Wedding Shower

My mom threw Devin and me a wedding shower while we were home for the holidays. It was a nice opportunity for people who couldn't make it to the wedding to have a chance to meet Devin. It was an awesome, awesome shower. Sarah got there first to help out with getting things ready. She was super prepared and had a notebook and pen for writing down gifts and a paper plate for making the ribbon bouquet. My mom and I made pinwheel cookies the night before for the party and my cousin Heather made the most divine key lime and banana creme cupcakes.

I had most of my family there including my cousins who I haven't seen in a really long time. I tried to make sure I got a chance to talk to everyone but because there were so many people I didn't feel like I had enough time to talk to everybody. Mom had picked up beach themed things for party gifts and grandma also added some stained glass art for gifts. My mom had three wedding games, a wedding crossword, famous couple matching, and how well do you know the bride and groom

quiz. After the games we had food which mom and Babi spent the day before getting ready. Then Devin and I spent the rest of the party opening gifts. We received a lot of generous gifts. While most of the ladies were watching us open presents the guys were in the living room watching the Bears vs. Packers game. It's impressive that this went so well considering half of my family is from Chicago and half is from Wisconsin. I really can't say how nice it was to see my family. I can't believe how big all the kids are getting. I almost wish I was still in Chicago so I could see everyone more often.