Life with karla

Ceremony For our elopement, we traveled to Europe, and I wanted to bring a piece of that dreamy Italian landscape and Victorian charm back home to the States. To create that ambiance, I carefully chose florals that reflected our theme’s colors, adding an extra touch of elegance with Capiz petals and delicate feathers to introduce… Read more: Le Wedding Details

Leonard & Maglantay Nuptial

Maid of Honor, Matron of Honor, Bridesmaids & Flower Girls Best Man, Best Woman, Groomsmen, Ring Bearer & Bible Bearer Maid of Honor & Matron of Honor Best Man & Best Woman Flower Girls Bridesmaids Ring Bearer & Bible Bearer Groomsmen

Karla & Chris #TheLeonards wedding Our celebration with all our family and friends at The Armour House in Lake Forest Illinois after our elopement in Italy last June. 12.16.23 Photographed by: ICO Weddings

I’ve always loved throwing parties and here’s our first friendsgiving at our first place in San Diego. Basically, it’s just a galsgiving since Chris has work so decided to just have some of my girls come over for an intimate friendsgiving. I love decorating glad that they loved the set up! I enjoyed cooking and… Read more: First Friendsgiving in San Diego

First time celebrating Halloween in San Diego so we decided to spend it at Gaslamp District. It was chill and fun. Enjoyed watching people pass by and had fun seeing what everyone’s wearing and how creative they are with their costumes!

Celebrated our 3rd anniversary as bf/gf though we’re already married. Decided to stay in and make our first homemade pizza! It was a perfect date plus my fave wine! It was also our baby Ginger’s birthday same as mine that week so we gave her early birthday gift from Hawaii & of course our other… Read more: Made Our First Homemade Pizza for our Anniversary Date

& of course my home Chicago. Once we landed, took a nap and went straight to church for our Sunday service. Celebrated our birthdays again at my fave The Glen Club with my family and some friends, I’m glad we were complete. Also spent my day with my girls at Devereaux, a chic rooftop bar… Read more: Birthday at Home Sweet Home Chicago

Since mine & Chris’ birthdays are 5 days apart, we celebrated a weekend with our fam with my in-laws in Virginia. Still can’t get over that Yin Yang martini at The Melting Pot, it was def a perfect welcome drink lol once we landed in Virginia, we had dinner with his fam for our birthdays.… Read more: Birthday Surprise in Virginia