Bachelorette Party

Ellie's bachelorette party was held in the evening on the same day as the bridal shower.
Per the invitation we were to dress nautical. It's my entire breakfast club this time. We are not used to getting together in the evenings! The group prior to leaving the hotel for dinner.

The beautiful bride-to-be.
Ellie was given a to-do-list for the evening.

Hitting the downtown streets.

There were four or five other bachelorette parties also out that night. Every other party was quite jealous of the fun this group was having.

See everyone again on September 4th.

Wordless Wednesday, in honor of my daughter's Wordless Wednesday honor

Bridal Shower Game

Amie suggested the game we played at Ellie's shower. The idea came from Leigh Anna's shower. It's my favorite bridal shower game.

Every table got a bridesmaid or a flower girl to make a wedding dress out of toilet paper with a time limit of five minutes.
Looks like she is checking out the competition.

Katie, the maid-of-honor. Did she have a tooth ache?
I loved the flowers on the shoulder.

A very long train. I also liked this idea.

Ellie had a hard time choosing her favorite dress.

I don't think there was anyone at the shower who had played this before & it was a BIG hit.

The game does leave a bit of a mess.

Bridal Shower

Ellie's bridal shower was a wonderful brunch at the Sherwood Inn.

The bridesmaid's minus Terra.
Ellie received so many wonderful gifts. Aren't bridal registries great!

Her favorite flower is the Hydrangea.

My breakfast club less Ellie's Mom.

We all left with a message in a bottle.

Tomorrow I'll tell you about the one & only game we played. A game that has been featured on the blog before.

Hats, hats for sale.

We called this one the "bee hive."

We think, this should be worn pinned to the back of the head.
The queen of England wears hats that look like the below.
Hot, hot pink.

Maybe a Jackie Kennedy hat?

Beautiful millinery flowers on this one.

I loved this one. To small for Amie's head thou.

We think this is why there were so many hats at the thrift store.
We did buy one. I wouldn't pay full price thou. The salesclerk called the owner & I got just what I wanted, $3.00 off the price. Well not what I wanted. It's Amie's hat. Last time I wore a hat was at the Kentucky Derby about 20 years ago. Can you guess which hat we bought?

Independence Day

Happy 4th of July.

If I wasn't spending my day flying from Nashville, I would have loved to have put on a Fourth of July celebration the looked like the above. The cutest party decorations! I want a cupcake now.

Activist

A photo of a rally sign that was brought home.

A member of my family has become an activist. I never would have guessed. He's working very hard to bring jobs to Michigan.
Michigan Jobs and Energy

He also had a bumper sticker on his car. Asafamilywehaveneverhadbumperstickers.