Dinner at an Irish Pub

We had a nice night if you don't count the horrible service at Murphy's Irish Pub. From online and talking to the owner I thought it would be a GREAT location to cap off the night from the Bachorlette weekend in Tahoe, but boy was I wrong. (If you go there just make sure you don't sit in Jamie's section.

Food was still good and we got free cake. Here are some shots of us and the food.

Just the Bride with her Maids (minus one).

The whole group inside taken my Jamie (the one good thing he did that night).

The salad.

Bake potato lasagna.

Fish and chips.

Pesto Pasta.

The free cake.

More to come: Tahoe sights and shopping; Monterey wedding weekend

Games, food and the room {Bachorlette}

We had some fun getting the room ready, preparing the snacks for the night, and the games from Page's Bachorlette party in Tahoe.

Fake Starbucks trip.....

Surprised by the room decorations.

The room decked out for Page by Amanda, Charity and Sandie.

Just some of the decoration.

One of the games with the winners answers. Winner: Page.

Page's party gift with the pink light-up bunny ears.

All the bridal gifts.

The soon-to-be-bride opening her party favor bag.

Just some of the food dipped in chocolate.

The food with wine and cider.

Yummy: Chocolate and strawberries.

Chocolate covered oreos with pink sprinkles.

And pretzels.

Chocolate and regular marshmallows.

Even the bathroom was decked out by the girls.

More to come from Tahoe and a wedding weekend in Monterey.

Emerald Bay Vikingsholm

In the first weekend of June some of the girls took Page to Tahoe for hr Bachelorette party. On Saturday morning we went to Emerald Bay and toured the Viking House and went on 1.5 mile hike to view the house, grounds, and waterfall.

Below: This is a chest which is made for a bride and groom as a wedding gift. It has the couple's initials and wedding date engraved on the front.

This is a three-legged chair.

Page at the front door.

A suitcase with shown what the lady of the house was traveled with.

These locks were made and brought in from other countries such as Norway and Sweden to give her home a Scandinavian look.

Walking down the path with the entire group.

Another Scandinavian look with the mailbox. I LOVE the heart on top.

Some of the stained windows.

Page on the phone at the top of the vista point at Emerald Bay.

The view of the Bay from the dinning table of the home.

One of the many bedrooms in the home.

The Swedish looking clock is visible the second you walk into the house.

More to come: More from the Bach weekend; Monterey wedding

Linden Cherry Festival {2011}

I went to the Linden Cherry Festival for the first time last weekend since two my of friends were manning a booth with their Scentsy products and HandmadE goodies.

Here are some of my shots from the day.

Above: The Cherry Festival Queen (far left in red) and her court of Princesses.

Bottom: Just the Queen. These girls were students from Linden High School.

In the back fields many cars were lined up for the cars show. I figured James would like this truck.

I thought this one was neat because it had some of Disney Seven Dwarfs on the hood, engine and in the drivers seat.

These are just some of the bows that Heather and Erika make for HandmadE (also Heather has a Handcrafted by Heather line).

I loved this purse, but not as much as the price-tag wanted it for so I just took a photo to remember it by.

I can't believe I left there without taking any shots of the cherries. I was a bit distracted when I left since I was walking out with a friend and we were talking about possible plans for the night.

More to come: Spring Fling Sale event and bachlorette fun in Tahoe.

Easter fun with Jewels

The shots were of my little niece Jewels hunting for eggs on the first Easter in their new home. I have some shots of Jewels excited to find two to three eggs at a time, shocked at the size of some eggs, some of the dyed eggs and a little something from her basket.

I absolutely LOVE this shot of her with one of the "real" eggs.