Mother's Day...What can I say about this day? Its the greatest gift in the world to be the mommy to such a sweet baby girl! I can not even remember what life was like before we were blessed with her. Being a mommy is the best thing that I've ever done in my life! So now onto our mother's day plans: we did a mother's day cookout at our house with both my family and Brandon's family on Saturday evening (although Mom was sick, so she missed the cookout) and then did our typical Mother's day brunch with my family, Nana, and the Eskews on Sunday. We went to the best place in Winston for Sunday Brunch (at least in my opinion)...4th Street Filling Station. So much fun!
Father's Day...So this was Brandon's 2nd Father's day. We had about a week old baby girl last year! We went to Sunday Brunch at Bermuda Run with my parents and then went to Brandon's parent's house that evening to celebrate with his family. It was a great day all around!
We had a huge birthday occur on June 15th! ;) But I think I'll do a separate post on that one next!
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| A sneak peek of the post to come on her birthday! |
My baby brother got married on June 30th!!!! It was a beautiful, but HOT day! Leading up to their wedding, which was taking place the same place that we got married, I said "well even if it's hot, it won't be as bad as our day...100 (record breaking high for June 7th)!" Well it looks like they beat the heat on their day...102!!! But despite the heat, it was a beautifully perfect day for a beautiful couple! I could not have hand-picked a better girl for my brother to marry. Diane is the perfect girl for him and we are so thrilled to have her in the family!
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| Bridesmaid brunch |
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| Rehearsal dinner |
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| With the groom to be! |
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| One of the only pictures that I took on the wedding day |
July 4th...We had the annual shop party that evening. Its great because we set up games (horseshoes and cornhole), grills, tents, tables, and chairs and its a party with a perfect view of the fireworks. Given this recent heatwave, it was pretty toasty but we still managed to have a great time and Ali was just a trooper! She hung out and stayed up til 10:30, watching the fireworks, eating homemade ice cream, and loving the attention from everyone! One of the things that I've enjoyed most since being a mommy is watching the world through a child's eyes. I barely even watched the fireworks, because I LOVED seeing the excitement and wonder on her face as she saw them for the first time! It just makes you so much more appreciative of the "little things in life".
