sneak peak & a passport

Sneak peak: Curtains!!

I'm hoping to get my new curtains sewn & hung this weekend. Is anybody else as excited about this as me?? That would simply not be possible.



Also, I got my passport in the mail!

It only took a couple of weeks (3 maybe?)

So now we're ready for our trip to Punta Cana later this summer, I can hardly wait!!

sarah is getting married so I threw her a paaartay

My little sister (Sarah) is getting married (sniff, sniff *tear*)

I got to host her bridal shower this weekend and it was so much fun!

Warning: there are lots of pictures and I'll probably post again so you can see all my "pinsperations"

First impressions are always important and one of my favorite parts of the shower was indeed the invitation (print file from this etsy shop)

I love how cute this ruffle wreath is (DIY project, details here!)

Awww Sarah & Tristan

Everything turned out out so pretty (again, thanks to pinterest!)

I LOVE flowers and I love decorating with them and I love taking pictures of them so....

I got all the different ribbons at Hobby Lobby and hot glued them to the mason jars

The flowers were from the grocery store.

Each guest wrote a note/saying of love or wisdom to Sarah on a spoon!

(I forgot to take an after pic)

Now comes the all-important food

(I got all my fabrics from JoAnn's)

Mini cinnamon rolls

Fruit salad

Breakfast crescent ring

(with hashbrowns, bacon, egg & cheese)

Blue cheese stuffed mushrooms

(a go-to favorite, recipe previously posted here)

& asparagus mushroom quiche

(this was very yummy!)

I had a bunch of different fruit juices on had so you could create your own mimosa

Besides flowers, mimosas also make it on the list of things I love :)

And you know I can't do anything without cupcakes,

but these are MUFFINS... with icing

Banana muffins with peanut butter buttercream

Chocolate chip sour cream muffins with chocolate buttercream

&

Blueberry cupcakes with lemon cream cheese icing

Finally some pictures of people!!!

This is the family table

and this is the friend table

We started game time with this fun door prize:

"who has the groom"

the envelopes were taped to the bottom of each guest's chair and the person who had the groom was the lucky winner (everyone else had a celebrity Mr.)! These seriously crack me up every time I look at them!!!

The next game we played was called Staches & Tiaras.

I read a question and then an answer and guests had to guess if the answer was the groom's or the bride's and hold up a mustache (groom) or tiara (bride) to cast their vote

Tristan & Sarah gave the same answer for several of the questions so I guess that means they are going to get along all right :)

This is my mom... she doesn't usually have a mustache ;)

We also played wedding scattergories, match the wedding clue to the candy & the price is right.

I'll give more details on those in another post b/c they were all fun games to play at a shower/party!

Also, I didn't take any pictures during opening the gifts... I think getting up at 5:30 to get everything done by the 10:30 party time fried my brain... you know, more than it's usually fried anyway :)

Here's the formal family shot

and the friend picture

and Sarah (my sis) & I

Isn't she beautiful?! Tristan has no idea what a good catch he's made... but he'll figure it out :)

Sorry for the load of pictures, but it was so fun and I wanted to share!! 

UPDATE: See all my pinsperations on this follow up post

UPDATE: See how to plan for & play the games in this follow up post

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camping with friends, dogs & marshmallows

Last weekend we went camping with friends at Comlara Park, which is just about 15 minutes north of town

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The weather was as perfect as camping weather gets!

And we just hung out and enjoyed it!

We cooked "hots" or "brawt dogs" for dinner - that's what Kevin said when he mixed up brats & hot dogs! Haha! :)

The first day of camping Callie is a big scardy cat and stays right next to us, but by the second day she's out exploring anything and everything.

Annie spent some quality relaxation time in the hammock.

Cute pic of "ZoZo" - it was her first time camping!

Bryce made a supply run for everybody, thanks Bryce!

The campfire was sooo pretty

With a fire this good we definately took advantage and had some smores!

Ok Ok, quite trying to drag it out of me... I had 2 smores and 8 more marshmallows

Geez, I was camping, marshmallow are what you're supposed to eat when camping!

It was also Harley's first camping trip, he really LOVED camping.

Here he's chasing a spider across the campsite!

And of course I couldn't leave out a pic of Mia :)

It was a really fun camping trip, can't wait to do it again!

Annie took some fun jumping pics & couple pics; check them out here

 

blueberry muffins

This is my favorite blueberry muffin recipe. It's so simple and that really let's the blueberries speak for themselves. Yum!

They do appear a little darker than I usually make them... I got distracted and didn't listen for the timer very well ;)

Don't you just want to dig in???!!!

Blueberry Muffins

1/2 cup butter

1 1/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

2 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup milk

2 1/2 cups fresh blueberries, washed

1/4 cup sugar (to sprinkle on top)

Preheat oven to 375. Line 18 muffin cups with paper liners.

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and 1 1/4 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time.

Mix together flour, baking powder & salt. Add dry mixture to butter mixture alternating with milk.

Mash 1/2 cup blueberries and stir into batter. Fold in remaining blueberries.

Fill muffin cups and sprinkle tops with sugar.

Bake at 375 for about 30 minutes.