Favorite Things... Wedding Edition

Lately blogging on Fridays has turned into a favorites update.  Since my latest obsession is still May 16th, 2015, I thought it might be fun to highlight some favorites from our big day.  

Who knows where the first month has gone?? Luckily our photographer is amazing and reminded us about an amazing day with the completion of all of our wedding photos just one month after.  

Rachel Solomon was definitely a vendor favorite.  From prompt responses, perfect attention to details, a creative eye and attentive ear, and most importantly she made us feel comfortable.  Putting Tommy at ease so that he is not giving his cheesy smile is a hard task to conquer.  Not only did she produce pictures that I couldn't have dreamed up, she is also a great person inside and out.  I am bummed that she won't be able to shoot us for something else :-(

Rachel Solomon Photography

Swimmer Boy

Cade is a super swimmer these days and as he approaches 3 it doesn't take him long to pick up things.  Cade went back to a summer swimming refresher course and before we knew it he was swimming across the pool. I am one proud auntie!

His smile is deadly!

Friday Favorites

After a long week at summer camp, I will keep my blog post short.  With an upset stomach to start off my weekend off wrong, I am looking forward to relaxing on my couch with my puppy.

Since I was able to at least deep clean my bathroom before my stomach ache settled in, I feel at least semi productive.  I have been eyeing cute products from Ashley Brooke Designs for quite some time now and with new products on the horizon, I am hoping I can snag this adorable mug if we are under budget this week.

These summer weekends I've enjoyed snuggling up with a good book.  I downloaded a free copy of The Boston Girl due to a Facebook recommendation.  So far, so good!  It may have even sparked a book club reunion. 

And probably my most favorite moment for the weekend is the completion of my wedding photos, how can one pick a favorite when they are all simply perfect.  Happy One Month Mann!

Rachel Solomon Photography

My Last Single Days

Please don't mind that it has taken me four months to write this post.  It's hard to put into words the happiness I felt this weekend.  Since some of my friends live from a distance, I decided to put my bachelorette party and shower into one weekend, in hopes that more people would be able to make it.  So I was beyond thrilled when so many friends could make it.  From Jessie, who I've know since I was 3, to her mom, Kate from college, Emily, Judith, Lynette and everyone in between.

The week before my special weekend I remember be overwhelmed and stressed at work.  I am thankful to have a supportive boss who calms me down and makes me be present.  Work allowed me to take a couple days off to share and enjoy this special weekend.  I don't know how many times I looked around the room and was overwhelmed by all the love and wonderful, amazing women.  I am so lucky to call my friends.

The wonderful thing about a wedding, besides finally committing to starting a life together is the love and support you receive from everyone you love.  It is no surprise to my friends that I LOVE weddings, so they did not disappoint when it was my turn.  Phone calls, texts, trips, and every type of social media were used in order to plan my last weekend as a single lady.  I can't say thank you enough for all the laughs, love and companionship.  It means the absolutely world to me!  Tear.

There were only a few pictures taken but I have been meaning to share them for what seems like forever now... enjoy

Kate, Emily, Sam and I

Linds, Jillian and I

Party Bus

Shower Time

Emily, Me, Jess and Lynette 

The Party Animals 

Jamie, Alex and I

The Bachelorette Gang

A few of my favorite things

Planner | Day Designer

The Perfect Lipstick | Chanel

Spring Bag | Michael Kors Crossbody

Glad to be back

While the honeymoon was absolutely fabulous, and I promise to blog more about it, The Manns were sooo excited to get back to this little fluff ball.  Lucille Suzanne Mann.  Lucy's doggie registration came in the mail, so we are formally going to change her name.  Yep were those weirdos, life before children.

While the transit back to real life, laundry, cleaning, work, pilates, and more cleaning was not exactly what I wanted to do Lucy made things at least manageable.  We thought she might give us the cold shoulder for leaving her, she does that every once in awhile, but she was right by our side as we settled in to married life.  

We've been working on putting things away and unpacking all our new fun wedding stuff.  I told Tommy that it's fun to look around and see the condo look like our grown up condo and less like my college condo.  Moving on up!!  

This weekend has been busy and since our friends Andrew and Andra still haven't received their visas, we have tried to spend every day with them.

Yummy food at Four Peaks on Friday night.

Game night on Saturday.

I think my abs still hurt from all the laughing :-)

Sunday Funday at Two Brothers (with Jordan and Lindsey too)

While we wish them the best on their adventure to London, we are soooo happy to spend more time with them!  Cheers!

A Whole New Level of Coffee Experts

My friend Dana has inspired me to blog today.  Not because this post has anything to due with her specifically but more due to a promise she made to herself, to blog once a week.  I mean I have plenty of stuff to write about, I just am not using my time to write, so this one's for Dana.  Hopefully I can keep the same promise.  I started this post a few weeks ago, when Tommy and I were enjoying wedding registry goodness, aka the good life.  We received enough gift cards for Tommy's favorite registry item, a Keurig!

Most people know by now The Mann loves his coffee and consumes it daily (I mean we try to travel through the Denver airport at all costs just to stop at Caribou).  You might be surprised to hear how late the Manns are to the coffee game, but it seemed as though Christmas came early when I surprised Tommy with the Keurig after a long round of golf.  

While we are still learning about all the amazing things the Keurig can do, it is safe to say I was afraid Tommy would push back the wedding due to extreme happiness.  Great news is your coffee can be amazing and you can still want to marry your best friend :-)

Please note our adorable cups from Anthropologie, also wedding registry goodies, Tommy uses them most days :-)  I love when Tommy loves what I love, ahhh married life :-)