Mr & Mrs Rietz

It's official (for over a week now...) Tami & Steve said 'I Do'. It was a beautiful weekend filled with love & family. Every little detail was left unturned and it was perfect! Congratulations & welcome to the family Steve :) 

Here are a couple of rehearsal dinner pics

and wedding day - Tami was BEAUTIFUL! I of course didn't take any pics of her in her dress... so here are a few pre wedding pics

Thank goodness my mom and dad came to help us out with the kids... I probably would have walked down the aisle with my hair in a ponytail & 3 screaming children on my arm - it wouldn't have been pretty. Instead the kids did wonderful - Lauren was so excited to wear her pretty dress & Jackson wanted to help her get it zipped up - this was such a sweet moment... it makes me think about Lauren's wedding day and helping her get into her wedding dress - ahhh, I must stop or the tears are going to start running!

The limo ride - the kids LOVED it! Last week Jackson told me we should get rid of the minivan and get a limo...

The reception - so beautiful & so much fun. Isn't my husband handsome?!

Jackson and Lauren's buddy Julia - poor Julia was tugged back and forth all night by these two!

and sweet Elaina

She was grandpa's buddy all weekend!

Such a beautiful day - thank you Steve & Tami for letting us be a part of it! 

My mom

My mom is great. Honestly 15 years ago I would have cringed if you told me I was like my mom. Today if you tell me I'm like my mom I smile and say thank you, definitely take it as a compliment now. She's awesome and we got to have her spend the week with us last week while dad was on a work trip practicing his Spanish. We shopped for 'old crap', repainted a bunch of our not so nice furniture, hung out, tried to go out for dinner with the kiddos & she just helped us out. We love having her here!

Love you mom!

Love.

Happy Friday!

So much to celebrate!

March was a month full of things to be celebrated - be forewarned this may be a photo overload!

Grandma turned 60!! The kids insisted on getting her balloons.

We celebrated at Carmello's - yummo! (never had pistachio cake... delicious!)

love, love this picture of Jackie & Tami!

Great Grandpa turned 86 - this man cracks me up

Four generations 

and Papa Al had a birthday - we didn't get to celebrate with him but we did send him some beautiful art :) 

Running a 7k (this is the longest distance I have ran EVER... worth celebrating!) 

Tami's wedding shower (someone said we'd be cool if we put our hands on our hips...)

Easter egg hunts in the snow

My sweet cousin Holly that chose to spend her spring break in Minnesota with us (that's worth celebrating!) 

she even packed meals at Feed My Starving Children with me - she's pretty much awesome!

More Easter celebrating in Iowa with lots of cousins

and Aunts & Uncles

and the little people :) 

 and we even got our 'Schlemme fix' 

March was a good month, I liked March it made me happy & we found our house in March which also makes me very happy! April has arrived with sunshine, so my prediction is more good times ahead :) 

little girls

Some little girls have tea parties... and some little girls turn their tea sets into hockey pucks...