On a gorgeous day in July – the Real Life with Kids’ big brother, Chris, got married to our newest sister, Megan. JB, Andy, and I and our families and lots and lots of friends and family traveled to the charming Iowa town of Pocahontas to celebrate with them.
The dressy clothes have long since been put away and the goldfish crackers swept from the car seats. The pedicures JB gave me and I gave Andy are chipped and need to be redone. Itchy, Cleo, and Sass’s grownup hairdos are but a memory.
For three days in July – the whole RLWK family was together – and celebrating with our shiny new sister’s hilarious and gracious family. The last time JB, Andy, Chris and I were together with all the kids was too long ago to recall. Certainly not since baby LL was born…
All 12 RLWK kids were there – and we got almost all of them to wear the shirts I made for them – depicting which of the sisties they belonged to. We all got to be “in person aunties” for those three wonderful days. We watched our brother walk our mom down the aisle, we saw him stand up at the front of the church with his best friends – some who have been part of our family since elementary school – we saw him promise himself to Megan.
Can you blame us then for wanting to hold tightly to those three days of celebration? To preserve them in some way for Chris and Megan?
Luckily for us, we were presented with the perfect vehicle for recording that amazing window of time. A Bellflower Book. The two talented women (who have been buddies long enough to be sisties as well!) behind Bellflower Books are Kerry and Heather. And I think you’ll agree that what they’ve created is something we could all use to hang on to beautiful times we’ve shared with others.
This is such a unique concept – I want to break it down for you so you can see why we are so excited about it!
- A Bellflower Book is a shared photo and memory book project.
- There are so many styles and colors of books to choose from!
- You email friends, family, coworkers, etc that you would like to have contribute to the book.
- They login and add a photo and written memory – it could be a quote, a toast, or a heartfelt note or letter.
- You coordinate the project from your login dashboard.
- When you are finished, you will have a record of not only pictures – but thoughts and wishes and feelings from that time.
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