steppin out: party time

it's been awhile since i've done a steppin' out and i thought it fitting since i did my first one roughly a year ago.  we've officially started our birthday party season.  we kicked it off last weekend with a fourth birthday princess party extravaganza.  this weekend was a one-two combined birthday.  and we've still got two more parties over the next two weekends!  to tell the truth i don't mind all the birthdays and parties.  in fact i've been secretly looking forward to them because i get to see all my awesome friends and there's cake.  who wouldn't be excited for cake?

best cake ever!!  looks great and tasted even better.  did i mention it's homemade?  or that it's red velvet? de-freakin'-licious.

pretty sure everyone had a blast, i know liam did.  he was asleep as soon as we hit the road.  all the partying and cake eating wore him right out.  thanks for a great sunday guys.  happy first birthday tristan and happy second birthday levi!  wishing you both a year full of crazy adventures.

linking up with mandy and harper

mountain casual

Well, I didn't really intend for a week long blog vacation.  It just sorta' happened that way.  Not in a bad way ... but I just didn't find any time last week to even look at blogs let alone write something fabulous for my own.  We've been really busy lately.  More than normal.  Perhaps I'm just noticing it a little more now that I work all week.  I have become a weekend warrior, and this weekend was jam packed.  Rob and I took Saturday night off to head out to the mountains for a wedding.  Liam spent some quality time with Gramma B, aka time to get spoiled and have some fun!  We've only been away from Liam twice overnight since he was born.  Is that weird?  I'm not sure.  I do know that I really really really missed him, but was super happy to sleep in passed 7:30 am.  And I was even more happy to have some adult couple time that didn't involve conversations about the contents of a diaper.  (seriously this is a frequent topic of conversation ... if you're a parent I know you know)

Anyways, the wedding of our good friends, Kim and Mike, was fantastic!  The weather held off for the outdoor ceremony.  The bride was beautiful, the groom handsome.  We were in good company, the food was delicious and the drinks were a flowin'.   It was a fabulous day and a great way to spend a fall weekend.  One thing to note, I have never been to a wedding where the dress code was Mountain Casual.   Wasn't quite sure what that meant.  Jeans and lumberjack shirt?  Lulu's and sneakers?  Who knows?  At any rate here's my interpretation of "mountain casual."

sweater ~ esprit

belt ~ husband's 

leggings ~ h & m

boots ~ aerosole

bag ~ nine west

Linking up with these fabulous ladies ...