was beautiful, and silly.

two homes to our right is one of the most beautiful homes in america.

the homeowner builds homes {check this out!},
and he and his wife are both artists {check out her etsy shop, here!!!}
and what they created with this home, is stunning. unbelievable, actually.

every time i visit their home, it transports me, to somewhere far from here.

you really have to experience it, to have any idea what i’m talking about.

needless to say, we were all thrilled to find out they were hosting
the neighborhood christmas party!

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flashback friday

August 13, 2010
five-and-a-half years ago…

my little man, turned two.
april, 2005.

he was obsessed with thomas trains at the time,
so it was only appropriate that we celebrated choochoo style!

i spent my entire afternoon making that cake,
and i totally thought it was the bomb.

now looking at pictures, and knowing all the current trends,
i think, wow…i could have done a lot better!

oh well. he was two, he’ll never know!
crazy how fast time goes.

notice kiana,

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a first birthday luau…

August 3, 2010
our friends joe & caryn have three older boys,
and one year ago,
they welcomed this beautiful baby girl into their family.
{it was so exciting!}

now…miss kelsey is one!

we joined their family for an adorable luau,
caryn made all the cupcakes!
they were adorable and delicious!

happy 1st birthday, baby girl!
xoxo.

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party perfect…

May 10, 2010
is a fabulous blog/resource for party plans.

it’s been listed on my ‘you should visit’ over on my right column for a long time now.

sara shares heaps & heaps of adorable, inspiring ideas.

i was featured there today as “

g.i.jane’s army party

love the clever title.

{i’m kind of thrilled!}

happy monday!!!

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