I told you I was back :) It feels good to be back in my kitchen-even if it is entirely too small and my oven is almost completely broken. I've recently become addicted to pinterest (visit the link if you want to see my boards). I have seen tons of great recipes on there and finally decided to actually "do" my pins instead of simply looking at them.

Well, it's back to reality and that means back to blogging! As you already know, we have had a very busy summer and therefore took a few weeks (ok months) off of the blog. I never wanted it to feel like a burden and the break was nice. But I'm back in action! So, what have we been doing all of these weeks?

We spent a weekend in OCNJ visiting friends and family...

We shot our first wedding in July: to see more pictures go here!

And we shot our second wedding last weekend during hurricane Irene. Read this couple's amazing story and see more pictures of their beautiful day here!

We spent an entire week on family vacation on the Chesapeake Bay! It was so relaxing and beautiful.


We took pictures for my favorite family: the Weldons. If you have been reading then you already know their story. If not please take a few minutes to read Angie's blog :)


I mean, really, could they be any cuter? I just love everything about this family!


Ollie went to the dog park for the first time and learned how to swim! He hates getting a bath so we never thought he would enjoy swimming. But this pup jumped right in. This picture is currently our background for our computer and I smile every time I see it :)


We saw old friends from college and explored an old train tunnel...


This was one of the coolest things I've ever done/seen! My friend Brandon (pictured above) lives in an old train station. His parents are interior designers and re-did the entire house, and it really should be on MTV cribs. We spent the day with Brandon and his wife, Marta exploring the train tunnel.


My best friend and college roommate got engaged and we were there to capture it all! So special...


That is only some of our last month! As you can see, we were very busy traveling from place to place but I wouldn't have had it any other way. We're back in Long Island now. Several of our neighbors are without electric because of hurricane Irene, so we are very thankful to have power! Jeff started clinical today (his last year-yippeee) and I start back to work in a few days. Hope you had as great of a summer as we did :) Looking forward to getting back into the world of blogging with you all.

Where has the time gone? I can't believe that my sister is now over 7 months pregnant and in a few short weeks her baby boy will be here! I have been busy this summer helping her prepare for her little one, and one of the ways I have done this is by throwing her a shower with my mom. This past weekend we celebrated Laur, my sister, and the little one inside her adorable belly. Before I show you some pictures from her shower, I'll show you a few of her maternity shots we took 2 weeks ago.

I also made little "trees" with leaves made of paper that matched her nursery colors (orange, blue and grey).

We also set up a little craft station instead of playing games during the shower. My mom and I found white letters of the alphabet and had each guest decorate a letter with fabric, buttons and paper that matched her colors as well. We are then going to hang them above the baby's crib in the nursery!

Last but not least, here are some of the cupcake toppers I made. I had so much fun making these decorations and even more fun celebrating my sister, who is soon going to be a wonderful mama!