My Bridal Shower!

Wow. It's six months late. Lame. But let me tell you all about my beautiful bridal shower!

My bridal shower was absolutely stunning! It was thrown for me by Bobbe and her friend Sonya. In character with nearly all of our wedding events, the shower ended up right in the middle of a blizzard that day and I was touched that so many wonderful women still found a way to be there for me.

We had just gotten my bridals taken the day before (only just dodging the beginning of the blizzard) so I was in full-on wedding fun zone! It was really fun to have my both events in the same weekend.

We had soup and breadbowls for lunch...homemade soup. It was delicious!

They decorated the table with utensils in our kitchen colors for me to keep! Isn't it beautiful!

(a special thanks to Sammy for the lovely photography!)

I thought this was SUCH a cute idea!

Bobbe found pretty white bowls and had them decorated with vinyl lettering!

I love bowls so I was just tickled over this little detail!

Each of my guests got a little

"Thanks you're sweet!"

candy bag to fill with red and black goodies for the ride home.

They had pictures of Josh and I everywhere!

I love pictures and it made it feel so personal and fun.

This is me trying to explain something very important...

with marshmallows stuffed in my mouth.

Sammy decided that every ribbon from my gifts simply had to be tied into my hair.

A cookbook I wanted and an adorable recipe box from Ashley and Jake.

"I feel pretty! Oh so pretty!"

It was such a wonderful day.

I felt so special and so excited to be with my sweetheart

"now and forever!"

I'm so thankful for an amazing Mother-in-law and so many wonderful women who love me!

16 Days!!!

We're almost there!
And no, I don't have time to blog.
The To-Do List seems to get longer, not shorter.
Why is that?

So for those who don't know, we didn't get the sealing clearance approved so we're having a civil ceremony. Obviously it's a little different than what I always thought it would be, but I'm very happy and still so excited! However, this does throw a whole new wrench into my already extremely overheated gears because I've never thought much about planning a ceremony so it's a whole new adventure! I've been watching wedding movies while I assemble favors and beg for addresses to get ideas and keep the stress to a minimum. I think we're almost there, but I'm sure I've forgotten something!
I'm excited for everything that will happen on March 13th, marrying my best friend and the best man I could ever hope to spend forever with is obviously number 1, but next on the list is definitely having all my friends and family gather together. I love parties and gatherings because there's something very sweet and heartwarming about seeing all my friends reunite and my cousins play together. It makes me really, really happy and I'm so excited to see so many loved ones all together...in 16 Days!