We’d decided on a luncheon at the local firehouse. I drove up the night before so I could sleep over at Erik and Nat’s
house and have a 5-minute drive in the morning instead of a 1.5-hour one. Since a few of us had set the
room up and decorated on Friday night, we didn’t have to get there too early on
Saturday. Still, I was up at 9am – before Erik for once! – so that I’d have
time to wake up and get ready.
Of course, despite being up two hours ahead of time, I was
still running late. When I finally got there, things were pretty calm – we put the food
out, hung pictures, and organized the prizes for the games. Soon enough guests
were arriving and we were buzzing with excitement.
The college crew! Me, Melissa, and Danielle.
Thanks to the amazing work of Natalie’s fiancé, the plan to
get her there without suspicion worked perfectly. He even thought to distract
her with his phone as they drove up so she wouldn’t see the crowded parking
lot. She was absolutely shocked when she walked in.
Clockwise from top left: Nat's entrance; Nat with her mom and grandmother; Nat on her throne; the bridal party.
The shower went off without a hitch. We snapped a bunch of
pictures, enjoyed a really yummy lunch, and did some major damage to the
dessert table. I made cake pops, which were a hit, but the star of the show was
the groom’s mother’s homemade layer cake. She’s such a great baker! ...but, since this is my blog, so I'm going to show off my purple-dipped cake pops and matching purple-sprinkled snickerdoodles.
There were lots of great gifts and, not to brag, but we were
one super-organized bridal party when it came to helping Nat – we had one girl
for every task, from opening the card to throwing out the trash. I had been
unofficially assigned as photographer because Nat’s dad, who loves taking pictures, put me in charge
of his camera for the day.
Seriously in love with these girls.
After that, we played a few games. There was the bubble gum
game, where Nat had to answer questions that her fiancé answered the night
before; for every wrong answer, she added a piece of gum to her mouth. (Thank
goodness she only got four wrong.) Then we had the mothers and grandmothers of
the bride and groom as the models for the toilet paper wedding dress game,
which was hilarious. I helped Nat's mom make her dress… it ended up as kind of a
disaster, so she called herself the Lady Gaga bride.
Overall, it was a fabulous day. Nat was surprised and
enjoyed herself, which is all we could really ask for. I seriously can't believe that my love is getting married soon! I wonder if it's still okay to get butt pinches from a married woman...
