Homecoming Dance '26...

As much as I love the homecoming mums and proposals, I just might love the dances even more! 

This was Remi's second time to be Elle's date to her school's HOCO dance, and even though it's not really his cup of tea, he is such a trooper. One evening after school, I met Remi and Elle over at Men's Warehouse to pick out attire for Remi that would coordinate with her dress. He was not keen on the idea of a bow tie, but when it comes to Elle, he is hard pressed to say no! So, a yellow bowtie it was, and isn't it just the cutest! 

I got to create another sweet bouquet for Elle and this year I made sure she got a sash! I thought they looked absolutely perfect in every way!

And my, how these two have grown!

HOCO '26....

Y'all know how much I love Homecoming!

Remi, of course,  had his date secured, but a Homecoming Proposal was in order nonetheless! It is always so much fun helping him with these little projects! Elle's Homecoming was a few weeks before ours, so Remi didn't wear his garter until Homecoming at our school. I love getting to watch Elle cheer and am so happy I was able to watch her twice this season!

Roen had a sweet little girl he had been on-again off-again with and even though they had kind of ended things, we had already ordered her mum weeks ago and decided to deliver it to her anyways! 

So between the boys and the two girls, we had three Homecomings we were juggling around and it felt like a rather busy little stint this fall! But a good busy with lots of school spirit, sweet girls, and of course, Friday night lights!

Blind Date With a Book....

The sweet little Blind Date book Elle gifted me, inspired an entire party! 

Once I got the idea, I really just could not help myself! I had a ball of fun planning this party and the gathering itself was a huge success! In fact, everyone has already voiced that they are onboard for another party... I'm thinking after the New Year! What started off as a lovely pastel colored theme (I was dreaming of Jane Austen's Emma when I designed the invites), quickly turned into an all-out Halloween theme because my house was already decorated! 

We had pumpkin spice and bread pudding hot tea, apple cider mimosas, halloween cookies and Remi even lent his helping hand with champange glass and mug charms! 

My goal in this was to keep the guest list small, with family and close friends! And I, of course, wanted to make sure it was a group that would be all-in on the book talk! I couldn't have asked for a more perfect Sunday afternoon with this special group of ladies!! Not to mention, there was lots of fun booking stealing!

Oh, and it is worth mentioning, that those little Dollar General mugs turned out to be a fan favorite and the most perfect little party favor!

I'm including my invite at the bottom, just in case you decide to throw your own party! And in some of these pictures platters/serving pieces are empty because I took pictures before it was all set out!

August Wrap...

August is always a whirlwind of a month! Trying to squeeze in the last drop of summer sunshine while also trying to get back in the swing of some sort of school routine, although not too early, because we definitely have to live up sleeping in while we can! It's school supplies, backpacks, new clothes for growing boys, and kids who refuse to believe school is actually starting back up!

We kicked off August with Collin's baptism, and I love that the entire family showed up for this wonderful day! This was followed by a very special engagement, some couple portrait painting (they painted each other), the sweetest blind book date gift from Elle (a "just because" gift she brought me at church), Roen in the kitchen cooking up a snack because the boy is always hungry, Micah on bird duty with my pink Daisy, lazy mornings with Benny, a late summer swim, an on-the-way-to-school second sleep, looking through old baseball cards, Roen playing hooky for the match-play tournament, couples golf and me having to get a picture because Remi and Elle matched perfectly, the Chat GPT version of that same picture (I did this for his HOCO proposal poster),  and my furry company (in a rare occurrence of them relaxing in close proximity)! 

God sure has a wonderful way of filling our cups with exactly what we need and so much of what we don't deserve! Thankful, grateful, and so very appreciative of all these precious smiles and people!