The Happy Hedgehogs: 2010

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Honeymoon Preview

The places we went on our honeymoon.

The rest of our pictures will be up soon!!!

Ireland

London

Krakow

Rome

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Wedding Pictures

We get to finalize our wedding album this afternoon!!!

We should have pictures to post and print very soon.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Honeymooning

We are officially married!!

Halloween night we left for our honeymoon in Europe.

Redeye Transatlantic flight + Business Class Pods + Unlimited Cocktails = Zzzzzzzzzzz

Each of these footrests flop down and when the seats are fully reclined, turn into quite a comfortable bed.

We also each had our own TV pre-loaded with all sorts of movies, TV shows, games, and music.

After getting through Customs in Heathrow, Matt was very confident Europe was the best choice for a honeymoon...

Monday, August 16, 2010

One of my favorite shows is Project Runway. I love watching people stress while trying to figure out how to make clothes out of $50 worth of crap they had to buy from a party store. Who knew a cocktail dress made out of cocktail napkins could be so chic?

What better way to celebrate the return of PR than to sew something? My friend Kelly bought her first house this summer and what could be a better housewarming present than a reversible apron? I also threw in a bottle of Mango vodka for good measure :)

First step: pick out fabrics that coordinate enough with out being too matchy matchy. No one likes a cheesy apron.

Step two: cut out all the pattern pieces

Step three: sew and press the ties

Step four: sew the panels together

Step five: attach ties and pin both sides together

Step six: SEW, SEW, SEW!!!

The finished product

Front

Back

How is that for a cute, non-frumpy apron?

My favorite part is the back panels which are good if you are anything like me in the kitchen. I get bored, turn around, lean against or sit on the counter and watch Matt do the rest of the work. Then I get food on my jeans; sad story. But those back panels protect my lazy butt from sitting in a pile of flour and destroying my clothes... genius!

Next up on my project list is a cute little Amy Butler sling bag that is just waiting to be sewn together.

Shoulder strap

Outside body of the bag

Interior lining

and the pockets.... very exciting!

Did you notice my awesome flower head pins?
I'm obsessed!

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Pool Puppies

Now that it is 800 degrees here in Vegas, we have been spending our weekends by the pool. Our friends Cookie and Wally have been nice enough to invite us and our chubby bassets over to swim at their house.

Gus and Violet are not big swimmers. In fact, they hate the water. They don't like pools, baths, rain, sprinklers, or when their ears fall in the water bowl as they are trying to get a drink. Because it was soooo hot outside, we had to dunk the puppies in the pool to make sure they stayed cool.

Gus didn't mind but I think Violet was a little pissed

Matt, Wally, Ashley, and Brandon

Ashley and Brandon brought their dog Butters over. Butters is the complete opposite of Gus and Violet when it comes to water. He is so obsessed with it he tries to swim in his water bowl.

Gus, Butters, and Violet

Swimming buddies

Butters out of the pool

Butters in the pool

Brandon and Butters

There is one dog who hates the water even more than G & V. Dahlie, Cookie and Wally's dog, was content to spend the afternoon coming out to see what was going on and then heading back inside to the air conditioning.

Dahlie dog

Soggy Gussy

Ashley and Butterball

That look says, "Please, please don't put me back in the pool!!"

Gus swimming while Violet the pool lifeguard watches

She couldn't wait to get out of the water

Relaxing on a raft

Poor miserable Violet

just hoping that Matt will let her out of the pool

After a few long hours in the sun and some delicious BBQ, thanks to Cookie, it was time to head home. It was a long fun day and we were all exhausted.

Especially Violet

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Chicago

This past weekend we took a trip to Chicago to see Mike, spend the day with Grandpa Lisowski, and go to the annual Lisowski Family Party.

We got in Thursday and spent the night walking around Navy Pier. We stood outside of a bar with a hundred other eager Chicagoans waiting to see if Lebron James was going to sign with the Bulls (he picked Miami, boo!)

Mike in a hat... weird

The Chicago Skyline

We made it to the end of Navy Pier

"I want your bike Peewee!"

At a fountain across from Navy Pier

Matt trying to lure a couple kids into our picture

Chatting with Bob Newhart

Friday we spent the day with Grandpa. He told us about how his parents emigrated from Poland, his older brother's experiences in WWII, and showed us his wedding album.

Showing off the famous "Lisowski Ankles"

Grandpa's Garden

Showing Matt his tomatoes, string beans, et. al.

Grandpa drove us over to Aunt Jean's house to visit.

Showing Matt her WWII flight nurse scrapbook

We went downstairs and explored her basement...

Aunt Jean's 50 year old hand wringing washing machine

Medicine cabinet full of Depression-era nursing supplies

Grandpa and Aunt Jean, who turns 91 this month, looking through her WWII flight logs

Cutest house in Chicago

Saturday we went to the annual Lisowski Family Party at
a beautiful 90 year old house with a backyard full of real grass with a huge tree right in the middle.