Our First Shower!!!

This weekend my family threw Rob and me a beautiful wedding shower. On Friday after school, I headed back to Eau Claire for the weekend of festivities. Friday evening, my mom, Mike (her husband), Rob, and I made some delicious polka dotted cupcakes to serve at the shower. They turned out to be very yummy and also served as a beautiful centerpiece!

Below: Applying the white polka dots to the pool colored cupcakes -

the same color as my bridesmaid dresses!
Rob was the photographer documenting our hard work- thus, no pictures of him!

Our final product!!

Now serving as delicious dessert AND a centerpiece!

Both sides of my family attended the shower on Saturday, so it was a big one! My mom, aunts, cousins, grandmas, sisters, nieces, family friends, and maid of honor were all there. We also invited my soon to be mother-in-law, Mary, Rob's grandma, Catherine, Rob's step-mother, Jane, and his step-sister, Amanda. It was so nice to have them join us for the shower. Rob was a good sport and hung out around the house most of the day- wandering in and out of the festivities. My sister, Stephanie, planned some fun trivia games to help the guests learn about Rob and me, as well as a bingo game to play during the gift opening. My sister, Sara, served as my personal photographer. She did a great job documenting almost EVERY gift :) My maid of honor, Jenni, sat next to me and recorded every gift for me to refer back to in years to come. Thanks Jen!! My mom provided the clean house and most of the food. She also cleaned up afterwards - Thanks Mom!! We also had a TON of good food, and I'm sad to say that we didn't take ANY pictures of the spread.

My beautiful cousins, Terren and Lynsey, who will be bridesmaids in our wedding!!!

My maid of honor, Jenni, included a bonus item with my gift - "Bride Wars" I can't wait to watch it!! I'm sure we would NEVER be like them!! :)

My niece, Ella, found this "Bride To Be" veil at a garage sale and thought I needed to have it.

Ella will be one of our flower girls, along with her two little sisters, Olivia and Ava.

Thanks Ella, love you!!

Here are my special helpers: Jerra (in the pink), Olivia, and Ella. These sweet girls helped me open almost EVERY gift. They were GREAT helpers. Thanks girls!! Love you all!

Here's the final inventory - much more than our small kitchen can accommodate.

Can't wait to have a new house!! Hopefully SOON!!

Thanks to everyone who attended our shower and helped to make it a beautiful success!!! Thanks ladies!