I am a sucker for a wedding, but I am obsessed with the Royal Wedding. I think it is such a special thing that a regular woman walked down the aisle in a beautiful dress marry her Prince Charming (literally) and walked out as the Duchess of Cambridge. Can you imagine what that must feel like? I was a nervous wreck to walk down the aisle to the 150 guests we had... I can't even imagine what it felt like to do it in front of millions of people!
In honor of this momentous occasion, I am throwing a party! A Royal Wedding Viewing Party to be exact. I am gathering all the girls at my house and we are going to enjoy an English breakfast as we watched the DVR'd wedding.
I made a very girlified table runner, pulled out all the fancy serving ware and am going all out on the food. I am going to make blueberry scones, crumpets (hopefully, this seems very difficult and if I screw it up we will be having store bought English muffins... fingers crossed!) with clotted cream, lemon curd and raspberry preserves to top it with, pomegranate mini muffins, and fresh fruit salad. This menu is more of a "high tea" accompaniment, but I just wasn't in the mood for bangers and baked beans! This seems more dainty...
I will post pictures of the party, wish me luck. I have worked 2-12 hour days in a row, so I only have from 8pm to 9am the next day to get all this done!
I will be the first to admit that I have been a bad blogger recently... and of course I have excuses. The family has been sick, including me this time, busy with family functions and house projects.
A few things going on...
Conner's first Easter is this weekend, yay! We have an extremely busy weekend planned, so I hope he is ready. On Saturday, we are going to have an Easter Egg Hunt with my husband's family, which should be fun. Church on Sunday, followed by brunch with my parents and dinner with Matt's parents. Whew, I am just tired thinking about it all!
I am working on Conner's First Birthday Party. I just finished designing his invitation, which is absolutely adorable. I have worked out all the details for decorations and such, so now I just have to get busy and start purchasing things.
Still working on re-decorating the house. I have painted and decorated my living room and I am in love with it. It is so light and airy, it turned out perfect. I have had a bucket of paint sitting in my bathroom for 3 weeks now, so I need to get busy and start working on that room. But again... how do I find time?
And my personal news... I have lost 10 pounds! I am so excited. I have been working so hard this past month, trying to diet and exercise. But it is finally paying off. I have about 40 to go, but I truly think I can do it. I am dedicated now!
I can't resist putting a picture of Conner up. We have been truly enjoying this beautiful weather we have had. He loves the park and stroller rides...
Have a Happy Easter!!!
So I have been struggling with Conner's Birthday party for a while now. Matt and I both have large families that are very involved and we wanted to make sure that all the famiy would be able to come... so we are not going to have it at our house. I am very sad about this, but excited at the same time. We were worried about space and the heat. Conner will be one on June 24, which is in the middle of the summer and we have no shade in our yard.
The party is going to be... drum roll... at the park! We think that this will be a nice place for a large group, lots of parking, shade and free entertainment.
The theme is going to be... drum roll... Where the Wild Things Are! I absolutely adore this Children's Book and think that it is perfect for my "Little Wild Thing"
I am just in the early planning stages, trying to get ideas for decor and such. I would appreciate any ideas or suggestions that you might have.
