Memorial Day Plans

Do you have any Memorial Day plans? The long weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, and mine is starting two days early! Alan and I are headed to Seattle to hang with friends and eat lots of goodies. I was planning on wearing my new swimsuit, but the forecast looks a little chilly. I'm so ready for some dedicated relaxation time. Have a good one!

Winery Wedding

This weekend, Alan and I went to our friends' winery wedding. We had tacos for dinner, and the bride sang a song (that she wrote!!) for the groom. It was so beautiful! Here are some pictures of the wedding details...

The bride's gorgeous lace dress.

Each table had flowers and succulents in different vases and teacups--so pretty!

We ate dinner under a big white tent—it felt very Father-of-the-Bride-esque.

My friend Ali made a little tiered cake for them to cut, while the guests had chocolate and vanilla cupcakes.

Here's the guest book table.

The winery had ivy and brick buildings which felt cozy and rustic.

It was such a fun wedding filled with sweet little touches. Don't you love weddings? Hope you had a good, love-y weekend!

Happy Moments #1-4

{breakfast for dinner: eggs with green onions and goat cheese}

Dear friends,

The past few weeks have been incredibly hard. I don't know if I can explain it yet; maybe one day. I love blogging, and I hope that never stops. While I may be focused on other things right now and not posting as regularly, I often think about the blog and the people who visit. Because I want to keep sharing things here with you, I'm starting a simple series focused on happy moments to remind myself (and hopefully you, too :) to have at least one every day. To start, here are four from this week.

Thanks for reading,
Your friend,
Sobrina

{men holding babies}

{scalloped shadows}

{Monday meeting cupcakes}

Baby Shower Picnic

I helped throw a baby shower for my friends Stacy and Rob this weekend at an open, grassy park. Guests lounged on blankets and enjoyed their root beer floats in the shade. For decorations, we hung paper pom poms from the trees and had a bunch of oversized balloons everywhere with frilly tails. My favorite part, though, was the teepee! (We followed these easy DIY teepee instructions.) It looked so cute as part of the decor and was also fun to give them as a gift for their baby. 

Isn't Stacy the cutest pregnant woman? 

The teepee was a big hit. All the kids tried to squeeze in all at once. It was so cute.

Painted letters for the baby's initials (they're naming him Charlie Roy :).

Spray-painted mason jars for flowers.

We stuck flags on the straws and asked people to write their names on them so they could tell their cups apart. 

Alan and our new baby Oliver. (haha, just kidding, Ali!) 

Thanks for reading. Hope you had a lovely weekend and Mother's Day! 

Office Shenanigans: My Deflated Stress Ball

A few months ago I bought a cheapie stress ball. It started off soft and squishy but has gotten progressively harder to squeeze. People even comment on how stiff it is when they pick it up off my desk. On Tuesday I looked down and noticed it looked crazy. It had shriveled into itself and looked dried and crusty. At first, I thought it was an old plum I had forgotten about, but then I recognized the black circle on the top—it was clearly my stress ball. Freaked, I grabbed a wad of tissues, carefully picked it up and marched over to show my neighbor. "Look what happened to my stress ball! The chemicals completely deformed it!" For emphasis, I knocked it against her desk. "It's as hard as a rock!" I threw it in the trash and rubbed some hand sanitizer over my hands. Who knew what chemicals were in that thing?!

My co-worker Amanda walked over hiding a smile behind her hand...