A New Chapter

Surprised with a bouquet of beautiful summer flowers from a very special person in my life!

As being the maid-of-honor I felt that it was an obligation to put on a shower for the bride-to-be. However I didn't want it just to be "another shower". For one, she's already had quite a few, and for another - they didn't need more stuff! I thought it would be fun just to get together some friends that go way back and have a fun evening of catching up! There were some people who really caught my vision for this evening and helped from beginning to end! The time seemed to catch up on me... and so two weeks before the event - people received their invitations. It was such a surprise as to how many people were able to make it out - so thankful! Some Prep-Work Photos  From Plywood to Ivories:) Wanted to create a photo booth - however never actually got it set up properly - ran out of time:) Was nice decor!  My brothers helping me with the eggs - you'll see later on  The streamer drapes  Mark offered to let us borrow his tent - which totally

I was so determined to take pictures of this event - however went to get my phone out of my car and realized it was dead - so once again had to rely on others.  Waiting to get into the water - took a little longer than normal this year Finally:) The journey has begun - starting with lots of tipping My favorite canoeist - special memories on the river    Looks like trouble - I`m sure at least one of those boats ended up upside down - if not all three!  Loading up after - was the perfect day for canoeing - river was high - sun was shining and the temperature was pretty warm - got chilly at the end, but we turned the heat on in the truck and it was all good:) A neat couple I got to know a little bit! They have a really neat story - love meeting new people! BBQ and fellowship time afterwards Campfire started Mark took mostly everyone on a wagon ride - felt so much like autumn, was nice. Then everyone went to the soccer field for an intense game of s

Feels like I have been to SO many weddings already this summer - it`s been good though! God loves marriages right!  We were involved a little bit in this wedding - we did the music and we were asked to help serve.  Two weddings in a row - very thankful we could do this wedding for this couple. Also such a blessing to be able to play together as this may be one of the last times for awhile where we`ll all be together - time of life A photo place - those of us that were matchy! Had to include this picture - people kept getting us confused all night (we were servers) thought we looked so much a like and yes I will admit - there are definitely some similarities:)