Amazing Bridal Shower...

I am so tired and just want to crash, but I had to write a quick blog to thank my sisters and my mother and my aunt for putting together a beautiful bridal shower. It was perfect and so much fun. It was a great environment filled with some very special people to me. I feel very blessed to have them all in my life especially to share in this exciting time for Brandon and I.

They all truly made me feel so special today and I appreciate it more then they can probably imagine!!!

Let me tell you a little bit about our night. The shower was held at my aunt Penny's home, which is a second home to me since I house sit there. I love her home so much, it's very warm and inviting just like her! The guests were a mix of family, co-workers, and church friends. We had an evening filled with laughter and fun times. We played two games...one was a word scramble...Jessica, Sarah and I got 14/25...we tried our hardest. The other game was how well do you know the bride...I think quite a few people learned something new about me tonight! It was really cute!

The spread of food was just crazy...there was so much from fruit trays to fondue...everyone pitched in and we had more then we could eat. it was so relaxing just to eat and visit and hangout, which I loved!! Laura and Lesley were hiding out on the back deck with the cheese ball...I think they would have taken more if they could have.

Brandon and I have the start to beautiful new apartment because of all the generous gifts we received tonight...I want to thank everyone who was there that might see this...a BIG THANKS TO YOU!!!

Here is a quick run down...

Canister set, dish clothes, Rubbermaid containers...beautiful pottery...mini muffin tins, candy thermometer, shaker, bunt pan, casserole dish...mixing bowls...awesome IKEA measuring gadgets, ice cream scoop and bowls..towels, sheets...cool hamper...drainer...pot, strainer...cookbook...glasses and a CROCK POT(Thanks to the Bing Girls!!!).

My special little helpers tonight were my nieces Jessica and Sarah...they were on their best behaviour and such a big help to me. Handing presents, cleaning up paper and even reading me my cards. They gave me a very special gift of IKEA kids cutlery, bowls, plates and cups, along with a juice container and Koolaid. What was even more special was that they decorated by hand all my wrapping paper, I'm saving most of it that's how much it meant to me. Now I guess they'll have to come over for a sleepover!!! I didn't realize until now but we color co-ordinated with our whites and greens!!

My sisters, not only threw me an amazing shower but they also gave me some really sweet gifts, of IKEA stuff, Pampered Chef and some unmentionables that indeed turned me bright red...I don't know if the picture does justice to how red I got... but I got some embarrassed that I started laughing so much that tears were even coming...I'm not one for opening gifts in front of people...so opening embarrassing gifts was even that much harder.By the time I got to the second un-mentionable gift it wasn't so bad, although still embarrassed...especially by the note Lesley wrote me, but we'll keep that private. I just feel like the luckiest person to be cared for so much by this many people. I couldn't ask for better people around me.

It was kinda weird to be going to a bridal shower tonight for me but I couldn't have asked for a better night. To everyone that came and to my family that planned it....THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH! I appreciated it so much, you went above and beyond what I would have expected and I want to thank you for making me feel so loved and important!!

Here are a few pictures from the night...check out the rest on facebook...

Me and my special helpers hiding behind the beautifully wrapped gifts!!

This is me Red and crying from laughing due to embarrassment...thanks to my sisters!!