PICTURE DUMP



the bday boy!



baby #2 on the way, Kory being a trooper with her poor ankles

kyle and sara

lovebird texting....

mary's wedding

delish flirtinis

badger game

Officially FALL

Sigh...

Im not really sure how I feel about this weather, hence the 'sigh.' I guess Im in denial about the seasons' change. Im so used to the hot summer days that wind down with 75degree weather, then 70's for awhile, maybe another jump into the 80's but not 90degrees to 50!  Obviously I have zero control over this, but it seemed like 2 days ago that we were celebrating Mike's 30th and it was 95degrees. (Brewer Booze Bus )  But now I feel like im "forced" to strum up all my Fall decorations, buy pumpkins, hurry up and get our yearly picture taken while the leaves are changing and make chili. BOO. 

The good news is its Badger season, which turns my "Purple" blog red. We started out the season with bang! Mike and I have made the first couple tailgates, rain or shine. With our photo booth season still in full force, this is AMAZING that we got to make any of the game days but nevertheless the pictures never cease to amaze me!
Thanks to Marnie, The Bechen's and Jon and Kelly we cant wait for more fun days like these!

 With the season change, I also made my winter batch of homemade chicken stock today. I have to admit, this year it turned out FANTASTIC! I really dont know what I did that made it better, but thanks to Ina Garten and her fabulous self, I have tons now.  (Before and After)

Made apple/pear crisp too...

 Last Sunday Mike and I were invited to be a vendor in the Overture Luxury Wedding Show and it was a total success!  This show was like no other, all the vendors that participated are hand picked from the organizer(Amy Johnson, One Fine Day) and it was seriously the most beautiful, organized, classy show Ive ever seen. 

As the brides entered, they were welcomed with catering staff from Fresco, the restaurant that is on the roof of the Overture. Passed champagne and mimosa's were offered as well as hordevours (sp?) that were bite size peices of heaven. Im talking fancy shot glasses filled with hummus and crudite', homemade mac and cheese on chinese spoons and mini steak kabobs. It was beautiful!  
Since we wanted our booth to stand out, we set up our booth, which we've never done before, as well as had a gorgeous arrangement made by Beauty Blossoms (a florist on West side of Madison) and revamped our guest book to make it POP.
Im kicking myself right now for not taking pictures but I did snap pics of the flowers we had.  The yellow arrangement was complimentary of Beauty Blossoms, after the show all the florists, cake vendors, and salons hand out all their freebies and displays. Since we work a lot with Betty "I do" cakes, American Club in Kohler, Beauty Blossoms and Rejuvination Salon, we came home with champagne cake, shower gel from the spa (Waters) at American Club, the yellow arrangment and Aveda "Hand Relief."  Not to mention bookings galore for 2011!  It was a great day!!! Check out the video from last year here....http://overturebridalshow.com/gallery.html

 (pics below)

 Excuse the quality of the pics...