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Happy May!
This is how I spent the first day of the month.
Grilling hot dogs & stuffing my face.
Fending off vicious dogs.
Buying Dr. Dog tickets from the comfort of a backyard blanket.
Jumping for joy.
More backyard lounging.
Cupcakes with my Cupcake.
Kickin it at Kingfish.
And taking this beautiful photo:
This Thursday us girls had a little Cupcakes & Champagne action.
We threw in some knitting, Domino’s pizza tracking, and singing made up songs to strangers on Chatroulette for good measure.
Despite the fun, it just wasn’t my night:
a) I forgot my cupcakes at home.
b) the champagne I bought was rotten.
c) ants got to the cupcakes before I made it back home.
Don’t worry.
We had back up.
Also, I received some very exciting news this week, which I’ll share after some photos…
As for my good news, I’m going to Maui in just 11 days!
I was invited to attend a few days worth of meetings in Hawaii, but I’m managing to get some relaxation time in too. It’s always been a dream of mine to go and this was just the perfect opportunity. Only bummer is that I’m going all alone!
Here’s my hotel, Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa…
I’ll leave you with a tip I overheard from a little Bleubird…
Pebbles is making cupcake cereal! I need some… now, please.
My friend Brandy (aka Brains) reaaally wanted to go to the beach for her birthday this year. It didn’t quite work out, so at the last minute we decided to bring the beach to her. Everyone is sick of the winter weather, so why not play dress up and pretend that summer has already arrived? I’ve posted some of my favorite photos below, but the rest (all 68 of ’em) can be viewed on Flickr.
After seeing this blog post, I was inspired to put my own twist on “cupcake sandwiches.” Behold the hamburger cupcake!
Party’s over.
I can’t think of a better Saturday night – Champagne, cupcakes, board games, knitting, girl friends, and three Bichons. And GL made a video of it all…
champagne and cupcakes. from gigi. on Vimeo.
Thought I would go ahead and post the Polaroid portion of our wedding photos. Big thanks to the lovely Erin Abbott for almost all of these shots!
For those of you all who don’t know, we got married in a little old house right next to the University of Arkansas campus. It just so happens to be the house where Bill & Hillary Clinton use to live (and where they were married). Plus, we just so happen to be the first couple to get married there since them, hince all of the Clinton references below and the newspaper article.
Todd & Sarah Gill
my girls & me (and our airbrush backdrop straight from the Memphis ghetto)
cupcake wedding cake thanks to Laura & Darling Deserts
Polaroid wedding cake toppers
sharing the first cupcake
we had mini cans of Sofia Coppola champagne for the toast
making it official (in Bill & Hillary’s old bedroom of all places!)
dudes + cigars = true love
my husband
cheers Bill!
Brandy w/ a famed letter we got from Bill Clinton!
i think Three Six was playing
cracker jacks, salt water taffy, nachos, corndogs, & pizza!
true love for real
me in my wedding dress next to Hillary Clinton’s wedding dress
me + erin = true love
me with my niece Mariam & stepsister Roxy (who caught the bouquet)
Todd, his dad, & me
it was hot. we had tents, but it was still hot.
good friends
Todd w/ my mom
two hot ladies serving champagne
Be & Erin (we had toy flutes & kazoos instead of bubbles for our send off)
Cory & Karen
Brandy & Laura
bouquet toss
Joel, Kerri, & Brandy
the fam – Mariam, my mom, Roxy, & Tim
Kerri & Joel
Pretty ladies – Brandy, Kerri, & Erin
my dad video taping the fun
Brandy & Erin
Todd & Aaron
Laura & Bev
Jonathan + a beer = true love
Katie (Todd’s sister), Erin, & Bill
Erin & my momma
Kerri & Erin
Kerri & Brandy
Ed (Todd’s setp-dad) & me
me + my mom = true love
sexy bridesmaids
awww more true love.
all the ladies w/ Todd
the send off!
got married… & went to the car wash!
eating more cupcakes at our fab hotel room! we stayed at an old hotel on campus that use to be a women’s dorm long ago & now is suppose to be haunted.
snapshots from our honeymoon at the Fontainebleau Resort in Miami
Luv,
Sarah