August Supper Club

August Supper Club was hosted by Ashton! She had setup a Mexican theme by her community pool. We had plenty of margaritas and Coronas and quesadillas and pie. (How does one type the southern drawl into that word??) It was a fun relaxing evening recuperating from the busy schedules we all seem to have in the summertime. After the meal Ashton had mustaches for all to wear...here are the snapshots of the evening.....

Newport Peninsula Pub Crawl

wearing my wings....after just the first bar

meeting up with friends :-)

Morgan and me
(and the logo at the bottom is her website)

Joe (a friend made a long the way) me and Brittany :-)

The pub crawl started at 9am (no I did not go then, I made it at noon) and proceeded until 6pm. There were a total of 6 bars and we had to at least have one each drink at each! Morgan and I went together then Brittany met up with is around two-ish. It was a long fun day in the sun, enjoying countless numbers or beer. And of course our must Laventina's Pizza at the end of the day <3

♥ Fortmann Brewer Wedding ♥

July 18, 2009
Michael Fortmann and Adelaide Brewer are married!!!
It was the wedding of the year! The location: San Diego.
Mom Dad and I drove down to San Diego with Isabella and Sophia in tow. We made it down there about 1pm and needed to get all dolled up by 2:30pm to catch the buses that took the wedding crowd from the hotel to the church. Before loading the buses we quickly got a few fun snapshots of the family!

the Colantonio ladies

the heads of the Colantonio Clan

mom, Arnaud & me

the men of the day - Michael's entourage

Once we were all on the buses we had some more snapshots. There was a little ways of a drive so what better than a small party....


Arriving at the church Mom caught a glimpse of Arnaud and took these great photos.

my other big brother being led by his parents in church

the beautiful couple at the altar

The ceremony was very wonderful. It really embraced the couple and made the day very special. Everything comes full circle. Arnaud and Christine were a couple in the bridal party. At Arnaud's wedding, was coupled with Michael!

After the mass, we all went back on the buses and headed back to the hotel for the rest of the festivities. First off we had a cocktail on the terrace out on the harbor.

Here it looks like Michael is scoping out the party...
The cocktail hour was so much fun. There were so many faces that I haven't seen in years. And it was even more interesting going up to folks that knew they should know who I was but didn't entirely recognize me.

Arnaud and Jessica

out on the harbor

mom and Marlene

a cute picture of mom and me

Allan and I cheesing it up for the camera

some of the boys - Shane and Kirk

After the cocktail the rest of the evening began. Before the newlyweds were introduced each couple from the bridal party had a 30 second dance as they entered the room. Arnaud and Christine got Beat It by Michael Jackson. Arnaud wore white socks to do the moonwalk...Christine did the crotch grab...and then they did a fight sequence with butter knives!!!!

the newlyweds

Mrs and Mr Fortmann

Brian and Karen

the martini bar with a luge

centerpiece

some of the bridal party cheesing it up
Michael going for the garter...

father daughter dance :-)

couples' dance

my sisters!!!

By the end of the night Addie was wearing the "sunday funday" over her gown, and everyone was dancing on the stage...

And people were greatly enjoying their glow sticks ;-)
Though I am not sure the limbo was what they had in mind when they thought of glow sticks...
The following are now photos taken post 1am...we're still going strong...
especially dad...
All night long the live band just kept the party going. To be honest, as they continued to play I kept forgetting we were listening to them live, they were that amazing!!!! The wedding was absolutely amazing, and it was really nice to get together with my extended family and share in the love of the night! It truly was phenomenal.