Monthly Archives: February 2010

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Dina & Aaron

Their first date was the Junior Prom ten years ago.    Aaron was the shy guy and Dina was the girl of his heart.  No shyness was going to hold him back from making Dina his one and only.

Last Saturday, they were married in front of friends and families at the beautiful Hotel Duval.

Nadia, Dina’s sister, during her toast told of how when they were little, they pretended to be married to identical twin brothers.  Well, Dina married an identical twin!

During Andy’s ( Aaron’s identical twin brother) he was sure to bring up that it was quite obvious what Dina saw in Aaron… his stunning good looks!

It brought down the house.  lol.

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Wedding and Reception:  Hotel Duval

Wedding Coordinators:  Karen Skilling & Sheila Melton

Florist:  Bella Flora

Cake:  Leslie Jacobs

DJ:  Pro Disc Jockeys

Caterer:  Hotel Duval

The D Family

They have a new little member to their already good looking family, little Patrick just makes them even more stunning.

I was not able to get little Patrick to smile with my antics but all big sister, Lauren, had to do was look his way.  He loves his Lauren.

Love his little golfer hat and outfit.

Lauren is ten years old and just about as tall as me.  She is all legs.  Can you tell this is a family of golfers.

Remember little Lilly Jane with the Eskimo coat.  I saw that Lauren had a furry coat too.  Love this shot.

Dina & Aaron | Tallahassee Wedding Photographer

They headed to Seville, Spain for a little vacation.  On the second day of that vacation, Aaron proposed to his love of 10 years.  Dina was surprised and ecstatic to say the least.

Aaron stated that the proposal could of easily happened five years earlier but they wanted to wait for both of them to be done with Law School.  Yes, they are both highly intelligent individuals.

My first wedding at Hotel Duval.  It is modern, fresh and beautiful.  I am over the moon about these images.  Love them.

The lovebirds are on a plane headed to the City of Love.  Paris, France!

Check the blog on Friday to see a slideshow of the wedding.

When Dina purchased her dress, they said to her that your photographer is just going to love it.  Boy, were they right.  The ruffles, texture and details are amazing.

If you look closely, you can see the Louis Ghost chairs that I am crazy about.  Yes, Hotel Duval is cool.

Her sisters Nadia and Sanna helping her get ready.

Dina and Aaron getting ready to see each other for the first time.

The reflection of the bubble chandeliers on the glass balcony.

The Magic Shot was taken at the bar located at the top of Hotel Duval.  It looks like we are alone but we had a huge audience cheering us on.  Made it even more fun.

Gracie

Four year old Gracie is really enjoying this little taste of Spring.  She was just a tad shy at first but after we ran around like horsies getting to know each other, I was her new friend.

Her GiGi said that she has not had a hair cut yet.

This is Alice in Wonderland.

Another Great Day

Overheard in the car on the way home from daycare.

Roxanne to Thomas Elliot:  ” Dontcha know that dinosaurs are extinct!”

Thomas Elliot’s reply:  “Some dinosaurs stink and some dinosaurs smell good!”

I laughed so hard at these two.  Love them to pieces.

Kitty cats show up in our back yard  and since Bruce and I are big softies, we get them spayed/neutered and give them names.  Which pretty much means they are new additions to the family.

This is Ivy.  She showed up about four years ago.  Well, I ran over her paw while she was sleeping under my car about a week ago.  I feel so bad but hopefully every thing will heal correctly and she will not lose her leg.  She has a purple cast right now and Rox has been practicing her Veterinarian skills.

Here she is singing to Ivy.  “Cause that’s what veterinarians do to make kitties feel better.”

I would love to be able to decorate the whole house all at one time with an unlimited budget but alas I do not have that luxury.  I do a little at a time and day dream a lot.

Here is the dining room.  The table was the same color as the floor.  Was not crazy about it so I had it painted today with high gloss black paint.

And I ordered the Geneva rug from Ballard Designs.  It will not be in till April.  Can’t wait.

The suede parson style chairs are from West  Elm.

The picture was a Valentine’s day present from an old boyfriend.  It is a Picasso poster from his blue period.  This year, I will get it a proper frame for it.  And Bruce is ok with the picture because he knows how much I love the image.  Thanks babe.

The Geneva rug.  I selected the natural one.  Image from Ballard’s

Steph’s birthday present that I have not sent her yet.  I promise you will get it soon.

The shelf is from Miss Mandy’s.  Love that store.

And I made a trip to the nursery and purchased a Debutante camellia.  The buds have not bloomed yet so I grabbed the following image from a google image search to show you how beautiful she is.

She looks like a peony!  Yes, it was a great day.

Dawson’s Nursery

Sand and Sea Glass.

Those are the colors of Dawson’s room.  His mommy loves the beach and was even married at the coast.  It was only fitting that little Dawson’s room incorporate the colors of her love affair.

This is genius.  See the top of the palladian window.  The curve makes it so hard to find a good covering when one is needed.  Dawson’s mommy had a piece of wood cut out to fit the top and then painted it to match the color scheme.  Genius!

Cream on cream.  It makes the letters even more peaceful and calm.

The four poster crib fits nicely with the high ceilings.

Once she found this chair and fabric, the room all came together.  Chair was found in Havana at Weezie’s Cottage Living.

Mom had the closet customized with the drawers and shelves for extra storage.

Note the guitar bag.  To get Mom’s attention Dad jumped on stage and started playing and singing.  Needless to say, music will be a big part of Dawson’s life.

The wardrobe tree.  Mom purchased at Wood You and had it painted to go with the nursery.

Painted especially for Dawson by an artist in Sandestin.

“Dawson, remember when you go into the world to keep your eyes and ears wide open.  And be kind, love one another and take care of each other.”


Vocelles’ Grand Opening

This past Thursday, Jessica and I joined friends and many new brides at Vocelles grand opening.

Champagne and hors d’ oeuvres were served.  One of  the best part was that Gem Collection was on the premise to clean your jewelry.  Nothing like nice sparkling diamonds to make a girl happy.

Little Fancy made an appearance.  Past her bedtime.

Sarah had the fun job of trying on dresses and mingling.  This dress she has on here is my favorite!

And I love the game ‘Favorites’.  Here are some of the guests with their favorite dresses!

From left to right: Sarah, Jessica, Carrie and Vonna.  Vonna with the cool name is also holding my favorite dress.

Owen

Dad is a big Colorado Avalanche fan.  Looks like little Owen is a little Colorado Avalanche fan.  haha.

Look at this face.  That smile would melt all the snow on the Rockies.

The only time in your life that dimples on your bum is considered absolutely adorable.  He is beautiful.

Daxtyn

This is Daxtyn, Roxanne’s boyfriend.  They met back when they were itty bitty babies in daycare and Roxanne has never forgotten him.

My favorite quote to say to her when she talks about marrying Daxtyn, “Smoochie, smoochie!  Somebody’s in love.”  And then we both run around laughing and giggling.

Daxtyn is a boy and totally not into girls… yet!

He can’t be tied down right now.  Too much to do and explore.

I know it does not feel like it right now (chance of snow tomorrow) but Spring is right around the corner.

He stood there for one quiet moment.  Love him and all his little boy ways.

Cupcakes for Haiti

Six year old Ashton learned about Haiti’s tragedy at school.  She wanted to help.  And she wants to own a bakery when she gets older.  So she put the two together and had a cupcake sale this past weekend with all donations going to Haiti.

If there was a Mini-Apprentice, little Ashton is a shoe in.

She was able to raise $328.30!

She also had a head chef, Mallory, helping her out.  Tullen, her brother was working Security but he was nowhere to be seen.  Very covert.

Does it not make you stop and think what you were doing at six.