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Friday, July 7, 2023

- Mr. and Mrs. Ober! -

When the big girls' primary babysitter since they were practically, well, BORN [!!] brought some necklaces over in October and asked them to be flower girls in her June wedding, the answer was a resounding, "YES!" and the excitement began to build!

Fast forward 8 months, and rehearsal dinner night was here...

...and then, drumroll...

...WEDDING DAY! The day started off with a bang with steaming the dresses, doing hair + nails + make-up at our kitchen counter, and even a little morning siesta for cranky Scarlett...

...but she woke up happy when it was her turn to be beautified; and before we had much time to think, it was off to the church basement to get dressed with the bridesmaids and get our fave girl married! ;) :) God has interwoven our relationships with this family in so many ways and on so many levels: from Katie and Grace babysitting our girls for about 8 years now ...to Tate publicly claiming all our girls as his sisters ...to Peter and Sue graciously agreeing to be Juliette's Godparents [even though they were all dressed up fancy for wedding day and Juliette would NOT smile for pic!] ...to Luke and Brian's "shared birthday" ...to Sue and my heart for teaching Creighton Model/NaPro and our discussions on the regular about Catholic motherhood ...to Peter and Brian's bond over...well, finances and investing and golf and coffee and whatever else it is that men talk about ...to getting to know Kurt and his family and witnessing the new love that Katie and Kurt bring to the world ...to every dimension I've omitted here ................you can see that our families' friendships run deep! We are over the moon grateful for this amazing family and were so excited to be a part of Katie and Kurt's special day!

Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Ober!!!

^^ This is what I liked to call being "matron of honor to the flower girls" for the whole day!

^^ As Peter mentioned in his father of the bride speech, all of this really sort of started at Juliette's baptism dinner [as Peter and Sue are Juliette's Godparents, and Fr. Michael baptized her] when Kurt struck up convo with Fr. Michael and began the process of rejoining the Church. Of course, then, it was fitting and amazing that Fr. Michael came back to be the celebrant at their wedding Mass!

To Katie and Kurt: we are inspired by your love and commitment to faith and family! Cheers to a lifetime of love and happiness; may God richly bless you in your married life together! Thank you for including us in your special day, but even more for including us in your lives. We love you!

xoxo

Saturday, November 5, 2022

- Halloween-ing... -

After a very eventful in "kind-of-a-crazy-and-not-the-best-way"September [get the 4-1-1 here and here!], we decided to spring for an eventful in "more-of-a-drama-free-and-fun-filled-way" October! Because with the changing weather + fall vibes + Halloween festivities all wrapped into one big chunky sweater, isn't October always just SUPER FUN by default?! ...We definitely think so!

There was no shortage of October/Halloween fun for this crew between Fall Fest at Willoughby Farm with some of our favorite friends...

...Boo at the Zoo with some of our favorite cousins...

...and the Great Godfrey Corn Maze with some of my favorite coworkers [that was actually a maize maze this year, after too many years of growing corn for the maze depleted all the necessary nutrients in the soil, L to the O to the L]!

...[^^ I have to say, I love this photo on the right of the best sonographer in the world + Harper. She scanned me when I was 7 weeks pregnant -- so, first one to get a "photo" of Harper and also first one to tell us that our very wanted rainbow baby had a heartbeat! -- and here they are together now when Harper is 7 years old! LOVE.].