last, but certainly not least, pictures of the two most important people from our wedding - US!
Tim getting ready
me getting ready
formal shots
<3 Happy 1st Anniversary to us <3
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
anniversary countdown - the ceremony and reception
This post is picture-heavy. I had a hard time narrowing it down!
coming next - the bride and groom :)
The ceremony site all ready
going into the pro-shop/staging area
my dad, always finding time for golf :)
Danny - he did such a wonderful job
here we go!
Tim seeing me for the first time
down the aisle
at the altar
you may kiss the bride!
husband and wife!
getting introduced at the reception
first dance
cutting the cake
dancing with Dad
Tim dancing with his mom
coming next - the bride and groom :)
Thursday, September 24, 2009
anniversary countdown - the wedding party
Continuing on my countdown of favorite wedding photos - here are pictures of our wonderful wedding party, plus one of our awesome family!
the girls
my Penn State track girls!
the boys
all of us
We wouldn't be where we are today without these people
Our ring-bearer
the girls
my Penn State track girls!
the boys
friends since high school!
all of us
tomorrow - the ceremony and reception
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
anniversary countdown - the details
Since our 1 year anniversary is next Monday, I wanted to dedicate my posts this week to my favorite wedding pictures! Today, the details :)
The back - my favorite part!
The bouquets - mine was the red one
Our wedding bands
The tables
Centerpieces
I made all of the paper details - here they are!
The programs
Reserved seating signs - I made one for each of our parents
The table menus
The table numbers - they were named after famous Red Sox players
Next up - wedding party pictures!
Close-up of my dress
The back - my favorite part!
The bouquets - mine was the red one
Our wedding bands
The tables
Centerpieces
I made all of the paper details - here they are!
The programs
Reserved seating signs - I made one for each of our parents
The table menus
The table numbers - they were named after famous Red Sox players
Our table escort cards
And last, but certainly not least, our fabulous cake. The top didn't make it through the first year (because we ate it when we got home from our honeymoon).
Next up - wedding party pictures!
Monday, September 21, 2009
Granny's Banana Bread
I went on a baking frenzy at about 6pm last night - at the end of it, we had 3 banana breads!
I brought one to work today, one is for Tim, one is for us to bring to his parents this weekend.
This recipe I got from my mom who got it from her mom (my granny). It is delicious and gets rave reviews from everyone who eats it!
ingredients
1 stick butter, softened
1¼ C sugar
2 eggs
2 ripe bananas (here's a secret - when bananas get so ripe that they're not really good to eat, toss them in the freezer. Then, when you want to make bread, let them thaw - they look gross, but are super mushy and easy to mash into the batter.)
4 Tbsp sour cream
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
1½ C flour
directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Beat together the butter and sugar
3. Stir in the eggs, sour cream, vanilla, soda, salt, and bananas
4. Stir in the flour, a little at a time
5. Grease a loaf pan (or 2 small loaf pans) and pour the batter in.
6. Bake for 60-75 minutes (time is dependent on your oven) or until a knife/toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
**DO NOT - I repeat - DO NOT, open the oven until the very end of the cooking time (after 50 minutes it should be safe). Doing so could cause the bread to collapse in on itself in the middle. It will still taste the same, but it looks pretty ugly.
Allow the bread to cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
I brought one to work today, one is for Tim, one is for us to bring to his parents this weekend.
This recipe I got from my mom who got it from her mom (my granny). It is delicious and gets rave reviews from everyone who eats it!
ingredients
1 stick butter, softened
1¼ C sugar
2 eggs
2 ripe bananas (here's a secret - when bananas get so ripe that they're not really good to eat, toss them in the freezer. Then, when you want to make bread, let them thaw - they look gross, but are super mushy and easy to mash into the batter.)
4 Tbsp sour cream
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
1½ C flour
directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Beat together the butter and sugar
3. Stir in the eggs, sour cream, vanilla, soda, salt, and bananas
4. Stir in the flour, a little at a time
5. Grease a loaf pan (or 2 small loaf pans) and pour the batter in.
6. Bake for 60-75 minutes (time is dependent on your oven) or until a knife/toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
**DO NOT - I repeat - DO NOT, open the oven until the very end of the cooking time (after 50 minutes it should be safe). Doing so could cause the bread to collapse in on itself in the middle. It will still taste the same, but it looks pretty ugly.
Allow the bread to cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
my (boring) life
apparently nothing all that exciting happens outside of our house renovations. I haven't blogged in over 2 weeks and have very little to report. The husband is working on a few small projects (building small retaining walls around the yard and finally hanging the drywall in the breezeway around the new door - pictures forthcoming).
This weekend we have a family wedding to go to (one of Tim's cousins) so that should be fun. One of the great things about his family is that all 12 cousins range in age from 18 to 27 so there always seems to be an abundance of weddings. We had one in 2007, two in 2008 (including ours) and two this year and a couple more sure to come in the coming years. I'm excited to go to my first post-my-wedding wedding. The last family wedding we had was 4 weeks before our wedding and I may have been a little sidetracked making notes of details I liked, etc.
On that note, our 1st anniversary is in 12 days. I can't believe it - this year has seriously flown by. No huge plans - we're going to the Red Sox game that night and will take half/all of Monday off work so that we can head into Boston early before the game. And since I wasn't blogging until early this year, I never posted about our wedding. Starting Monday (which will be one week until our anniversary), I'll post a week-long countdown of my favorite pictures (this idea was stolen from one of my followers, Katie!).
This weekend we have a family wedding to go to (one of Tim's cousins) so that should be fun. One of the great things about his family is that all 12 cousins range in age from 18 to 27 so there always seems to be an abundance of weddings. We had one in 2007, two in 2008 (including ours) and two this year and a couple more sure to come in the coming years. I'm excited to go to my first post-my-wedding wedding. The last family wedding we had was 4 weeks before our wedding and I may have been a little sidetracked making notes of details I liked, etc.
On that note, our 1st anniversary is in 12 days. I can't believe it - this year has seriously flown by. No huge plans - we're going to the Red Sox game that night and will take half/all of Monday off work so that we can head into Boston early before the game. And since I wasn't blogging until early this year, I never posted about our wedding. Starting Monday (which will be one week until our anniversary), I'll post a week-long countdown of my favorite pictures (this idea was stolen from one of my followers, Katie!).
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