Nap Time

 I just had to share a couple of the babies taking a nap they are so sweet while they sleep.

Night night sleep tight.

The Big 30!

This weekend was a special weekend. My amazing Husband turned 30 today so we celebrated all weekend with one of our best friends Lisa. Lisa turned 29 this weekend so it was a great reason to get together all weekend for fun and festivities. Friday night we checked out I love this Bar in St. Louis Park with Lisa and her awesome work friends. 

Saturday I shot a wedding with a dear friend and then headed to Dugarel's Bar and Grill in Hastings to take some photographs of the Tent Dance for River Town Days. This was a ton of fun I got to work and hang out with some great people. 

Thanks for joining us Ryan, Jill, Brady and Lisa!

Lisa and I in the tent. Thanks Ryan for taking the picture of us.

Thanks for the Great picture Court! 

Court, Crist, Lisa, Stacie and I headed to Shamrock's for some awesome burgers for lunch and a shot. Court insisted on shots for Crist and Lisa's Birthday's.

Thanks to all of our friends for a great weekend. Oh and thanks Grandma and Grandpa for taking the little kids all weekend! It was fun to hang out like we used to but I missed the kids and was happy to see them Sunday night.

Sisters

Here are a few images from a wedding we went to yesterday. It was one of the most photographed weddings I have ever been to. The brides family was all into photography, as a hobby. So there were cameras everywhere you turned. Here are a few images taken by Diana Rouse. She was the sweetest woman who took some great images of my girls. I was a guest at this wedding and did not even bring my camera. Boy was that a mistake, it was one of the cutest casual weddings I have ever been to. There were tons of great opportunities to take some great images. 

This is my favorite! Autumn loves having a little sister.

A sister a forever friend.

A special thank you to Aunt Brandy for the beautiful dress she made for Leighton and to Diana Rouse for the beautiful pictures of the girls!

The 4th

So here are the only pictures I took all weekend, and by the time I got the camera out no one wanted to have their picture taken. Including the babies. I should have taken pictures on the 3rd it was sunny and everyone was in a good mood. The kids moods were like the weather on the 4th:) 

Oh well, they looked cute in the outfits I made them though.

They did enjoy the new tire swing that grandpa made for them! 

I sewed Leighton her shirt, skirt and bonnet. Just don't look at the seams to close. My sewing skills are very beginner.

Happy 4th of July!

One: the first set of the babies ONE YEAR pictures.

 Leighton giving me the best smile, I wasn't ready for this Crist just plopped her in the flowers and she smiled so big. This is a rare smile for her, she is definitely the more serious of the two.

 Happy as ever Mr. Hudson is always showing off his super smile.

This is my favorite, they are quite the stinkers these days spending a lot of the time fighting so I love these moments when they are getting along. Oh and Hudson gave Leighton a kiss for the first time the other day, so cute! Usually he is biting her.

My Girly looking so cute in the summer evening. She loves everything girly, except the silly headbands I am always trying to put her in:)

More to come... hopefully cake pictures. I am baking cakes right now.

The sun is shining. The weather is sweet.

I love summer to say the least. It is a time for the kids to run with no shoes and for me to whip out my favorite shades and soak up some sun! The kids and I have been working hard at enjoying summer this year. We all love water so most of what we do involves water. 

The beach, the splash pads, local pools and even a water park have been visited. But most of all my favorite part is seeing the kids run around all day until they crash on the couch ( or at the dinner table) from exhaustion. 

Happy Summer! 

THE TWINS 1st BIRTHDAY!

This was the last big 1st Birthday Party I get to throw so I thought I better go all out! Some may call me crazy or a Martha want to be, but I embrace my love of throwing a good party! For Hudson and Leighton this is going to be hard to top! But I will sometime...

They each had their TWINS shirts with their names on them with big #1's

The Theme was MINNESOTA TWINS!

This is a few close ups of our RED WHITE AND BLUE Desert Table. This was my favorite part of the party decorations! Everyone made their own gift bags to take home. ( If they made it home, I think most of the kids just dug in and ate sugar until they left)

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Cousin Jimmy came early that morning to set up a wonderful tent in our yard! We are so lucky to have such wonderful family.

Each one had their own little cake that looked like baseballs with big #1's on top.

www.misssarascakery.com Sara made some wonderful cakes!

Dad even got a cake, he graduated from College the same week the kids turned one!

Thank you to everyone who came to the babies party and for everyone who helped pull off this wonderful day! All the pictures were taken by Kathy King a great business partner and friend.

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