Family Pictures 2016

Happy Tuesday!

I hope you all had a great weekend!  It was nice to have an extra day off with the kids - long weekends are always the best!

We got our pictures back last week, and I couldn't wait to share them with you all.  I love the way they came out!  This year we dressed a little different than past years, usually we would all wear jeans and nice shirts but this year, I decided to have us girls dress up a little fancy for the pictures.   We also chose an area in Ft. Lauderdale that is a bit urban and rustic as opposed to our usual park pictures.  The end result is LOVE!   It was FREEZING the day we took these and the wind was crazy strong. The kids were such troopers - they are such go with the flow kids, which made for a smooth photo session.  There were so many good ones, but instead of boring you, I'm going to share my absolute favorites.

 I love taking these yearly.  It's incredible how much the kids change in so little amount of time, they're always so much fun to look back on!


For any of you wondering here are the details of what we wore.  My shoes are discontinued but I found similar ones, same with my skirt.

Have a great day!!

Family Pictures on the Brain

It's that time of year when I start thinking and planning for family pictures.  I usually wait until it gets cooler out so we don't sweat to death while we're taking pictures since I much prefer taking them outside than in an indoor studio.  I love how the pictures catch you in the moment, rather than forced smiles; and lets face it - nothing beats sunlight!  It's been over a year since we've taken some pictures so it's time #momfail

I usually go to Pinterest for ideas for our poses (duh) here are some of my favorites!

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And because I always stress on what to wear this article is supposed to give 100 ideas on what colors to coordinate for pictures.

I always get excited to take our pictures and love putting all of the pictures we have side by side to see how our family has changed through the years.  To see some of last year's pictures click here.

Have a great Thursday!

Wedding Bells

Good morning!

I hope you all had a great weekend!  The kids were sick, but we still managed to have a nice time, which is always good.

Last Friday, December 26th my sister got married.  It was such a beautiful wedding and day in general.  A lot of family was in town, the food was delicious, the dance floor was full, and the drinks were coming - what's better than that!

I wanted to share a few pictures with you all from the big day.  I didn't take too many because I was busy dancing my booty off - but here's what I have!

 My sister and I right before getting into the limo

 Four generations...

 Hubby and I (and a sleeping mini on my lap - he fought a nap all day and zonked out at the reception)

Taking pictures... which by the way, is hard with an over tired two year old

 My beautiful girl in her most favorite role - flower girl.  She takes her role seriously, veil and all and even requests makeup ;)

First dance as husband and wife.  I wish I had recorded it, it started off as a traditional slow dance and then changed into a medley of faster songs - Gangnam Style, Cotton Eyed Joe and a few others.

We had such a great time and I'm so sad that it's over - after a year full of weddings and parties, I don't know what I'm going to do now that all of the planning is over!




Linking up with Biana... although this wasn't this past weekend (rebel!)

2014 In Review

Crazy that this is my last post of 2014, where did the year go?!  I'm convinced that time does go by faster as we get older - do you remember years taking forever when we were kids?  Now it seems like it was just New Years day last year!

I thought it would be fun to review my year.  It's definitely been a busy one for our family with TWO weddings in our immediate families!

January 

It was a pretty quiet month, we had some family in town and played tourist in our area. We went to where they film Gator Boys on Animal planet and took a tour of the Everglades on an air boat ride and saw an alligator show.

We also took our first Disney trip of the year.

 

February

This was an exciting month - my sister got engaged!!  I was so happy to be part of that moment and glad I got to witness it happening.

 

We also took our family pictures - these may have been my favorite yet.

 

March

In March, I got nominated for the Liebster award, which was fun - it's nice to know that people out there like reading your blog enough to nominate you for something. 

I also started brainstorming for my Brother/Sister-In-Law's hot air balloon bridal shower and we took the kids to Disney on Ice.

April

April was a pretty low key month.  I went to the John Legend concert with my mom and enjoyed our first full day at the beach since the water and weather warmed up.

 

 

May

We took the kids on another Disney trip, and stayed at one of my favorite hotels of theirs Coronado Springs.

 Kids and Cabernet had it's first linkup Wino Wednesday - I so love this linkup and reading everyone's favorite wines.

We also had the first bridal shower of the year for my brother-in-law, which turned out beautiful!

I also did one of my favorite (and very simple) DYI's to date and made our Rake Wine Glass Holder

June

We spent a lot of time outdoors enjoying summer and had a Girl's Night Out for my sister-in-law to be.

 

July

July marked the first wedding of the year.  Everything was beautiful!

 

 

 

 

I shared six habits to a happy home (at least that work for us ;))

August

I stared brainstorming for our 10 year anniversary party - gold everywhere! eShatki also sent me a beautiful dress that I was able to review, which I loved!

 

September

September marked our 10 year anniversary, and a party to celebrate it, which was a blast having our closest friends and family together in one room.

 

October

We had another low key month with a lot of family time and crafting with the kids - which is always good in my book!

November

One of my favorite months this year - we went on a trip to Punta Cana with our best friends and had the best time and made some amazing memories!

 

December

Another favorite.  December was all about my sister's and her wedding (which I'll recap soon).  I threw her the cutest Lingerie Shower Tea Party and a few days ago celebrated her big day!

It was a great year filled with lots of memories and special times. Can't wait to see what memories are made in 2015.