Awwwww.....

Besides baking cookies and defending juvenile delinquents, lately I'm also wedding planner extraordinaire, as I'm planning to tie the knot this October!

Bill and I have been dating for 9, yes I said 9 years this summer. Last October 17, 2009, he proposed and I, of course, said YES! then I said it's about time!

Bill and I met in the summer of 2000. My sister, Heather, brought me to Newport as a graduation gift as I had just graduated from UMASS-Amherst. I met Bill, starting talking to him and clumsily spilled my can of Bud Light on him at the West Deck, a bar on Thames St. He offered to buy me another. I remembered his flashy outfit of a black shirt and khakis. I looked up and saw a guy wearing that holding 2 drinks, so I walked up to him and started talking...only to realize that 1) I probably had too many slutty red head shots that night (hey I was 21!) and 2) that this was not the same guy I spilled my beer on. Then I saw Bill glaring at me holding 2 cans of bud light.

Needless to say the rest is history. I moved to RI 2 months later to begin law school and we started hanging out. Bill and I lived in Newport for most of our 20's. Yes, I know it's hard to believe I'm the big 3-0! I love Newport, mostly because when I think of that city, I think of meeting my future husband there, falling in love, and creating the beginning of the rest of our life there. We shared a great apartment on Vaughan Avenue in the Fifth Ward section of Newport and after living there for 5 years, bought our home we're in now.

Why am I telling this story on my blog? This past Sunday we had our engagement pictures taken with our fabulous photographer, Melissa Robotti (www.melissarobotti.com) and I figured it might be fun to talk about something non cookie today :)

We met her in Newport and retraced some memories. On October 17, 2009, the night Bill proposed, he took me on a trip down memory lane. We started where it all began, at the West Deck. After dinner he took me to the exact spot that he predicts he first laid eyes on me. From there, we drove past the old apartment, then to Ocean Drive, and then to Second Beach in Middletown, where we shared our first kiss, and where Bill asked me to be his wife.

Here are a few shots from Melissa's blog of our engagement pictures. I love them all and I love how she captures the emotions in her photography.

Baby's 1st Birthday!

So many of our friends have had little ones in the past couple years! There were two First Birthdays back to back this month! I had the pleasure of making cookies for little Jackie, who is the daughter of our friends, Susan and Mike.

Susan told me to make any type of colorful cookies. I had this cupcake cutter with the single candle that I thought would be perfect for a First Birthday!

I was a little torn on whether to cover the cupcakes in fondant or to use some royal icing, but opted for a fondant covered cookie with little cut outs to decorate the cookies and make them bright and colorful!

Here are some pictures of the cookies drying after they were decorated!

Wedding Whirlwind....

The past two weekends have been consumed with weddings. We're at that age where, ever so slowly, all are friends are almost married! Every year we've had at least 2-4 weddings a year.

These past couple weeks have been no different, but there were two very special weddings! Our long time friends Bob & Sue tied the knot last weekend. My big sister, Heather, got married as well!

Here are some pictures of my sister, who looked absolutely gorgeous on her wedding day!

The new Mr. and Mrs.


The Bridal Party...I guess it's not too hard to tell who's related :)


Of course, another show stopper...the final product...I made 110 favors for the big day!