Wedding Pictures!

I have tons of wedding pictures, but
I won't post all of them.

Sorry (Chris) I've been
really crazy this week,
so this is the first chance I've had to post
anything.

Rehearsal dinner

Who's that mysterious fellow in the sombrero?

Cutie-pie flower girl.

Before shot.

The makeup artist brought some
gorgeous palettes.

New shoes from the groom to his bride.

My second mama since 4th grade
getting her hair & makeup done...beautiful!

One pretty bridesmaid getting ready...

Two pretty bridesmaids in the limo...

AH-mazing black velvet painting
of the Last Supper
in the church.

...


They did it!
Now on the the Party!

Our after shot.

My handsome Z & me.

The in-laws...they have a good time together.

Brother & sis-in-law...love them!

Um...this cake was soooo scrumptious!

Such joy in this photo :)

Oh yes, Chicken Dance with her new sisters!

These two
(my Dad & the flower girl)
put on quite a show!

Wedding time!

We'll be in North Carolina to celebrate
Kerri & Andrew
this weekend at their wedding!

Z will also be running in a 5k.

It will be good to see
family & friends
and enjoy some
Southern Spring
weather!

Hopefully I'll have time to take
a few pictures, too.
:)

The Magnetic Fields!

For my birthday this year
I really wanted to see either
The Magnetic Fields
or
The Avett Brothers,
both playing March 7.

Both reportedly sold out.

I was disappointed
but then on Friday night
Z & I heard WXRT
announce that there were
a few tickets left to
The Magnetic Fields
after all!

So Z hopped online to
snap up the tickets
& off we went last night to the show!

The Magnetic Fields is one of
my all-time favorite bands
so I was pretty darn excited
when we got to the Harris Theater
& found out our seats were in the
9th row (what?!!) Amazing!

They were every bit as incredible
as I could have hoped,
but unfortunately no cameras
were allowed, so no photos this time.

Here we are getting ready to leave the apt.

We still plan on seeing The Avett Brothers
at some point (our friends Erin & JT went last night)
but The Magnetic Fields were exactly
what I wanted/needed last night--
the perfect start to my birthday week.

On a side note, the left arm of my glasses
just broke off last night & is currently taped on...
thank goodness for Mondays off & vision insurance.
I'll be heading to the eye doctor this afternoon, so
I may be getting new glasses for my birthday, too.

And on a final side note, my sister just posted a new status
on Facebook. It seems my 3 year old nephew
"comes in from playing, sits down, puts his head in his hands,
and says 'I need an apple; life is so hard!'"

I miss living close to all my nephews!

Lovely Chicago

a few from the Art Institute

A walk through Hyde Park

Happy Valentine's Day!

Or find the video at the link below:

http://www.pumahardchorus.com/

On the way to *HPP...

...and back I took some more pictures.

I know you are probably thinking,
"What the what!? Two posts in one day??"
and I know it is exciting,
but don't get used to it, ok?

Watch out for the icicles...

Notice how even our license plate is covered?


*HPP = Hyde Park Produce

February 2010 Snow

We've had a bit of snow lately.
This first shot is from Sunday night.
Then we had a 2-day snowstorm
that gave us about a foot of snow.

The rest of the photos are during and after the snowfall.

*Also, a very happy 30th birthday to my big brother, Josh!
Love you!

Short & Sweet

My first attempt at from scratch cupcakes and icing...
Chocolate-cinnamon cupcakes
with cream cheese-cinnamon-almond icing.

Here are pictures for those who requested them.
Enjoy!