2015 Year in Review pt. 3

Our family's third and most important celebration of 2015 was the wedding our our daughter Christina to Curt Christopher Smith.

St. Luke's United Methodist Church

Houston, Texas

 Christina and her bridesmaids

Christina and her sister Roseanne, maid of honor 

Christina and parents

Christina chose to wear my wedding dress, which made me so happy!

getting ready to walk down the aisle!

just married!

The reception at the Junior League of Houston

The beautiful floral arrangements were 

from Blooming Gallery

The cake was made by Susie's Cakes

The newlyweds' first dance

My husband Bob giving the welcome speech and prayer

parents having fun :)

guests having fun!

At the end of the night, ribbon wands were waved 

to send off the bride and groom

 I had to include photos since Christina and I made these wands ourselves.  I think they look pretty wonderful, if I do say so myself!

It was a beautiful wedding and a day we will always remember!

2015 Year in Review pt. 2

The second big celebration for the Bodin family in 2015 was our trip to Europe.  We spend a week in Paris and a week in Tuscany.

One of the highlights of our stay in Paris was visiting the church where my husband's grandparents were married.

St. Genevieve

Another highlight was the foodie tour with La Cuisine Paris

We started here, at the oldest cooking supply store in Paris, then made our way through shop after shop selling wonderous culinary delights!

Later we had a picnic in the beautiful Luxembourg Gardens with our purchases.

We also took some day trips from Paris to Reims and the Champagne region

and to Versailles

After Paris, we spent a week in Tuscany.  We stayed in a beautiful villa

 where our daughter the chef cooked lovely meals

and we dined al fresco

We also had some great day trips:  Florence

San Gimignano

Siena

where we had wonderful pizza

and Montepulciano, 

where we had the best meal of the entire trip!

The chef and her husband with our daughters

It was a wonderful trip!