engagement party part deux

so this past saturday was our second (and last!) engagement party. we rented out the mezzanine level at pitfire pizza company = yummy goodness. check out who came!

casey's friends from school/san diego: matt, jen (matt's gf), monique and coral

my mc peeps: libby and her boyfriend jacob / nicole, jerry and debbie

casey's mom with jay and shannon, his cousins / casey with dave the best man, dave's mom diane and dave's brother bryan / casey and me with his sister corie and donna

here is a shot of everyone eating and talking at our tables.

we had so much fun but are happy that we're done with parties! look how happy we are below!

and now for dessert...breakfast

on the last day of our trip, we had the best brunch at auntie penny's and uncle jacques.

there was so much food! (which i didn't get a picture of but there were people too!)

and a surprise cake for danny! she's sixteen now! the one below is her being surprised:

such was the fourth day. the next day we left for california. our engagement extravaganza spectacular is finally over.

we can be tourists too!

after recovering from the party the next morning with a fabulous breakfast of bagels, sausage, fruit and waffles, we set out to see DC.

team coleman in front of the washington monument / me'n'case at the jefferson memorial

me, mom and jessica at the fdr memorial

reflecting pool and washington monument- janel being cute / mom and james posing for the camera

us at the korean memorial

such was the third day

seven years

yesterday was our seven-year anniversary of our first date. now i can't exactly remember what our first date was (casey does all the remembering in this relationship) but i'm sure it was great.

oh yeah, it's a party

main course the engagement party / days of shopping amounts to this

the ultimate in sexy.


like the décor? brought to you courtesy of frank and mom's artistic expertise.


more fun:

our awesome chocolate cake with raspberry filling; casey and i in our coordinating outfits; the ultimate in cuteness with my cousin audrey and her dad joe; me and janel outside the party; casey and my signature pose; frank stealing the show with his awesome belly dance

such was the second night

i love my girls!

look how cute we are!

ok people, let's take this slow

so to recount our entire adventure in one posting would be considered cruel and unusually lengthy, so we're processing it in controlled dosages!

apéritif: the welcome dinner / a fabulous meal cooked at mom's house with plenty of family to go 'round

drinking. tarte. general yumminess abound.

oh and fun people too!

such was the first night.