My Niece's Birthday

One of my nieces recently turned one and we had a great party to celebrate.  Here are some pictures from her big day!

Mother-Daughter Brunch

Last weekend we celebrated Mother's Day, and every year my mom's church does a Mother-Daughter banquet.  However, this year they did a brunch, which was a nice change of pace.  I look forward to this every year though because it brings all the women in my family together which is a lot of fun - and this year, my sister in law from upstate New York even came down to visit.  Here are some pictures of the event -- P.S. the crazy looking lady on stage is my mom acting out some skit that had never been practiced -- but it was pretty hilarious.

Rugged Maniac!!!

I told you all that my plan was to become more active this year.  Well, last weekend I completed the Rugged Maniac 5k.  Let me tell you, it was active for sure!  It was a 5k race with about 20 different obstacles along the way.  The obstacles included activities such as climbing over walls, crawling through underground tunnels, crawling through mud uphill under barb wire, climbing across a rope net, and so much more.  Check out these photos.

 

Our group before the race

 

A picture taken by Rugged Maniac -- right before I almost face planted in the fire

A picture Rugged Maniac took of the hubby

A picture Rugged Maniac took

A picture Rugged Maniac took of us right after we finished

A fun, muddy day for us all!



Springtime Photoshoots are in the Air

Although the weather has been all over the place lately, I am hopeful for spring and hopeful that warm weather will come and STAY and no longer tease us.  This past weekend, I had the pleasure of taking spring photos of this adorable guy.  Check out my favorite from the shoot.

 

Fashion Makeover: "Jungle" Skirt

I absolutely love clothes.  I think most of you know this by now.  But I also love love love clothes that are passed down from older generations of my family.  I love the idea of wearing something that my mom wore when she was my age or something my grandmother wore when she was my age.  Some of you know I wore a dress that was my mom's dress to my bridal shower.  I love that dress.  And one great thing about that dress was that it needed no alterations to fit me or fit my style.

 

Well, my grandmother recently started going through her closet and gave me a few items out of it.  Now, it will take me awhile to go through the items and get them all altered to fit me or get them updated to something that seems more modern, but I wanted to give you a first glance at one item she gave me. 

 

This skirt - I call the jungle skirt - is something I would never pick out for myself if I saw it in a store.  But when I put it on, it just felt fun.  It was way too big, but still fun.  I went and got it altered and taken in a bit, and a zipper added, and now it fits great.  It is just a fun long skirt.  Definitely not something most girls would have - or maybe even choose to wear - but I love it.  I love the pattern, I love the fringe, I just love the memories of times that my grandmother wore the skirt.

 

So here it is - my jungle skirt -- let me know what you think of my first fashion makeover from my grandmother's closet!

 



Photoshoot: Miss M

Last weekend I had so much fun catching up with and taking pictures of this pretty girl.  It had been awhile since we had talked much since she went away to school, and I enjoyed every minute we spent together last weekend.  She is also so fun to take pictures of!  Here are a few of my favorites: