Melinda's Bridal Shower

The bride arrives to a big surprise.... This is me before I left (just checking to see if I look oK)--LOL

Chris put together such a nice shower with quite a spread:

The food was very yummy!

After we all ate Melinda started opening her gifts, she had a lot of great stuff

that is really going to look nice in her new house.
A little Buster Bride gift brought smiles to everyone's faces.

Some Oooh la la for the bride!

There were some really fun games like guess how many kisses and hugs are in the jar and guess what is in the box. You had to put your hand in the box and feel what was in there and see if you could identify everything. Bren and I were partners, he put his hand in and told me what to write. We didn't win but I think he did pretty good labeling all those household supplies.

Melinda does her best to figure out what is in the box:


Melinda had A LOT of bow which really kept Heaather busy through the gift opening, here she is hard at work on the bouquetThe finished product, looks very nice:

One of Melinda's bosses wives is making the wedding cake and she made a cake for the Bridal Shower as well, it matches the invitation perfectly. She is not only a very gifted artist but the cake was very yummy too! It was so pretty Melinda didn't want to cut into it and mess it up.

But we all wanted to sample some of the cake so she gave in. I can't wait for the wedding where they are going to have a red velvet layer....YUMM!!!!!

Chris even put together these favors and inside the bags were sugar cookies with a little heart shaped cookie cutter. It was a beautiful shower and a great day. Melinda was so happy and we all had such a great time. Chris, Andy (Jason's sister), and Andrea (Melinda's sister) did such a great job getting everything together. We were all so happy for Melinda and are ready for the BIG DAY!!!!

Melinda's Bachelorette Party

After the Bridal Shower festivities we all got in our cool bachelorette party shirts (made by Heather) and headed to downtown Frederick. Heather got Melinda some really cool stuff to get her all dressed up for her big night on the town. Here is Melinda in her crown, veil, sash, and of course her candy necklace. We started the night out at La Paz.

Melinda making a toast to her family and friends.Min with her sister and Maid of Honor and her mom. And here she is with her future Mother-in-Law and Sister-In LawMe and the bride, don't we look pretty? (It took several pictures to get us this way including one where Melinda ended up looking like fire Marshall Bill-LOL)And of course little miss and Ann and meNeedless to say, the ladies were getting down!Melinda had to get guys to eat the cady off of her necklace. There was no trouble there they were all begging to do it, this is just one of the lucky guys (did I mention that I was also a lucky partaker in Melinda's candy necklace).Melinda and her bachelorettes!

It was a great night full of karaoke, new friends and old, and of course lots of time with a very special bride. I just can't wait to watch her walk down the aisle!!!