Wedding Wednesday - Shower Me!

Wow guys - we have just seventeen days to go! It's hard to believe that we are so close to our wedding day! I wanted to pop back on for another edition of Wedding Wednesday and share two more wonderful showers I had this week! 

The Lake Frederick Shower

My first shower was on Tuesday evening and was the perfect Autumn shower: cozy soups, delicious homemade bread and delightful treats from a local bakery called Garcia & Gavino! The shower was hosted by our wonderful friend and neighbor, Charlotte and it was just a sweet and cozy (I know I’ve used that already) time with friends! The ladies that attended are all members of a neighborhood Bible study and they showered Ryan and I with gifts! 

 

We all sat around the kitchen, catching up over our soup and bread – just soaking in one another’s company! After our meal, we moved to the living room, and I opened gifts – and we were yet again blessed with so many wonderful things to add to our home! My Mom and I finally walked home shortly after 9 PM and I certainly felt abundantly blessed.

 

The Ladies of Life Lingerie Shower

My second shower was on Wednesday night (yes – two in two days, wow!) at my parent’s house and was a lingerie shower hosted by my life group from church. These sweet ladies welcomed me into their group about six years ago, they have prayed for me and over me and on Wednesday night, they celebrated this upcoming change in my life. The shower was so beautiful – from the food to the cupcakes, to the cookies and the décor! It was all just perfection!

One of our ladies has taken up cookie making, and she is incredibly talented – I should mention she’s an art teacher and her artistic skills are on display with her cookies! She made tons of little lingerie cookies that were suspended across a display, and not only did they look amazing, but they are also delicious! She is making cookies for our wedding, and I know they will be spectacular!

After our meal of amazing party foods: a charcuterie board, fried chicken, pasta salad, a green salad and more we played three games! We guessed the romantic movies from their most famous lines, the ladies played a guessing game about which trait was more me or Ryan and I judged the ladies’ toilet paper wedding dress creations! A fourth game that we played all night involved wearing ring pops and if you said “bride” or “wedding” – you lost your ring. I won the game guys! 

The opening of the gifts led to plenty of laughter from everyone! I must say that it was hilarious to receive a daily devotional tucked into the fold of lacy lingerie! A personal favorite of mine is the pillow cover that says “Tonight – Woohoo” on one side and on the other side says, “Not Tonight – Sorry”. It absolutely cracked me up and the look on Ryan’s face when he saw it later – priceless! Once again I was so abundantly and overwhelmingly blessed with this shower, the time spent with my friends and the gifts they gave me!

 

A very special moment of the shower was when the ladies stood around me in a circle and read Proverbs 31 over me – what a beautiful thing to do! I pray I can live up to the calling of the Proverbs 31 woman and be a Godly wife to Ryan; he certainly already does such a wonderful job being a leader for our family.

Ryan and I have been so blessed in the lead up to our wedding by so many people! I truly cannot believe that we are so close to our wedding day. I am telling myself to take in every moment and do my best to cherish and be present in every experience so I can have wonderful memories to hold on to once the festivities are done and our life together begins!