Sunday, July 1, 2012

Wedding preparations....

Warning: this is a very long picture post!

Jecca and Chris are married! Finally!  We have been preparing for months, and last night it all came together.  I took some pictures of our decor (mostly made by Jecca and I) and of the rehearsal on Friday.

The them was Smore's Love.  We used a lot of burlap, twine and mason jars.  Jecca's favorite colors are green and pink, so we used those for accents.

The unity sand jars

The alter table

We made all the twineand burlap balls

Family rows were reserved using slate signs

Bubbles were wrapped with twine

The program

Jecca made her guest book



The flower girl baskets - made by Jecca and I

Dominic was the 'ring bearer'.  He carried a sign that said - Last Chance to Run.  Then at the end of the wedding it read - Too Late.

Practicing flower girls


The bride, her dad...and her bouquet from her shower

Jecca and Chris

The bridesmaids - Brittany, Jaime, Molly and Nicki

The rehearsal dinner cake

The snack hour drink containers
 

Slate signs to reserve the family tables - the favors were smore bites.

We cut each table cloth and cut/frayed each runner


The reception hall

Close up of Chris & Jecca's sign and glasses

The head table

The cake knife and server

The cake table

The cake - made by Jecca's sister - Jaime


The gift table - the card 'box' is a burlap ball we made




The cookie table

The sign on the cookie table


The smore's table.  The kids liked making their own smores.  
We used chalkboard paint on craft boxes and then a paint pen to label them.

The girls also got to get their nails done with the bride and bridesmaids.

K's 2nd pedicure

Hailey didn't like the idea of a pedicure, so she just got her toes painted.

Saturday morning I took the girls to get their hair done.  
They looked entirely too old when they were done.






I didn't take/get pictures of them in their dresses, believe or not.  BUT - Jecca gets all the rights to the photographer's pictures, so as soon as she gets them, I will post.  
Also, I have asked other family to send me pictures.  

A tea party....

Last weekend was our friend, Reagan's, 2nd birthday! Her parents threw an adorable tea party, complete with some cute accessories for the guys.

Justin is ready for tea with his stick on mustache, goofy glasses and hat.

Logan, sporting his hat and bow tie!
Justin and Logan relaxing in the yard.

K is decorating her goody bag.

H eating cake or candy or cookies or....anything sugar!

The beautiful decor:








Fun with the kiddos

I have been trying new polish techniques on the girls and I that I have found on Pinterest.  The most recent was 'splatter paint'.  I dipped a straw in polish and blew it on the girls' toes.  It looks cool when it is done, but was a pain to clean up.  

The first, and most important step, was to protect the skin with scotch tape and paper towels! 



We all did a white base.  Hailey did blue splatter, Kaelin did blue and pink, 
and I did light and dark purple. 

On a different note, Logan is standing.  He pulls to stand on his own - EVERYWHERE! He likes to let go and try to stand alone too.  Most of the time he ends up on his bottom, but sometimes he face plants.


Chillin' at Pat Catan's or Hobby Lobby, or some other craft store. He is such a good boy!

Mini Golf for Beginners

During the first week of June, after a day of working on Jecca & Chris' wedding, we took the kiddos for pizza and then to play miniature golf.  Neither of the girls had been before.  It was entertaining!  THey did good the first few holes - really trying, and then they were just pushing the ball around and having a good time. 

The girls wanted to check out Uncle Chris's truck:



Golf time:




Playing in the playground/arcade after we were done golfing: