Happy Halloween!  The party last night was a success and I am very lucky to have a sister who is a talented photographer to take pretty photos of everything while I ran around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to get all the food out on the table at the last minute.

Hi there!  Just checking in to see how everyone’s Octobers are going.  Ours has been plenty busy.  Colleen just got back from Ireland and California.  I have been doing weddingy things like registering which I have to say is far more complex and time consuming than I had anticipated.  But Chris and I are both

Hi friends!  This week is a good week because it is a short one for us.  We are taking us a nice little long weekend trip to New Orleans.  Neither Colleen or I have been there before and we have been so busy lately that we haven’t even gotten to do much research.  We do

Last weekend Chris and I took a trip up to Iowa to visit some of his family members including his grandmother who was an absolute delight and his cousin who has taken over a super old (over 100 years I think) family farm and him and his wife (who is also a talented artist) are

Hi!  Thought I would pop in for a quick happenings post.  I know that Colleen had mentioned this a few weeks ago but we have had a few questions about it since then so I thought I would mention it again.  We are very sad to report that we will not be having a Halloween

Happy happy Friday!!  Can y’all even believe it is August?  That’s just nuts.  Summer is coming to a close, shark week is practically tomorrow, and Grandin Road started advertising their Halloween stuff again, which means only 2 months till October.  I usually scoff at the early release of holiday merchandise but Halloween is the one