yay! carol and famille are in town!
our first outing with the fam was at shelby’s baptism. it was up in lake forest at a church ted’s family worships at. as usual, we were running behind, mainly because olive was still sleeping {late} and we didn’t want to wake her. we finally got ready and were on our way to the church {of course, not without a starbucks stop!}.
the church was packed and there wasn’t any parking! ugh. we were so late! we finally created our own spot and scurried on in. we weren’t sure on how to get inside the church, we spied some doors and heard the ceremony going on inside. we almost busted through the aforementioned doors, thank goodness this gentleman stopped us and redirected us to the end of the hallway! when we were finally seated inside, i saw that the doors that we were going to bounce through were actually right next to the altar and we would have been walking in through the front, smack dab in the middle of the baptism! that would have been embarrassing!
anyhoo, we totally caught shelby’s rite of baptism and sat peacefully through the rest of the service. olive was entertained by her surroundings and i was at ease. when it all ended, we headed towards carol and famille to say our hello’s. it was so great to see them and little shelby is soooo darling! what a sweetie. we snapped some family photos and went on our merry way to ted parent’s house for brunch.
[there they are!…carol is in the long green dress]
[watching the baptism // hair bow by lilrouxbarbsgarden dress gapkids]
[star of the show]
[my little moment with the baby…we hid this from jelly olive]
[mackenzie entertaining shelby with sophie]
when we arrived at john and nancy’s beautiful home, we snapped some more pictures out in their gorgeous backyard. so green and pretty! after this photo sesh we escaped inside to the cool house {in ted’s words: “i feel like i’m in a turkish bath house right now”}. yes, it was quite humid outside. hahaha!
[the beautiful family]
[kagann/johnson’s]
[such a sweet shot of mackenzie in her lily pulitzer dress]
[looooove this pic of them]
[olive obsessed with travis’ birthday balloon]
[look at that pouty face!]
inside, we were greeted with bellini’s and brunch. carol made an amazing baked french toast concoction with challah bread {deeeeeelish}, there was fruit, croissants, quiche, and a few other decadent dishes being served. i couldn’t stop noshing on carol’s delightful entree. it was so yummy…did i mention it was good?! hehe.
[shelby in her lily pulitzer]
[my precious cutie]
[longtime friends]
[fruit, french toast, and quiche]
[i die over this! she was staring out the window and i realized that she matches the curtains! hahaha!]
[god bless shelby indeed]
after brunch, cake was served. we relaxed, mingled, and chit chatted with the group. it was so great to see everyone! ted’s parents are always so welcoming and sweet. it was great to see perry, krista, their kids, leslie, and colin too! definitely a fun bunch of peeps.
after several hours of hanging out, we called it a day. olive needed a nap and only a car ride would suffice in fulfilling that void! overall, it was a beautiful day…we were happy to have witness shelby’s baptism on this gorgeous day, to have hung out with some wonderful people, and to finally see carol, ted and their lovely family! cheers!
xoxo
