Monday, October 15, 2012

bridal shower!

a couple of weeks ago i had 11 lovely ladies host a bridal shower for me held at lisa porter's house! it was such a great time seeing family and old friends! i'm truly blessed to have this wonderful support as aric and i start our life together and husband and wife!


anna {my brother's girlfriend}, my super cute pregnant sister and me!


i love this photo of the gulls
{kappa sisters sue, (space for marcie), sara, mary, mom and (space for nancy)!


and the 4 gulls who were there! love those beta thetas!


me with the gulls!


my sweet sweet pals that i've known since 1st grade: emily & amy sullivan!


my wonderfully precious mother


me with the swafford girls: mary & shannon- how great does shannon look after having knox 5 weeks earlier? amazing!


sweet friends: sue, sara, sally and mary


all the beta thetas! 
sally, sue, sara, lisa, mom, sara, ashley, me and christy!


the AMAZING hostesses:
sherry sullivan, jeanette capshaw, sara dale, allison carter, sally rice, terry mabrey, {harper rife}, christy rife, julie taylor, lisa porter, mary anne tullius and mary martin


my cute sister and matron of honor! 


love love love this photo of my 2 favorite rife girls!



yay for my old pal erin herrmann to come in for the shower!


the decorations were amazing! bridal decor everywhere - and my invitation made it in time for part of the decorations!





aric and i got some really delicious sounding recipes - i fully intend to make every single one of them after the wedding and blog about them :)


love these 3



my cousin brittnee and aunt steph in the background!!! so happy to see those two!


mom got coaxed into telling the story about how aric and i met! she did amazing telling it even though she claims she's not good at public speaking. good story telling mom! if you haven't heard it, you can read it here.

HUGE HUGE THANKS to all the amazing hostesses and for everyone who came to be apart of this shower - it was truly a blessing and i'm so appreciative of each and every one of you. can't wait until you are all there on 12.08.12.

Sunday, September 30, 2012

IT'S WEDDING TIME!


last friday night marked a couple's shower thrown in honor of aric and i! it was such a blast with the amazing hostesses and their husbands: the zimmers, blackburns, caldwells, levy's, & woodsides. they really made us feel super special from the awesome decor of the vintage cake toppers to the delicious mexican food and outdoor party - WE HAD A BLAST! 


yay!!! one of my oldest friends erin was there to celebrate!


sweet cousins sam and matt with aric and i!


bridesmaid ashley representing!


awesome friends {and bartenders} callie and katie


love these two: uncle jake and aunt jeannie


mom and sweet friend julie


the precious wright family with baby kayden and aric and i


hugging callaghan - i meant erin wright :) sometimes you can never let go of someone's maiden name


mom, me and amy - one of the awesome hostesses and whose house we partied at!


i spy tom and a crowd of fun people!


love all these people: kristi, lori, kelcie and my aunt MA!


family table! aunt B, cousin chad, cousin greg, lori {wife of chad} and aunt jean


4 out of the 5 tullius offspring. and 4 of the most amazing people i know.


and 4 sisters! the 3 tullius girls and aunt MA




got some great chats in with these two: shannon leisher and lori!




love my cousins - and my MOMMA!


aunt b and cousin lori!


2 of the greatest people in my life: uncle jake and aunt mary anne

aric and i are blown away by the love and support of our family and friends. we are so blessed to know all of you and that you are in our lives. each of you are an inspiration and make such wonderful role models. we can't thank you enough for celebrating our love.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

life lately...

from the past couple of weeks, here's what's been going on...


taco truck-esque taco night at our house! yummy!


game 6 against the spurs for our 3 year anniversary! thanks to our awesome friend, ashley armstrong, for tickets!! 


love her!


last weekend i went to denver for a short weekend! here we are at the highlands street fair!


enjoying a much needed relaxing morning with breakfast on the patio in the highlands with aunt b & uncle jeffy!

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

birthdays + a taco truck

saturday night, we went out to the beller's house and celebrated julie's 30th birthday! complete with big truck tacos parked in the driveway! yummy tacos and great time being around friends!