Mom spent all of last week with me in Birmingham and we had a fabulous time! At the end of the week Daddy joined us and we had a wonderful weekend of family time and homemade meals. While mom was here we had the most fun...eating at delicious places, breakfast pastries at Continental bakery, fresh garden meals, a peach pie {or two!}, going to see the musical Legally Blonde - which was absolutely hilarious, and most of all spending time together. She also did things around our house which was extra nice. I'm so thankful. When Dad arrived for the weekend the men went into major yard mode and made it all nice and spiffy for upcoming houseguests this weekend {!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!}.

To reward everyone for all their hard work David made a delicious pasta dinner and we had a garden salad and crostinis with homemade pesto and fresh from our vines, juicy red tomatoes. David and I had planted lots of things this season and we are enjoying the harvest. I am so proud of how everything turned out.

Thanks again Mom and Daddy for spending the week and weekend with us. We loved having you here! Cheers to all we accomplished~

we dined al fresco on a lovely alabama summer night

homemade peach pie with chilton county peaches...the taste of summer!

a tea for the mommy-to-be

The weekend after the 4th of July, I headed down to the Tampa area to spend some time with Pamela who is expecting sweet Olivia Grace at the end of August! And to shower her with a little love at a tea party honoring the mommy-to-be. I helped host the shower with Keri, one of Pamela's childhood friends, and she is expecting a little boy any day now. It was such a nice weekend to get to be with Pamela and her husband and we enjoyed working on lots of nursery projects in the less than 48 hour time frame. I so wish I could've stayed longer! Pamela definitely has the motherhood glow and she is beaming with joy to meet her sweet little girl. I can't wait to meet her either!

On Saturday night before the shower on Sunday we headed out on the town including a 10:00pm stop at The Dessert Room at Bern's Steakhouse. We've been talking about going for years. It was definitely a treat for me! Not only the dessert, but most of all spending time with Pamela.

dinner in hyde park

our maternity photo shoot!

I enjoyed spending time with david too :)

the dessert room was all it's cracked up to be and more...

baked alaska  for david

on sunday we hosted an afternoon tea at a quaint tea room in downtown dunedin

flowers from my mother and mother-in-law's yards

we asked guests to sign books instead of cards for olivia's nursery book collection. here's what we included in the invitation...

A nursery rhyme, classic, or Bible story~
Let's bring a book to add to Olivia's nursery!

the hostesses with the guest of honor

they received lots of wonderful gifts, some in elaborate and fun packages

with the grandmothers :)

mimi, pamela, and granny - 4 generations in just a few weeks!

the food was delicious - my favorite were the blueberry scones topped with a lemon glaze {second shelf}

cori and libby

keri and pamela

gifts from mom, sister and moi...

no little girl is complete without monogrammed diaper covers and a feltman brothers dress

pamela's mother gave her a book that pamela had as a baby

and she knitted olivia a beautiful blanket

 it was so good to see college friends I don't get to see very often 

 we sent everyone home with tea cup cookies from sweetie cakes - they are the best! kate made some for our wedding welcome bags and she is so talented.

Looking forward to Olivia's arrival!

happy birthday 'merica

We spent the Fourth of July soaking up the sun at St. George Island...

 we watched the wild parade!

 we went boating with the edenfields...

 love, love, love this sweet girl

 lucas and cara

 these two pictures are my favorite - sk looks just like her mommy at this age I think!



wedding highlight

Our wedding is featured in the July/August issue of Tallahassee Magzine!! Love the write up~

Nine Weddings, Nine Experiences - Tallahassee Magazine - July-August 2012