I. Natalie at the hotel, her dress hanging behind her. I loved her gown, it was gorgeous. II. The bling. The red scarf her jewelry is resting on were worn by the three of us bridesmaids. III. Me in the chair at Michelle on Elmwood. IV. Angel did both Natalie and Karen’s hair, and was great. Highly recommend him. V. The bridal shoes.

Another wedding-themed post. I. Josh at CJ and Tracy’s rehearsal dinner in Olathe, KS. II. An old photo from my dad and Terrie’s wedding. They got married in the middle of the woods and decorated the trees with hanging candle holders. Very sweet. III. Guests mingling before Melissa and Adam’s wedding in DC this past semester. IV. My mom and CJ at his wedding in Kansas, lots of fun. V. Karen hanging out in in our giant, swanky room at the Hotel Palomar in DC.

I. This amazing needlework was hanging above the dresser in Karla and Jeff’s room at the Lodge. I am obsessed with making it. II. A scene from Anna and Chris’ wedding this past August. Her bouquet was beautiful, as was Karen. III. Brynn and Brian’s moms brought pumpkins and gourds to the Lodge for their wedding. I loved finding groups of pumpkins sprinkled throughout the grounds. IV. Karen, Natalie, and me: this weekend’s DC travel buddies. V. Rowboat stored at the Crane Point Lodge boathouse. My toes need some love.

I. Sara and Sean on Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls, Ontario. I had a friend from the farm (Nat Tagge!) and her boyfriend visit us for a night, and neither had ever been to Canada. We parked on the U.S. side and walked across the Rainbow Bridge, one of my favorite ways to see the Falls. We decided to take them up Clifton Hill too, just because it’s a spectacle and surreal. One of the few instances where the U.S. did a better job at something than Canada. II. My potted hens and chicks in the backyard. I hope they explode a bit more next summer. III. Two guys in line for clay-oven baked pizza at the Fancy and Delicious pizza fundraiser. IV. Terrible, awful wax figures of Elvis, Robert Pattison, Kristen Stewart, and Miley Cyrus in Niagara Falls. V. Super-woman Maura at the F&D pizza party, looking lovely while living the chaos.

I. Josh on one of our last night’s in San Francisco last July. We were delirious with exhaustion and nerding out with our cameras. II. Madi in the pool at our vacation house in the Outer Banks, last August. III. Miss Lauren, frolicking in the grass in Portland, OR. IV. Josh on the same night, just when we got back to the hotel. My favorite part of this photo? His left foot. V. An ancient but awesome photo, circa 2005. Me and Tessa rocking out in my mom’s family room. She and her brother Michael spent the night on their way to Ohio.

I. Sean, Kevin, and my dad in the Niagara Glen on my birthday hike, June 12. The Glen is along the Niagara River gorge in Ontario and is generally an incredible place. II. The Friday afternoon scene at Veritas, a wine bar my friend Melissa’s fiance owns. We had several nice glasses of wine there when I visited DC at the end of June for #ala10. III. The GIANT SLUG that tried to take over our house and bread one afternoon. Huge! IV. Brynn convinced me to order room service on our last morning in DC and I’m glad she did. It was such a nice treat. My mango oatmeal is in the foreground. V. A black and white from the field of tall grass behind Sean’s family cottage in Canandaigua, NY.

I. A fall morning on the lake during our 4th Annual Team Retreat. Rebecca, Teresa, and Eric soaked up the sun and read the paper for a couple hours. It was really gorgeous that weekend. II. Another shot from that weekend, this time of Rebecca’s Pioneer Woman pasta salad. Delicious. III. Boats in the harbor, Canandaigua NY. IV. Bananagrams FTW. I love word games. V. I am loving my new flower boxes. These ones my mother designed.

The Sweetness/Cuteness edition. (I) The beautiful and empty Sweet_ness 7 Cafe before David’s second annual “Coffee & Cake” fundraiser on April 30. Once again, owner Prish Moran outdid herself. This might be my favorite place to photograph.  (II) My mom and one of the Cooney 2010 campaign mascots at Sean’s announcement. (III) The dessert table with the cafe’s bar in the background. We had chocolate covered strawberries, chocolate covered popcorn, cheesecake, brownies, cookies. It was delicious. I felt hungover on sugar the next morning. (IV) Sean at his announcement. I’m so proud. (V) Cream puffs! Cream puffs! Cream puffs!

Some oldies, some newsies. (I) Oliver blissed out at Zoe’s birthday party a couple weeks back. How adorable is he? (II) Jesse and Katie at the same party performing their “talent,” which is doing push ups. I was impressed. (III) I couldn’t help but post another one of Oliver. He’s listening to his moms sing to each here. Or, more accurately, lip sync. (IV) A photo of a chandelier in San Francisco’s Chinatown from last summer’s California trip. (V) Another photo from California, this one at the glorious Redwood hostel.