a rehearsal dinner.

so one of my favorite things in life. for fun. is decorating.

and of lately. fresh flower arranging.

i suppose having 5 kids in 8 years 

[4 of those 5 kids were born in 5 1/2 years] :))

took up years of my life.

years which i LOVED, and sometimes wish i could go back too...

but alas...

now that they are growing up so quickly.

and require less "hands-on" of me...

i have more time to myself. 

or maybe i have learned that i need to make time for myself?

i am not sure?

probably a little bit of both.

i CAN say, it is much easier to make time for yourself, when the children

are old enough to watch themselves...

and do not require so much of me.

[being married to a farmer, means there is kinda no scheduling.

no predictability.

the "count on you watching the kids" never happened much

on a "scheduled" basis...when they were littles]

regardless. i am able to have more "me" time lately.

which is really. fun.

i guess i grew up watching my mom do both.

decorating and flower arranging.

and funny. now i like to do the same.

i had the fun priviledge of decorating 

The Beale Manor 

for a wedding reception a couple months ago.

basically, the mother of the groom told me i could do whatever i wanted.

that is the BEST kind of party to decorate for. :))

the bride's color's were: gray and yellow.

that's all i had. 

my lovely friend, Rhonda, stopped by to capture a few photo's.

Thanks girl.

they are perfect.