Work Bridal Shower

Last Thursday the ladies at my work threw me a bridal shower. I had so much fun!! Who can resist being showered with presents...and I got to cheat on my diet!! I don't think I can even pick a best part...It was all wonderful. The food was delicious and the game was so much fun!!! The lei was because our honeymoon is in Hawaii and it smelled HEAVENLY!!! it was made out of orchids and tubarose (i probably didnt' spell that right, sorry) I called the florist right after the shower and had her add it to the bouquet. :D

Everyone hanging out and enjoying the weather...it was like 90 out that day. We played a really fun game that was similar to a mad lib. the Hostess, Heather...in the blue shirt, asked me before hand for the story of how Scott and I met, how he proposed and our plans for after the marriage. Then she wrote a little story to go with it. At the shower she brought out a tray with about 20 household products on it and gave us time to memorize everything. Then she gave us the stories and we had to fill in the blanks in the story with the names of the products she had shown us. I would have thought it was a super fun game, even if I hadn't won! haha :D

After we ate and talked and played it was time for presents....YAY!!! haha They were so sweet to do all this for me and I'm grateful for all of my neat stuff...I don't think they've seen someone so excited over vacuum in a long time!! We also had a most delicious lemon cake....it was so good, tart and sweet at the same time!!

And of course, every bride has to save the ribbon for her rehearsal bouquet...We shook things up a bit by making a very fine hat.

I especially liked the little trail of ribbon down the back...like a wedding mullet if you will...business in the front, party in the back. I don't know if the hat will make it to the rehearsal (i really hope it doesn't...one picture with that thing is all a person needs in their entire life!!!) but it was fun while it lasted. It was a bit surreal to be at a shower for my own wedding...where did the time go? I get more excited every day and I can't wait to be married to Scott!!!

Memorial Day

What a beautiful weekend!!! It was sunny and gorgeous all weekend long!!! (a miraculous feat in our neck of the woods) we had trouble deciding what to do yesterday. We finally decided on a trip to Snoqualmie Falls. The falls are near a quaint old railroad town just before you head through the pass on your way to Eastern Washington. Cathy, Brian, Scott, and I had lots of fun walking through the town, getting ice cream and ridin the rails out to the falls. On our way home we stopped by the outlets at North Bend...definitely Cathy's favorite part cause there was a coach store. :) We ended the whole day with a BBQ and movies with my parents. What a super fun weekend!!!

Carly
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Our Fun Fun Weekend!!

It's always a fantastic treat in Washington when you have something really great planned and the weather cooperates!!  Saturday morning Scott, Cathy, Brian and I headed up to Burlington through the unforgiving rain to take part in the Tulip Road Rally.  The beginning of the race was cold and wet, but it didn't take long for it to clear up and become a beautiful, sunny day.  Brian and Cathy took the Vette and Scott and I went in his GTI.  It was supposed to be a race, but after our negligent navigator missed the very first turn, we decided to make it more of a scenic drive.  We went past the tulip fields, through LaConner, over Deception Pass, stopped for ice cream in Coupeville, and saw hundreds of amazing cars.  What a fun fun weekend!!!