Sunday Southern Days

Attended a ladies luncheon at our church this past weekend and wanted to share the theme tables with you! A table hostess decorated her table with any theme -- linens, centerpiece, dishes, favors, etc. Take a look and get inspired! My sister-in-law and I decorated this table with a CandyLand Theme. I designed this "Yiayia's Table" (yiayia = Greek for grandmother) -- an antique pot filled with yarn, cookbooks, green cooking items, bedroom slippers, yarn, worry beads, and more! kappa kappa phi -- the initials of my husband's Grandmother, engraved on her pot, which lives at my mother-in-law's house (and I borrowed to complete the Yiayia's table decor)  My mother-in-law and I Fiesta table complete with margarita glasses, moraccas, sombrero, and ruffled plate chargers Vote 2008 Table with John McCain and Barak Obama bobbleheads and election paraphernalia. Java Time table with burlap sackcloth, coffee centerpieces, and lots...

No, you didn't read that wrong, the Cubs actually made it to the playoffs and we actually made it to a playoff game!

It's official -- we've been married 1 year! While our anniversary trip to Vegas isn't for two more weeks, tonight we celebrated with our wedding cake top tier and dinner at Catch-35 in Naperville. Here we are: So fun facts about our cake top tier: 1) It traveled through multiple states and various methods of transportation: From my parents' house to my brother's college apartment via car (4 hours, I'm sure it thawed a bit) From my brother's college apartment to our hotel room (we were visiting for his graduation) From our hotel to Chicago via car, airplane overhead bin, train, and another car (definite thawing) Into our freezer for another two months (we intercepted the cake in May, didn't have our anniversary until July) Two days before our anniversary, I put the cake in the fridge to thaw (again) and took it with us to enjoy at our anniversary dinner. I'd already peeked in the box and saw our decimated cake due to the travel/tha...

This past weekend, my baby brother graduated with this degree from George Mason University, double-majoring in Business and Sports Management. We're so proud of him! The graduate and our parents Siblings!

A few shots from trick-or-treating! Reagan, the lobsta Our nieces and nephews: Gia (old lady), Leah (Hannah Montana), Dean and Marino (mobsters)

My parents were visiting this past weekend to bring us some wedding gifts and my wedding dress, and while here we took them on a boat tour of Lake Michigan with my in-laws. A few shots from the day:

We're back from our Honeymoon in St. Lucia! The island was gorgeous and the Sandals Grande was a fantastic resort -- we're already looking forward to returning for future anniversaries! We made great friends and enjoyed a full week of sun and sleep following our amazing wedding.