Mosby's First Christmas- 2012

Mosby inspecting the decorations

Very observant little boy

He is a very helpful decorator

Helping out Mommy

After everything was set up, this is the first thing he did... grab his bone and plop himself, ever-so-cutely, under the tree :)

Pretty lights

Christmas tree and village

Better picture of the village

The manger Mike's Grandpa made

Lights down on the pier

The park has been transformed into a Winter Wonderland and Santa's Headquaters

More Christmas lights in the park

The big tree down by Vinoy

More Winter Wonderland in the park

Ice Skating in St. Pete? aka- "glice"

Mosby's 1st Christmas portrait

Mosby sending his Christmas list to Santa

Thanksgiving 2012- Austin, TX

 

Redskins played Dallas so, naturally Mike would try to stir the pot and wear his Redskins shirt to Texas. And yes, as soon as we stepped off the plane people started smack talking. haha

 

From the airport we went directly over to see Mike's Mom. We kept the visit short and sweet, and everything went way better than anticipated. So glad to have captured this moment of Mike with his Mom.

 

This is what vegan marshmellows do in the oven--- ERRUPT into an ooey gooey volcano of mush!--- They do shrink back down when taken out of the oven.

Vegan Thanksgiving dinner!

Making a stop at one of Mike's favorite places- Epoch coffee (the Java's of Austin)

Driving by the big pretty park we walked around the next day.

Shopping on S.Congress in Austin, TX

Making another stop at one of Mike's favorite places- Homeslice Pizza!

We decided to mix things up and ordered a clam pizza with white sauce- YUMMM

Photo-op with the graffiti outside Joe's Coffee

 

Downtown Austin

Monkey dog!

Sedona dog!

Amy & Mike, awww

Gorgeous place we went hiking one night--- only about a mile from Amy's house

Me and Mike <3 p="p">

Amy and Joe

Austin skyline

Hiking with the dogs

 

Stopping for some good BBQ

Mike captured this sweet shot of Amy & Joe, gawww how cute they are!

Pretty bridge

Sneak Peek- Wedding Decor Thrifting Treasures!

I love thrifting, and the Goodwill ALWAYS seems to provide me with EXACTLY what I'm looking for. Today's finds were perfect! No single item cost more than $9 and most were less than $2. Tomorrow I plan to check out a few after-Christmas sales to pick up some small things and then I should be just about done, as far as table decorations go! Of course we'll still need the flowers and candles to go in my new finds, but I'd say today was a STELLAR start to the decor hunt!





We also got the guy' suits (well, at least Mike's) ordered. All three of them will be wearing dark brown. Mike will wear an ivory vest on an ivory shirt and the groomsmen will wear the same color champagne vest as the girls' dresses over an ivory shirt. Think we're going to be one sharp lookin bunch!

Engagement Pictures