Bridal Shower

Hello!!!!!!!!!!!! My weekend was AMAZING and packed full of fun, so to make this slightly less overwhelming, I'm going to break it up into a few different posts. Let's start with my shower!!!

Sheena flew in on Thursday night - woohoo! We spent all day Friday getting ready for the shower, which obviously included doing a workout dvd, getting mani/pedis, and stopping by Lululemon and TJ Maxx for fun. ;-) Then we headed over to Anna's to get ready for the party!

Anna and her mom had the place looking AMAZING! I cannot express how thankful I am to her for opening her doors for my shower. :-)  Many hugs and kisses to Anna!!! xoxoxoxo!!!! Ali and Sarah came over early to help with prep too!

Ali and Sarah

Sheena's making whipped cream!

Anna got us these cool hats haha

I don't know about anyone else, but I thought I had a pretty amazing (and very healthy) spread!

Delicious!

Dessert and Drinks!

Pretty decorations

Rose's GORGEOUS cake!

Beautiful flowers provided by the Steltenpohls!

Everyone arrived around 7:00pm, and we spent an hour eating, drinking, and talking. I was so excited for my friends to all meet each other, especially Sheena since I tell her about all of them on a daily basis. I was really happy with how friendly eveyone was. :-)  

Then it was time for shower games!!! Sheena created a game called "How well do you know Barbara?" where she asked everyone a million questions I had given answers to.

Sheena - game master

Everyone hard at work answering the questions

And the winner.... it was a tie!!! Sarah and Anna know me best. Gee, how am I not surprised. ;-)

After that it was time for.... TOILET PAPER BRIDES!!!!! Sheena divided the girls into teams, then everyone got crafty!

Kristin, Marcia, and Anna

Rose, Carrie, and Ali

Sharman, Tara, and Elizabeth

Jeanne, Lisa, and Sheena (at least her left hand)

Team Sarah (with Laura and Cindy)

Once they were all ready, they put on a fashion show, haha. I took a video of it, but for some reason it won't load to my blog, so if you'd like to see it, send me an email and I'll send it your way!!

Anna's cat Otis also got in on the action too.

Otis and his beautiful veil

With games out of the way, it was time for dessert. We all LOVED Rose's gluten/dairy free cake. It was seriously delicious.

Cake time!

That meant there was only one thing left to do....

OPEN PRESENTS!!!!!! hahaha

What a pile o' loot!

I was a little nervous before the shower about opening gifts in front of everyone. From what other's had told me, it's an odd experience to have everyone staring at you. I'll admit... I loved every freaking second of it!!! 

In all seriousness though, I have an amazingly loving and generous group of friends. It was so wonderful to be surrounded by people I love and care about so much, and I know that will only be multiplied on the actual wedding day. 

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF MY FRIENDS FOR AN AMAZING SHOWER!!!!! It will stick with me as one of my most happy memories. :-)

The girls from Job #2 :-)