Now What...?

So, I think by now you all know that my beautiful daughter got married last weekend...and I finally am sharing a pic with all of you!   This was snapped by her maid of honor, Mandy, as I was fidgeting with her veil.  Isn't she lovely?



My friend, Kelley, did the wedding shots and he was amazing...his first wedding shoot and he totally rocked it.  I was impressed.  I could just share photo after photo with all of you.  Okay, I guess, we should have a few more...



This is her and her hubby to be in a before the wedding, but not seeing each other pose.  It came out perfectly!

And this is one of my favorites.  Cake everywhere was pretty much the theme.  But don't they just look so content and happy?  What mother doesn't want to see that look on her child?



I really, really can't believe I have no food pics.  I mean, I know I've been a little absent from the blog while planning the wedding but to have no food pics is just shameful!

So, now it's time to plan the boy's graduation party and then figure out what I'm going to do after that.  I have to admit, it's been a rough year for me so far.  I just can't seem to get into a good rhythm with running, blogging, anything.  Maybe just too much going on to have a chance to settle in?  I am starting P90X again and am excited for that, and am also thinking of doing my running streak again.  I mean, committing to one mile a day minimum shouldn't be that hard.  I need to get the last 7 months of this year off to a better start!  So, all you running, biking and fitness friends of mine...start kicking my butt into gear!  Keep me moving until I find my groove again, cause I need to find it again!  :)

Okay, so after that little rant...I hope you enjoyed the pics.

Sheri

 

One month to go for the wedding - and it's time for the Bridal Shower!

I can't believe that in less than one month my daughter will be getting married.  It just seems unreal sometimes.  But me and my trusty wedding planning binder are hard at work, getting the details just so and making sure that whatever my daughter and her fiancee want gets accomplished.  I am outsourcing very little of the day, trusting friends to handle the important jobs of the day and I was jokingly telling a friend that "this is the wedding that friends made happen." Because it is.  I have learned through this process that I am blessed with some of the most spectacular friends ever and they rock.  I know that my daughter's big day is in some capable hands!

But for now, we celebrate the bridal shower...





What a fantastic evening watching my daughter laugh, open gifts and remind me once again of how much I love her and what a lovely woman she has become.  I am blessed.  And I'm enjoying every extra second I get with her now.  He's a lucky guy.  :)

The shower menu:

• Strawberries with sweetened cream cheese piped in the center


• Chicken salad croissant sandwiches


• Pasta Salad


• Veggie tray and dip


• The Cake.  Yes, it is supposed to be a hydrangea and I'm kinda loving how it looked.  And it was a 4 layer, vanilla bean cake with buttercream and raspberry filling.  It took 3 days.

I am so lucky to have some help decorating the house too...my daughter's maid of honor made this cute banner with her wedding colors in it to decorate....



I'm searching for a way to work it into the wedding decorations because it is so awesome looking!

So, it's a short post, but it's a post, and I promised.  Enjoy the cuteness!

Sheri

 

Remember me?

No?  Well, my name is Sheri and I blog here on Homemade Served Here.  Except you wouldn't likely know that since I've been neglecting the actual writing of blog posts lately.  See, I'm in full wedding planning mode here and although I love, no, adore, all things planning related, something has to give.  There are only so many hours in the day, try as I may to fit more and more in, and I think most days I have reached my limit.  But today I decided I was writing a blog post no matter what happened.  And here I am.  Writing.  But feeling a bit distracted.  Bear with me, I'm trying here.

So, in the weeks since my last post I have wedding planning central.

I sampled wedding cakes, decided to make the wedding cake myself, and subjected my friends and family to unsolicitated cake donations.  I mean seriously...$4.50 a person for a plain wedding cake?  No decorations.  :(  I can do an all organic cake for way, way less than that and feel good about what I'm serving.  I even know how to do cake decorating.  So there, overpriced crazy baker lady.  I mean seriously, you put the word wedding into anything and it doubles, even triples in price.

I saw these hydrangeas while shopping at Wegman's and was encouraged that we could get some beautiful hydrangeas for the wedding for a good price...well, until I talked to their floral manager.  What a jerk.  And I'll leave it at that.  I sent Corporate a letter and have heard nothing.  I guess as much as I like Wegman's, I may have to find somewhere else to shop.

I know that we will make it all work, on time and on budget, for my daughter's wedding and my planner pages are full of lots of plans, ideas and to do lists.  I mean, we've got the place, the official, and the two people in love who want to get married.  Everything else is icing on the cake.  Yeah.  I did that.  Sorry.  :)

I also have been trying my hand at decorating.  Here's my first hydrangea attempt at a cupcake.  Not bad with the tip I had on hand and making my own icing.  I'm off to the craft store this week to see what I can learn about making sugar flowers.  I think that plus some fancy piping might suit our theme better.  But this is definitely on tap for the shower cake! 

In the midst of all of this, I've been working at hard at limiting our take out even when it's tempting and I'm tired from working, wedding planning and still fitting my running in.  We're doing really well in that area!  I've made some tasty stuff lately.  And I'm still making time to hang out with my friends...tonight is a "Girls Night In" and I made a few things to share.  Crab dip (one of my specialties even though I don't eat crab anymore), a quinoa salad I found on a new blog I discovered, Pumps & Iron, and a Gluten Free Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips.  Yummy!!



So, please, please, don't hate me for being so busy that I've neglected the blog.  I'm here and I'm trying.  :)

Sheri