A Crafty Shower!

These lovely ladies threw me the cutest and craftiest shower last Sunday!

They know how much I love to create things so they designed my whole shower around this idea.

We each made a take home candle votive.

Christa made cloth napkins (b/c she knows that's all I use in my house) that I got to take home with me after the party.

Katie made the most delicious cupcakes with dried pineapple flowers!

The girls spent 3 hrs together Saturday creating all the beautiful decorations.

Many of which I can reuse at the wedding!

I am so thankful for thoughtful/loving friend! Thank you ladies! (Christa took more pictures which I will share with you when she sends them to me)

noses...

I took this picture the other with my new camera! D and I exchanged wedding gifts already because neither of us can keep a secret! D got me the Canon Rebel T3i SLR camera that I have been wanting ever since I moved out here! I couldn't help but notice in this picture that both of us have very prominent noses with bony bridges! So excited to show you the pictures I took at my Denver bridal shower with my new baby! Oh I got D the North Face Bionic jacket that he has been wanting...he looks pretty cute in it!

Wedding Dress Progress!

D's mom Linda and his sister Roxanne were sweet enough to come up last weekend to help me work on the wedding dress. I am getting down to the last few steps before It's complete!

Linda and Rox stayed up late Saturday night pining, ironing and repinning to make sure we ended up with the right length.

Sunday I hemmed the dress up and it's the perfect length! I am guessing I have about 5 hrs of work to do on the dress before it's done. Just the fun finishing details...more photos to come soon! Oh and D has swore that he would not look at my blog any more until after the wedding so don't you worry no surprises ruined =)

A rainy day in side with my babies! {and momma}

One of the things I miss most about not living in Madison is these cute faces!

Little miss Trinity is 15mo old and running around everywhere!

Her big sister Adreanna is 4, she is so loving and very helpful.

My mom is the master at entertaining kids! So what do you do on a rainy cold day? "Sorry" and indoor bowling!

Mr. Isaiah is almost 7 and is growing like a weed!

I also miss hanging with my momma!

My Madison Bridal Shower

I flew home last week to Madison to get some wedding planning done with my momma and attend the shower she threw me. It was so good to see everyone and spend a Sunday afternoon catching up! I got so many great gifts! Thank you everyone who made the trek down to spend the day with me.

My good friend Elizabeth who will be singing and playing in the wedding.

My friend Rachel who is a mama to triplets!

My friend Michelle from nursing school and her little girl Kennedy

My cousin Jaime who is getting married the weekend before me!

Juanita, one of my other mama's from Eau Claire.

Juanita's daughter Krysta, one of my best friends from high school, and her son Zander.

Give Away next door!

Check out this fabulous give away my friend Jessica is doing! I hope to win and wear the dress to my rehearsal dinner!

A little catch up....

The last week and a half have been packed with all kinds of fun things, I will quick fill you in!

My Bible study volunteered at Art for the Nations

This is an organization run by a husband and wife who had a brilliant idea to create bags of art supplies and projects that can share the Gospel with young under privileged kids all over the world.

So each of our group members painted a bag and then stuffed it with art projects, supplies, and Gods love, it was a really fun night and I can't wait to do it again!

My friend Chelsea from nursing school came out to hang for the week!

She learned to snowboard...and even attempted this black diamond! We had a girls day and got facials and body scrubs, did some bridesmaids dress shopping and just hung out. She left Saturday and I miss her already!

Chelsea and I have a friend from nursing school (Amy N.) who just started her first travel nurse assignment and she was placed right here in Denver, CO!! So we spent 2 days skiing/snowboarding with her and D.

We enjoyed good quality hang time, and enjoyed some great music at the Laughing Goat!

Saturday I continued on in the journey of dress making, it was a little tougher this week, let me tell you making boobs look good in a dress is tough! No body wants pointy miss-shaped craziness going on....so lets just say I used the seam ripper a few times!

My teacher Nora on the left and a few of my class mates.

Pattern and pieces cut front and back top coming together...more to show in 2 weeks!