Allison & Vince get married!

The weekend was perfect... perfect weather, perfect venue, and I could not have dreamt up a better husband for my sister. I have thought over this post for the past two months- wondered how I was going to put my feelings into words regarding my sister's wedding, how I could adequately describe the happiness that radiates off Allison and Vince when they are together, how I could possibly describe the joy my family felt as we watched Allison walk down the isle. I still tear up just thinking about it... man, I am way too sappy. Anyways, she was stunning. The photographer's words were, "Allison looks like she belongs on the cover of 'Bride' magazine" and she was right... Allison was the most beautiful bride I had ever seen.

Since I was never able to put the weekend into words that did it justice, here are some pictures :) There will be more to come!

Sam's wedding festivities have begun!

Sam's wedding festivities have officially begun! This past weekend, I traveled home to Ohio to throw Sam a bridal shower & bachelorette party. We had such a blast! For the bridal shower, we did a "Love is Sweet" theme where we played funny games and all drank too many mimosas (wait, is there such a thing?). Then the following night, we had a "Let's Get Wild" animal print themed bachelorette!

Here are pictures from the fabulous weekend celebrating the bride-to-be!

"Let's Get Wild"
Animal print everything!

My mom made her fabulous "Hangover Kits" for the morning after... they were much needed!

Allison's Bachelorette Party!

#mrandmrsbuccola are getting married!!!

Here are some pictures from a fantastic weekend celebrating Allison, the bride-to-be, with an old school slumber party themed bachelorette! #philly #bachelorette #slumberpartytheme #mysistersgettingmarried

Our featured cocktail- Spiked Shirley Temples (a favorite of Allison's growing up)

You can't have a slumber party without popcorn!

A throw back to our slumber partying middle school days - a little tie dye!

#mrandmrsbuccola

BYOB nail salon... YES PLEASE.
Cheers to the bride-to-be!

Pretty sure I won the sister lottery. She's amazing.

Going to bed at noon = a successful bachelorette party. #success

Destin, FL - Part 3

Too excited to sleep, Lucas tends to wake up bright eyed and bushy tailed very early when we are on vacation. I look forward to these early mornings of vacation. I know this sounds cheesy- but one day, when I look back on my life, these moments will be some of my favorites.

While in Destin, without fail, Lucas would wake me up around 6am. We would tiptoe out of the house, quietly jump into the golfcart and chase the sunrise to the beach. Early on in the week, we found a new favorite coffee shop called, "Bad Ass Coffee" and bad ass it was. This place was amazing. Lucas would pick out his breakfast treat and I would get my much needed coffee. We would then jump back in the golf cart and head towards the sand.

I love being on the beach as the sun comes up- watching people getting ready for the day... raking the sand, setting out rental chairs, and other mothers with their own early risers.

We spent our mornings out on the beach in our jammies- which for Lucas, often consisted of just his spiderman undies. But hey- you're only 2 once right? Lucas dug holes, built sand castles, searched for crabs and chased little fish with his net while I reveled in the peace and quiet, and even got to read my book. We even convinced Daddy to join us a couple mornings!

When Lucas was sufficiently covered in sand, we'd hose off and jump back on the golf cart. We'd arrive home just in time for the rest of the family to be waking up and perfect timing for Dziadzi's delicious egg breakfasts.

I have realized sleeping in is a thing of the past... but Lucas, thank you for this life lesson #sleepinginisoverrated