To Have And To Hold

Saying farewell to M for the day

 With my 26 week old date for the evening. In husband's absence, he does provide me with the sweetest company.

 I was able to snap this with the bride moments before she slipped into her gown!

Something blue  

 Beautiful bouquet!

Darling little face in the corner

 All ready
                                                      
 Love this one

 Man and wife!
                                               
A beautiful July day!

 Over the summer, I saw my sweet D three times~ each time at a wedding :)

 A beauty with an engineering brain
                                           
The bride-to-be!

                                                      
How precious

I love bustles~ the look~the process~ and all the helping hands

And she is a married woman!  After 3 years of marriage, don't you think I should know how to wear wedding rings in the correct order? I love the look of my four dollar "sticker" manicure.

 First dance

 Playing around with the huge sunflowers

Two of my favorite aunties

Celebrating

This summer has been wonderfully full of weddings. How delightful to see a dear childhood friend get married!  I also felt particularly blessed to be able to enjoy the prewedding festivities with her. We spent one evening together with her fiance and his family folding the wedding programs. Living far from her, I was deeply grateful for this opportunity to get to know the family she was joining; having never met them before, I was particularly gladdened to see how much they all cared for her.

The next day, I was able to get a lovely one on one outing with the bride. I took her into the city to treat her to lunch and pick out her wedding present.

We enjoyed lunch at Max Brenner. The restaurant is unique in its preponderance of chocolate.  They make amazing crepes, the best hot chocolate, and delicious cocoa free burgers. 

 Two days before the wedding, her sister threw her a days long party. We began the day at the shore.

It was a rare treat to be with so many of my girl friends at once (although we greatly missed you, DH!).

 The hand shot

 All ready to enjoy dinner at Maggiano's Little Italy in family style.

 These 2 girls are ready to eat :)

The restaurant was beautiful, and thoughts of the food is getting me hungry.