Showered with Love

Ashley was the lucky recipient of Six.... yes you read it right.... 6 bridal showers that were thrown for her before the big day. The first shower was hosted by a group of her cute High School friends where they spent the afternoon celebrating, laughing and catching up on each others lives:) The second one was a trip downtown to a swanky day spa and hip cafe with a couple of her wild & crazy room mates from College...more celebrating and laughing ensued:)

The next three showers were in May, with the first one given by the Roe's. It was a family shower that not only included just girls but the guys as well. They ate a delicious dinner and played a fun game. Each guest was given a small household item and then had the chance to guess along with Ashley and Nate what it cost. Whoever guessed the closest to the actual price got to keep that item. Ashley & Nate scored big! (only because everyone ended up giving their gift to them anyway;)

The pictures from the next two showers were uploaded on our laptop instead of the desktop and the next day it crashed! This is the first time we have ever lost digital pictures off a computer and I can't tell you how sick I am about it... sick sick sick:(but I'm not going to let it stop me from telling you about them anyway:) p.s. Does anyone else have pictures of these?

At the Davies Shower we feasted on homemade Cafe Rio Pork Salad for dinner. It is one of Ashley's favorite meals, and it was sooooo delicious! We played a fun game where each guest was given a stick of gum and a question about Nate that he had answered in advance. If Ashley knew the answer the guest had to chew the stick of gum but if she didn't know it then she had to chew it. Ashley didn't do so well at this game and had the biggest wad of gum in her mouth I have ever seen.... you would have loved the picture:) They also gave everyone a cellophane bag filled with white chocolate popcorn that was tied up with ribbon and a darling silver heart charm. Such a cute idea since popcorn is the well known snack at Grandma Davies house (minus the white chocolate of course:)

Next on the calendar was the Neighborhood Open House Shower given by the 3 ladies I serve with in Relief Society and a friend that I served with in Young Women's. First we ate a delicious Strawberry Salad and homemade rolls, which reminds me... I still need to find out who made those and get the recipe! For dessert we ate the yummiest lemon & chocolate cupcakes with real pansies on top....so pretty:)

The last Shower she had was given by the Atwood side of the family where we basked in the goodness of another one of Ashley's favorite meals... Barbecue Chicken Salad. Hmmm I wonder who she gets her love of salads from:)

We finished off this delicious dinner with these cute bite sized cupcakes...
mmmmm they were as tasty as they were pretty!

The table was decorated with a piece of fabric that was leftover from the bridesmaids dresses, doesn't it look so pretty?

My niece Holly made these cute labels that matched Ashley's Wedding invitations to go on the pink cherry soda's.

The favors were these cute birds nest filled with Ashley's favorite treat...Jordan Almonds:)

Holly, Patti, Emily, Trisha, Grandma & Marcie

Linda, Robyn, Dayna Syd, Lisa, Karli, & Amy

The Roe's... Rosemary, Natalie & the future Mrs. Roe...Ashley

I promise we didn't make them sit and eat all by themselves...really we didn't :)
We like them a lot.... a real lot!

My Sister-in-law Janene played a fun game called Bridal Bingo. First she gave everyone a true and false sign and then called out a bridal word that was also on one of the squares on our bingo cards. Next she read a statement about Ashley & Nate and we had to hold up the sign of our choice. Ashley would then show her card and if our answer matched hers we could mark the matching square. We were having so much fun learning about Ashley & Nate that we played until someone ended up with double Bridal Bingo:)

Why did everyone guess false except for Grandma? Yep...she was wrong

This game provided us with some great laughs and everyone learned a lot about
the newest (and probably most romantic) member of our family!
Ashley is one lucky girl:)

Showered with gifts

Showered with happiness

Showered with Love

p.s. Coming soon...
The advice book that we put together at this shower turned out so cute it deserves its own post!