Mr. and Mrs. Schram

Our dear friends Carryn and Justin got married on August 23rd and we were so happy and honored to be a part of their big day!  Carryn and Stephen worked together at Spirit in the Pines which is where Stephen and I met.  Justin is also on the fire department with Stephen.  We are all just one big, happy family and are so blessed to have these two in our lives!

I was Carryn's personal attendant and I had Stephen as my assistant! HA!  

The weekend started off with nails for all of the girls on Thursday, followed by lunch at Punch Pizza.  We had the rehearsal at the apple orchard they got married at and hammered out all of the details that needed to be figured out.  They had their grooms dinner on Thursday at the Chanhassen Legion which was so delicious!

Friday all of the girls went over to her parents house and had brunch.

Saturday morning we all met up for our hair appointments and then headed back to Carryn's parents house to get ready.

The beautiful bride!

Its a little hard to see but here are the lovebirds in the mirror after their first look

The wedding party!

Carryn's nephew, Ben was a hoot!  The girls were trying to take pictures with some chalkboards they had made and he was just waltzing around with his enormous umbrella!

All of the girls + Ben with their chalkboards

Jenny and Angie

Carryn with her camp brothers, Dan and Stephen

Kirstin and Carryn

Eden Prairie firefighters and their spouses-- we call ourselves Fire Friends!

Stephen, Kirstin, Belle, Catt, Paul, Erik, Carryn, Justin and Jenny

Love my man in uniform!

The wedding went off without a hitch and the reception was so much fun!

Family Lake Day-- Round Two

My whole fam bam packed up and headed out for another day on the lake!  We have rented a boat three times this summer and we have had so much fun!

This day we headed out on Lake Minnetonka.  The weather left much to be desired but it cleared up with an hour to spare so we got to see a little sunshine!

Bennett and Katie!

Avery and Nama

Momma and her girls

Kirstin, Bennett, Avery and Nama

The face of pure joy!

The brave crew who faced the chilly waters! (no I am not naked...)

Once again we had a blast and we look forward to getting out on the water again next summer!

Kayla's Bachelorette Party

We had Kayla's Bachelorette Party in the middle of August and boy was it a blast!  She wanted to do something low key so we went out to dinner and went to Cheers Pablo in Woodbury.

The evening started off a little rocky...

We were heading to dinner and were pulled up at a stoplight...I looked behind me and I saw some smoke.  Initially I thought it was coming from my car...turns out it was the car behind us...which happened to have Kayla and some of her friends in it.  Long story short after some freaking out and yelling we learned that there was something wrong with the electrical system in her friends car and there was a small engine fire.  Sheesh...who would have thought that would happen!

We managed to enjoy dinner and have a couple cocktails and head off to Cheers Pablo.

If you've never done one of these painting classes I would totally recommend it!  We booked a private party but you can also take a class in the main studio.  They have an instructor who leads the class and they walk you step by step through the painting that is selected.  They give you freedom to roam to make the painting your own but they also can give you pointers if things are going awry.  

Getting started with our paintings called Twin Cities Reflection

Most of us are not artists but all of our paintings turned out so well and are all very different.

Sisters!!!

Dads 70th Birthday Party

My dad turned 70 on July 17th so we had a big party at our house to celebrate...the day after Kayla's bridal shower...yes it was a crazy weekend...I don't know what I was thinking!

We had my whole extended family over so it was basically like a family reunion!  It was so great to see everyone!  We used to do Christmas at my grandmas house every year and that was normally the only time that we had everyone all together.  When she passed we started doing a summer reunion since the holidays are so busy for everyone!  My dad also had some good friends of his over that he has been friends with FOREVER, since before I was born.

I had seen this cute idea on Pinterest to put birthday candles in a vase and fill it with gumballs but let me tell you...gumballs are expensive when you try to buy them in bulk so we settled for some colorful pom-poms and I still got the look I was going for but for way less money!

I made a little basket of lollipops with this funny sign...the kids loved all of the lollipops

More table decor

The birthday boy and his cake!

The weather was steamy all day but surprisingly a lot of people wanted to be outside which was great because we had 25 people and our main floor is not that big!

I made a little basket with goodies for all the kids filled with coloring books, crayons, bubbles, and chalk.  They were easily entertained the whole time!

We had such a great time celebrating out wonderful dad!

Kayla's Bridal Shower

Yes I know...I am way behind on posts...the past month has been crazy busy with work, weddings and all things summer!  But here we go...one big catch up!

Stephen's sister, Kayla is getting married on September 26th so Jess and I hosted a little bridal shower for her in mid July!  We had so much fun decorating that I neglected to take pictures of any people at the party!  HA!

The drink bar!

The return of the mason jars!  I just love these things!

Delicious cupcakes!

The table set up!  We had sloppy joes, cornbread casserole, pasta salad, fruit, chips and cupcakes!

Table decor

I made another fun banner!  These are just so fun to make and incredibly easy!

We had the guests write their addresses for thank you notes again, save so much time, I can't imagine hosting a party and not doing this ever again

Simple lollipop favors

We picked up these fun pinwheels to decorate the front steps!

This party was way smaller than the baby shower so it was less stressful thank goodness!  We had a great time and Kayla got lots of great cooking things!