Bridal Shower

This last weekend was extra fun for me. Chris flew back to Virginia to be with the kiddos, while I again took off on a solo trip. This time it was back home to Oregon. My sister and I had been helping my mom plan a bridal shower for my other sister for months. It's a little bit of a challenge to plan something like this from far away.

I arrived around midnight on a Wednesday. I was wiped out! It felt like 3am for me. Thankfully, I was able to sleep in the next day. When I did get up I went with my mom and sister to meet up with my dad for lunch at Chang's Mongolian Grill. I really love that place, and a trip home just isn't complete without it. Afterwards, I had a hair appointment at a local salon. I had planned on getting a bunch cut off, and maybe a few highlights. They took some creative liberty, and I ended up with this:

Yikes! It was pretty much the craziest thing I've ever done to my hair. It wasn't exactly what I was going for, but it's growing on me. 

The day before the shower, Friday, was full of tons of prepping. My fabulous mother in law worked hard on making mini quiches and cinnamon rolls. We got to meet Keara's future mother in law Kelly. We all stayed up late finishing last minute decorations and food for the next day. We even squeezed in a Dairy Queen run. 

Saturday morning was the big event. Everything that we worked so hard on was finally ready. Bree had made tasty lemon poppyseed muffins, Hilary brought a great cheese and cracker platter as well as fruit, and Connie had the tasty cinnamon rolls and quiche. Bree and I had asked Jeff ahead of time a big list of questions about Keara. We also had him write out several things that he loved most about her. We printed and framed some of the quotes.

We served orange juice, raspberry danishes, fresh fruit, yogurt, quiche, cinnamon rolls, cheese & crackers, and poppyseed muffins.

We asked everyone to bring in a recipe to include in the recipe book for Keara.

We had an excellent turnout! Even friends from high school!

Sisters.

Mom & sisters

Mom, Aunt Hilary, sisters, Kelly

We had so much fun! Keara got so many great gifts and it was fun to chat with all of our friends and family. I'm so glad that I was able to go!

That night, after everyone had left, just the five of us went for dinner. It was just my parents and us 3 girls. We hadn't all been together like that in many years. I thought it was extra special. No extra husbands or kids. Just us. We definitely need to do that again sometime. 

The next day my sisters both had to leave. I was able to stay on a couple more days. I took advantage of my time away and got to visit a couple of my good friends, go shopping, and hang out with my mom. I also got some extra baby snuggles with my new niece.

The next time we all get together again will be wedding time! Not much longer. By then I will be packing up my house and setting off on my own new adventure. If I missed you on this trip I apologize. I will have much more time to visit in June/July.