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Showing posts with label bridal shower. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bridal shower. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Too much fun not to share!

Yeah, I didn't post yesterday. It kind of felt good though. So, now I'm back today!

Friday I got to spend the most fabulous night in with my Erin and we got to relax, eat whatever we wanted, watch too many movies, and chat until we couldn't keep our eyelids open! It was exactly what I'd been needing! The next morning we got snowed in so I didn't even get home until nearly 2PM. I barely got to kiss my husband before I had to hit the road and head up to the most adorable intimate bridal shower I was able to help throw for our friend Becca, who is getting married this weekend! I can't believe how fast it got here!!











Becca was lucky to get a lot of beautiful things, and I'm so happy I was able to be a part of it!!

After her shower was over, it was getting late, but I wanted to hang with my girl Angie still! I don't get to see her often enough and when she invited me to hang at her apartment, of course I said yes. Little did I know she had a surprise for me!

She handed me this adorable mini postage holder with a note asking...
Will you be my Bridesmaid?
!!!!!! I was so beyond excited!! I squeezed the crap out of her and said yes, obviously!

She is my friend who got engaged on New Years Eve...and guess what? They are now planning their new years eve for THIS YEAR! I am beyond happy for her and her man, Tyler, and know they will have an amazing, Christ centered marriage.

Hope your weekend was as good as mine!

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Embarrassing ones

So yesterday I showed you all the beautiful details and moments of my bridal shower. Well, here I am today to say there were some HILARIOUS and straight up embarrassing moments. I won't go into too many details (unless we email and I might slip some funny details), but I will let my ridiculous faces below do the talking.

Back story -- the women in Caleb's family literally go ALL out with gifts, and at the last two showers I've been too, even was embarrassed for the bride-to-be...so now that it was me, I knew it was gonna be bad...and oh, I know think I caught the worst of it.

...in a good way.










All of the above were hilarious, embarrassing, but awesome gifts. Use your imagination, ladies.
See? They were funny.




As embarrassing as it may have been, I think I learned that its important to be able to laugh at yourself. & boy, did I learn!

*awkward transition*

My random's of the day:
Last night I addressed probably 100 invitations, which I think is quite the darn accomplishment!
Work is slowing down, sadly. Which means my days feel longer.
I'm slightly obsessed with Ashley & her adorable boys.
It is now officially 59 days until I get married. (woo woo!)
I am obsessed with my new pink and yellow post-its at the office.
I'm so ready for the snow to be gone. Bring on Spring!
I hate the tights I'm wearing today, I want to be in sweats.
I am loving miss Anna & her blog so much! Check her out nowww.

Happy Wednesday, every one!

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Once upon a time...

...one of my favorite people on this Earth threw me a bridal shower... Wonder who that could beee??


But seriously...I got all the way to my shower and then forgot my camera...so you know I turned around, decided I'd be TEN minutes late for my own shower...and then showed up. I made quite the entrance ;)

The decorations were soo classy and beautiful... just perfect!


Not to mention these amazing cupcakes!
The burlap sacks were full of delicious taffy! The cupcakes came from a local bakery that I'm basically obsessed with, topped with delicious cherries!



Erin was so thoughtful in making all the decorations, everything she made (garland, tissue paper tassels, pom poms, etc) can and will be used in our wedding. I love that she did that! It meant so much...I instantly saw the decor and said "UM I'm totally reusing this!" ;)

Erin's lil collage pic of all the INCREDIBLE food. Yes, chick-fil-a nuggets made an appearance.

After some fun shower games (my grandma DOMINATED)...it was time to open presents! The only pictures I'll share today are the appropriate ones...come back tomorrow for some of the hilarious reactions I gave to my overly-embarrassing gifts!

I let my flower girl (who is my little cousin) help me open presents!

Look at that amazing canvas Erin got printed for us!!!!

Inside joke with some soon-to-be family...oh it got embarrassing.
Yellow towels!!! Thanks Erin!
Caleb's SWEET mammaw crotchet us this BEAUTIFUL blanket! Love the color :)


It truly was such a blast, I love every single last lady who came. I couldn't be more thankful I have each and every one of them in our lives. Caleb and I are sooo blessed beyond belief.


Funny story about the above picture -- that is Becca. I've introduced her on the blog before, and a few weeks back I revealed that she got ENGAGED! What was amazing was that right before this lil' picture was taken...she pulled me aside and "proposed" to me with a ringpop and asked if I'd be a bridesmaid in HER upcoming wedding, too! I can't even wait... :) its going to be beautiful!! 

This amazing gal and her momma got us two sweet bookcases we wanted! Woo!!
My grandma and I!
I spy some baby teeth!!!


Sweetest lil baby ever, Marie and I!
MIL-to-be!
You all know Nora by now (below), if not...she is one of my Bridesmaid's daughters. Caleb and I love her like our own. We've watched her grow up...and I just love watching her develop into her own personality. Marie told me that she woke up the day of my shower and said "Kayla and Caleb are getting married like mommy and daddy?"& I think my heart just melted all over again. Love this little cuddle bug!



& that would be my flower girl, Maddie. She is just the sweetest, I have loved watching her grow up and I'm pretty sure that she is about as tall as me now... look at her! She's only 5...I'm going to guess she turns out to be a model tippin' the scales back at 99 pounds her whole life ;)

My shower was truly amazing... it is insane now that both my showers are behind me, and I can just look forward to my wedding. I really can't believe that two months from YESTERDAY Caleb and I will be saying our vows. Where the heck does time go!?!?

One last picture for the road...

Cupcake, anyone!?
Caleb and I got so many personal gifts, from a keepsake box, a hand-crotchet blanket, "bride & groom" Tervis Tumblers, to a huge blown up canvas of my favorite picture of Caleb and I. This shower was full of the most personal, heart touching gifts and I couldn't be more excited to fill our new home with all of them!

Thanks to everyone for being so excited for us through this journey, you're the best!

Monday, March 25, 2013

A so-so recap of my incredible weekend.

Here we are again, yet another Monday... & I'm supposed to be recapping my bridal shower.

Well, I'm a bad bad blogger. This weekend has been SO insanely packed full of good things I just had no time to sit down and re-cap it all, sooo you'll get it later this week, more than likely tomorrow.

BUT let me just say, miss Erin out-did herself and threw me such an AMAZING shower. I truly don't know what I'd do without her! Cannot wait to show you all the pictures and how BEAUTIFUL it was!!

The only cell phone picture I took was this...could she get any cuter?!
The food was incredible you guys, um let me start with the best... she had Chick-fil-a nuggets (!!!!) with my favorite sauces AND their sweet tea!! I might have had an entire gallon all by myself ;) Erin made her famous dip, that we like to call crack dip. My favorite candies (York peppermints and Ghirardelli caramels) were sprinkled all around the table...some delicious veggie pizza, a ginormous fruit/veggie tray AND my favorite kind of lemonade...I think she knows me well ;)

This shower was so much fun, I almost lost my voice I laughed so stinkin hard. I won't give away TOO many details yet, since this isn't my "official shower post". Hehe... gotta leave ya guessing.

However, my grandma and I did spend all Saturday night making the centerpieces for our wedding and gaahh, I am in love. I will give you a small sneak peek...


Sorry for the short post, but like I said...my weekend was JAM PACKED. So this will have to do for today...

But wait...ready for the cutest moment of my weekend?


We had a volunteer launch at our church last night and our favorite little girl Nora cuddled right on up into my man's lap while stuffing her face with a cookie. I swear, she's got him wrapped around her little finger...and he doesn't mind one bit.  It makes my heart so happy to witness how great he is with kids!

Random fact of the day: today is two months away from the day Caleb and I say "I DO"!!!! Can't even believe it.

Linking up with the amazing Sami today!