The one for the Holt's.

Last weekend my sweet friend, Amelia, changed her last name.  And what a gorgeous backyard wedding it was.   It was such a personal wedding, which I adored.  She got married in her yard.  Her grandpa married them.  Their wedding party was strictly family.  They wrote their own vows.. that included a quote from Madea.  The guest sat on hay bells.  Her aunt catered the reception.  At the reception, the guest ate the bride & groom's favorite soups out of mini-carved out pumpkins and drank sweet tea out of mason jars.  It was such a precious backyard wedding.

Yay for love.

Happy season for the Holt's.

The one for Sydney.

 My sweet, sweet Sydney.  What a special love I have for this girl.  I'll keep the sappiness between me and her, but I will tell you that this girl is special.  She loves the Lord.  She is an incredible friend.  She loves coffee.  She is so cool.. sometimes it makes me sick.  Her style is fun.  She's crazy adventurous.  She eno's.  She is incredibly beautiful, inside & out.  

I adore her.  

Also, this photo shoot was way cool because she planned it.  She took me around her sweet, small town and planned everything.  Outfits, locations, poses.  Homegirl wanted to make this personal as it is a special time in her time and I love the pictures a million times more for that.

Here is a sneak peek for my dear friend, Sydney.

All the pictures will be on FB later, Syd.  Thanks so so so much for an incredible Sunday night.  You are so beautiful, Sydney.  I love you more than I could ever tell you.  You'll always be my girl.

The one for celebrations.

A couple of celebrations have happened over the past several weeks and they are all worth mentioning on my sweet little blog.

 Celebration #1: Some weeks ago my sweet roomie, Liza, celebrated her 22nd birthday!  She spent her birthday  weekend at Windy Gap and then came home to balloons, chicken casserole & a couple gifts relating to her beloved tea.

 

Liza is fun.  She loves trivia, useless information & figuring stuff out.  So we decided to create a small scavenger hunt for her birthday.  At each clue there was a small gift & then her final clue lead her back to our house where me & my other 2 roomies set up "Joby's Spa".  We wore black tanks with black leggings.  We put on Spa Pandora Station.  We spoke softly and catered her to a homemade facial & pedicure.

 Celebration # 2:  I love me some blonde boys. I've been sitting for a family of two blondes for almost 2 years now.  It is the same family that lost their dad about 3 weeks after I started sitting for them.   I have grown incredibly close with my boys (& their mom) && love them all something fierce.  This semester has been a little different from the past three... as I only sit for the younger, Will.  Well John, the older of the two, has struggled a little more with the loss of his sweet dad.  Through hours of prayer and advice, his mom decided to send John to a camp to help little fellas, like John, have deep-seeded issues that they can't seem to bring to the forefront.  Therefore, John is gone weeks at a time.  From me being at home this summer and then John leaving for camp, I hadn't seen the boy in 4 months!!   I was getting a little stir crazy to see my little genius.  Finally, when I was back in Raleigh, it was one of the weekends that John was allowed to come home.  We set up a date to have lunch together && it was the best lunch ever!  I picked his sweet little brain & found out that at his camp, he is completely in his element.  Camping, hiking, fishing, hunting, bonfires, outdoors galore! 

After lunch, we had a bubble blowing contest & a mini photoshoot in my car.  What a celebration that hour on Friday was.  I've missed him too much.  I love my sweet John.

 Celebration # 3:  My dear friend, Amelia, is getting married!!!  Over Labor Day weekend, I shared in a Bridal Shower for Milly hosted by her sisters & it was so much fun.  We ate at the 4th Street Filling Station & celebrated our girl with cake, gifts & laughs.  I am so excited to REALLY celebrate her in a couple weeks! :)

 

 

My life is so blessed with opportunities to celebrate with the people I love.

The one for Sara Lee.

 I had such a good Labor Day weekend at home.  Post coming soon!  One thing I did was meet up with this sweet girl early Saturday morning to snap a couple pictures.  We had such a great time & she was such a trooper for being willing to get up so early on her one day to sleep in!

 

 

 

Thank you, Sara,  for such a fun morning in the early morning dew.