My Bridal Shower was so much fun!  It was planned by Elaine and Whitney with extra help from Kster and Sheena.  They all did such an amazing job!  From the invitations, to the decorations, down to the drinks, not one thing was overlooked or  unplanned.  Here is the cute invite Whitney put together from scratch!  She is awesome at invitations, birth announcements, and holiday cards.  So cute!

It was so much fun to get together with family and friends to celebrate the upcoming big day.  The gifts I received were beyond my wildest dreams!  Everyone was so generous and I am proud to say we didn’t take a single thing back!  A big thank you to Elaine for all of her hard work, it was the ultimate party and I walked away feeling like the luckiest girl ever!   In fact, I’m pretty sure I heard several people refer to it as a “small reception” it was that amazing.  But lets be honest, are you surprised!?  Elaine is the Queen of making things happen.

Elaine and Whitney, I love these ladies!

Whitney was one of my best friends growing up, and she has always been nice enough to share her mom with me.  They moved next door when I was 8 years old.  I remember the first day that they moved in I marched over and  knocked on the door to see if Whitney could play.  She was babysitting and said no, however that didn’t stop me.  I knocked on the door every hour all day long until Whitney was finally able to play; now almost 21 years later and we’re still playing.  The only difference between then and now is, now I don’t have to knock.   🙂

Stephanie, Laura, and Annalise Felt

Wow, I could go on forever about these lovely ladies.  I met the Felts when I was about 8 years old when they moved into our ward. I remember I was really big into babysitting and Stephanie had the two cutest boys named Malcolm and Wyatt.  I really wanted to babysit them and got my big chance when Stephanie got called as the  activities day leader in our ward.  Later came Bria, Annalise, and Jensen and ever since then we’ve been hanging out doing the best activities ever!

Right to Left: Amber, Whitney, Kster, Sheena, Jill and Tammy.

Amber, Whitney, Sheena, Tammy and I all grew up in the same ward.  We all are pretty much within a year or so of each other.  We spent all our time together going to Sunday classes, youth activities, girls camp, and school.  It’s rare that you find of group of girls like this that grow up together and still remain friends.  Kster and Jill have become my very close friends through Jr. High, High School, and College.  I am so glad to know each of these ladies and call them friends!

Grandma Waters

Is she not just the sweetest Grandma Ever?!  Both of Jason’s Grandma’s are just the sweetest ladies in the whole world.  It meant so much to me that they both came.   (somehow Grandma Evans got away without getting a picture.)

Lana

This is Jason’s Aunt who made me the cutest “flirty apron” you ever saw!  She is also the best baker in town!  Holy cow she can make anything taste good… Even Gluten Free stuff!

Sisters

I love her.  It was so much fun to have so many of my sister in-laws here too!  They all helped so much in helping to get me ready for the big day!

The Food – Everything tasted amazing!

The Flowers – Yes they are Tiffany blue!

Even the drinks were the right colors!  Go Sheena!

This cute table display was put together by my best friend Kster.  She gathered tons of pictures of Jas and I and put them on a table with little cards for people to write down their favorite memory with me, as well as give us advise on being married.  The cards turned out so cute!

Also, I have to point out the center display.  Elaine hand made that from tissue paper.  Is that not the cutest thing ever!? Her skills for decorating go unmatched.

Right after the reception, since so many of my friends and family were all in the same place, we decided to jump into the car an go dress shopping.   This was really the first Saturday that I had time to think about a dress, and having everyone around to help put in their 2 cents was perfect! We ended up trying on dresses all afternoon.  I loved it!  I really didn’t think that I would, however there is something magical about being in love, putting on a white dress, and standing on a petal stool, that just makes you feel like a princess.   This whole day was more then I could have ever dreamed.  It really was perfect.