Home Day After Portraits

So my Mom clicked a few pics of M and me in the yard while we were still in our wedding garb from our day after portraits! Just thought I would share!
Deanna (my bro's girlfriend) who did my hair and makeup again!
Front Yard
Front Yard
Chairs in the backyard
Houston!
Swinging
M upside down!
Love this quilt!

Anyway . . . I don't think it ever gets old looking at my wedding pics!

Just because

I had to post these just because they make me laugh!! Our friend that took our guestbook photos . . . he took these too and they just crack me up. They will probably make you laugh too if you know my brother . . . maybe not too . . . anyway . . . Ha!! Loves.

Special Dances

Well, I hope you all had a good New Years!! And . . . since one of my resolutions is to finish posting about my wedding I am going to get started today!!

Besides my first dance with Marshall, and the father-daughter/mother-son dances I had a couple more special songs to share, one with my Mom and one with my Brother. They weren't directly after the "traditional" ones, later in the evening . . . and a surprise to both of them!! The choice for these two songs was actually easier than the one for my Dad. For my Mom: We went to see the Down From the Mountain tour years ago . . . it was where my family discovered Patty Loveless. She had a song "Pretty Little Miss" that would bring me out of my teenage hiding into the living room singing at the top of my lungs. My Mom and I would belt it out . . . so much fun. Anyway, long story short, I went away to college and a couple months later my Dad put the Patty Loveless CD on and when "Pretty Little Miss" started my Mom started crying . . . when you hear the song, it is not something that would normally make anyone cry . . . anyway . . . I knew it was the perfect song for Mom and me at the wedding!
My favorite lyric from the song:

"Mama says he's not my type
He really loves another
But he's gonna marry me
When I turn twelve this summer"

And we dance!!
My Mom is so cute!

Now . . . the song to my Brother takes us back to childhood . . . we would always sing and dance around to the Chieftains Long Black Veil album. The song "Changing You Demeanour" we would just make up "lyrics" because they go into lilting (not really words)!! So fun.

• Changing Your Demeanour by The Chieftains

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Dancing with my Brother . . . the song is so fast . . . and long when you are doing a jig!

I think we got tired and just started hugging.
Look at me go!

Ha! So funny! Anyway . . . super fun. So glad I was able to do something special with my Mom and Brother as well as my Dad.

Photos by Alyssa Jul Photography

Up Next: Everyone Dancing

Christmas Cards and More

I guess I should show you guys our Christmas Cards!! I am so excited about sending them for years to come, adding pets and babies, and all that fun stuff. Anyway, I bought them on Snapfish for I think $0.19 a piece . . . not bad!
I like how each pic kind of matches up with the word below . . . kissing for love, hugs for joy, and laughing for laughter!! --- I think my Mom is the only one who actually noticed that!
This is a pic of our friends fridge (you can see our pic up towards the top)!! Fun to be part of the whole Christmas Card thing this year. I can't believe how many we received this year too! It's like we are part of some club now!

Here is our mass collection of cards too!!

Anyway, hope everyone had a good Christmas! We sure did. Here are a few highlights:

Are we dorks for taking pictures with the cats?? Probably, but I don't really care!
Here is . . . some of our Christmas Dinner, a rib roast, roasted potatoes, gravy and brussel sprouts. Yummy!!! Also, it looks like we have spilled our wine glasses, but they are special tasting glasses . . . anyway . . . kinda cool.
And Candles!! And . . . cheesecake I made from scratch!! It is super yummy. I haven't ever made any before, but I thought it turned out really good!!

My families big thing was actually Christmas Eve we always had close family friends over for good food, good drinks, and good company . . . I made my Mom's traditional fair . . . Cornish game hens (everyone gets their own) with walnut stuffing, wine current sauce/gravy, mashed potatoes, and cinnamon rolls from scratch (I wish I had taken a picture because everything turned out beautifully this year, especially the cinnamon rolls, they were huge!!). Our friend supplied some other delicious food . . . a spinach salad with homemade lemon Dijon vinaigrette with pears, cranberries and homemade candied walnuts, a pickled hearing and beet salad (sounds weird, and maybe looks even weirder because it it bright pink, but it is actually pretty tasty), a green bean casserole, and deviled eggs!! Can you say gluttony??? Plus I had actually made the Cheesecake for Christmas Eve and someone brought an Apple Pie made without any sugar - just honey - it was wonderful!! Ok . . . a few pics now that you all are drooling . . . ok maybe its just me!
Gotta love the funny paper crowns found in poppers!! So funny. . . . oh and now that I see a mug, I made Mulled Wine too!!
Oh, you can see the bright pink hearing salad!!
And some deviled eggs!

And these were a beautiful early Christmas present from my Mom. Love the candle light! Hope you all had a good Christmas!!

Another Baby Quilt

I just finished another baby quilt! It is a little later then I wanted to send it, oh well I guess. They waited to find out if it was a boy or a girl, but they had painted the room orange and put up these baby blue colored paintings . . . so . . . there was my color scheme. The baby ended up being a boy that they named Finnegan, super cute name!! I put Baby McKinney, cuz at the time I didn't know the name.
I think it turned out pretty! Now I just need to get it in the mail. Only 4 more baby quilts to go (that I know of!)

Update: I just found a cute pic of the little guy with his new quilt!