great Midwest, I am one lucky girl, thanks to my darling husband, I was able to stay 18 days, where we just hung out with our families, friends, their beautiful and growing children, soaked up the sun, rode in boats on bikes, made good food, looked at old pictures and reminisced!!!(pictures from that trip....yet to come, I wouldn't want to spill it all in one post, every 6 months:) I really needed that I have been homesick for the past year and that cured me. So now here we are at the end of August!!!!!!! We are working hard on house and home, trying to enjoy our selves and checking things off the giant to-do list, so here it is(Kenny) pictures of the summer, including a man riding some taxidermy!! Oh and a few of my finds from the summer of course, my junking has been taken to a whole new level, it's kinda scary! Cheers to you all...
***sorry to start with this pic Jesse but this pretty much sums up the weekend!! To see pictures of the event and how we helped design the evening check out tableofcontentsevents.com
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| wake up and drink.... |
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| oops this isn't my husBbAAnd |
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| gorgeous!!! |
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| dapper |
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| pretty ladies all in a row |
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| mr. and mrs. Jones |
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| jane |
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| jesse |
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| props |
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| vintage train+heart=amazing...again for more photos see TOC blog |
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| new favorite picture |
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| blushing bride and her bestie |
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| some handsome gents on the train |
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| dance off...pants off NO NO just dance off!!! part 1 |
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| big moves on the dance floor part 2 |
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| and part 3 LOVE IT!! |
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| danger danger! |
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| part 4 defiantly choreographed moves!! |
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| then there is part 5 WOW!! perfection |
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| such an amazing venue |
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| add a caption for me!! make sure it's sarcastic with a pinch of Miami Vice |
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| i just like this one... flash face |
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| my fav. picture of the bride!! Drink up, much deserved! |
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| new bffs daniel and michelle!!! BFA |
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| and here we go..."is it going to hold me?" |
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| "will I die from this or be seriously impaled and owe thousands of dollars?" |
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| "yes and no, OMG this is amazing" |
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| "like riding on a rainbow" |
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| "Hell Yes" |
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| front view |
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| bricks from the chimney |
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| working on steel siding |
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| siding close up |
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| siding plus round window, this is our staircase, the steel will eventually rust |
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| we are always working on the garden, a huge thanks to Charles and Glenn for all the plants that come our way |
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| doll or tooth? |
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| fruit coasters! in love |
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| crayons from marks grandma's |
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| living room |
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| komodo dragon collection! with hats!! |
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| favorite place to eat dinner |
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| The beauty of the Dunn |
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life boat rations from 1959
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| den leader Cody and his gals, dressed in their scout gear for my group girl-scout bday party | | |
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| desert table complete with homemade gram crackers and marshmallows, I highly recommend making your own marshmallows |
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| Meet Ali, Steph's boyfriend, he and Mark hated each other!!LOVE |
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| Den 13 in FULL effect | |
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| Dirty Girl scout and her dirty friend!! It was so nice having Steph here for two weeks, I cannot wait to visit them in the UK |
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| And the dirtiest girl-scout of them all!!!! |
Well folks that it is it!!! Now I'm off to attend to my very mid-western dinner and plug my TV in cuz this girl got cable today!!! Ahhhh modern day amenities are kinda amazing! Not as amazing as my family and friends however.I would also just like to end on this note...Do not let life, a week, a month, or an hour pass you by! Do what you want, when you want, be with your people, move towards happiness and your own perfection because I just keep getting reminded of how we really are owed nothing and we should all be grateful for what we have!
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