Goose is getting hitched

My mom and sister, Cara hosted a bridal shower this past weekend for my sister, Chelsea! Our theme was an outdoor/summer shower. We hung out on the deck, kitchen, dining room and living room. Chelsea is getting married Labor Day Weekend at a local vineyard. Can not wait! 

Our theme for the menu was Chelsea's favorite things:

egg bake (1 vegetarian + 1 meat)

carrot + cucumber tulips (fav. flower)

lemon blueberry + dark chocolate raspberry scones (cara's speciality)

cookie butter with marshmallows + chocolate chips 

cinnamon yogurt partfaits with strawberries/blueberries mixed with sweetened pretzels (my dad works at Old Dutch)

bacon

tiered waffles with whipped cream + fruit served with irish butter and syrup

iced coffee

sparkling mango lemonade

bloody mary bar 

The day before the shower, my friend Katherine came over to assist Cara and I! We spent the whole day prepping for the event. My mom and dad came in the evening to help with the details!

Our kids were very entertaining while we were prepping :)

My 3 yo daughter defnitley influences my (almost) 3 yo nephew. What do you think? tutus and heels? Ha.

I made little labels for all of the food!

Part of Chelsea's gift was this chalkboard with her important dates with her man. Their nicknames are Bird + Goose.

Have you tried irish butter? Oh my word. amaze.

my friend Kati, borrowed me some vintage linens.

As a shower favor, we put honey in baby food jars and put bakers twine and cute Jody fabric on them. I had the fabric left over from Zion's birthday party. I used washi tape and wrote "how sweet it is to be loved by you" on the cards. 

 the beautiful bride

I put out my frame from Chelsea next to the honey. fitting. i love the quote.

My family enjoying the day.

My handsome dad. Helping me out!

Zion and Ryder helping Auntie open gifts.

Later in the day, we hit up a cousin's grad party and came back to my nephew's 3rd birthday party! It was pirate themed. Cara did great with the details! I love it.

Love you Ryder James. You are so fun. cute. charming. hilarious. You are the best!

H54F

Happy Friday! I am praying that this weather shapes up for MN! We defnitely have green grass now! It is so crazy having this weather daily. I love myself a good sunny day. The pools are supposed to be opening this weekend. YAH! It has been a great week! I have been scrambling to get stuff done for my sister's bridal shower tomorrow! Here are some of my highlights from the week.....

I am still loving my new kitchen color! Andy and I have been wanting this passage of scripture in our kitchen for awhile now. I took advantage of naps earlier this week and painted it with some acrylic paint! I love it. It is us. It is a good reminder to make everyday count. It says:

¹⁸ Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. ¹⁹ Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. ²⁰ Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates, ²¹ so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth. Deuteronomy 11: 18-21

Last Friday, I got to spend the day with my good friend Francoisé in the cities. We did our annual facials and shopping. We took baby Zakiyah with us. She was perfect! We stopped at West Elm and I am loving these vintage looking kitchen accessories! Do you recognize the name? TALA! My studio name. I didn't get them but they are cute.

Memorial Weekend was a bust weather wise. So we did lots of playing in the house. We had some fun get togethers with friends too! The girls were making a lego church here..... in the desert. Zion is working on the parking lot of cars here. :)

With my husband being a youth pastor, we are in the midst of graduation party season right now. It is our June every year. We hit up Nikki's last Sunday and she had a cookie bar. I was in heaven. So good.

On top of grad season, our youth group, The Gate, performs a annual play too! This year's play is called, "The Kingdom". It was AWESOME!!!!!!!! I can't get over how amazing it was. Andy's assistant YP, Jorden made this happen along with our amazing volunteers! I loved it. Our youth room was packed! We are performing it this sunday for 9:30 and 11 am service! Can't wait. I am proud of Gate mama!

Linking up with Jeanette and Lauren! Happy Friday! Have a blessed weekend. Think of me when I am hitting up grad parties, a wedding, a 3rd birthday party and my sister's bridal shower, oh and family time and church....... HA HA. wow. I need a coffee. NorthFace camel pack of coffee. Yes, please.

Day in the life..... Christy Cass.

Blessed. Grateful. Overwhelmed. Still smiling.....

Zion's Gum in her Hair Interview :)

Driving home last night from our church, Zion tells me that she lost her gum. The gum that she had been chewing........"Mom, its on the floor. I want new gum. I want new gum. I want strawberry shortcake gum (trident strawberry-kiwi)." A few minutes went by and I hear, "Mom, it's in my hair. I find it." Out of control. We got it all out when we got home. Thank you ice cube. I was laughing a lot. She is sooooo funny. I did hug her lots after this video to console her ;) 

Enjoy....

Life. is. over. dot. com. 

She is hilar.

I take advantage with interviews.

She is like her dad not her mom ;)

three years old. here we go. 

LLW

Happy Lock Love Wednesday! Hope life is treating you fancy! I started LLW to get myself motivated to style my hair. Being a hairstylist, I can get burnt out on styling my hair and wanted a way to get through my hair rut. I post pictures every Wednesday for you of styles that I have worn, styled on others or seen that have inspired me. Join me along the way! Link up below or follow my on Instagram!

I twisted my hair in two sections above and used bobby pins to hold it in place. I used a H&M clip to dress it up. I used Awapuhi Sea Salt Spray and Hairspray for product.

Here I used a curl wand to put some wave in to get texture. I braided both sides and pinned it half up. It took 5 minutes. 

I did two wedding styles on Saturday. Josie has fine hair and we wanted something a little less formal and more edgy. I re-shaved her side shave and gave her steps. We roughed it up with hairspray and lots of braids. I love it.

Steph's hair is gorg. I colored it the week before with a ombré technique. We used my curl wand section by section. I used a lot of my dry shampoo before started to dirty it up. I prepped the hair with hairspray. I did a side french braid on the right to swoop it over. It turned out lovely.

Link up with me below and show off your locks! Join me on Instagram at talahairlife #locklovewed or #locklovewednesday

Have a great Wednesday!