Weekend in Ohio for Bridal shower and several other things

Hello everyone! Sorry I've been ignoring this, now I have a whole lot to update about! This past weekend I got to fly back to Ohio for several things including my bridal shower, which was a blast! For those of you that know how my weekend trips back to Ohio go, this schedule will be of no surprise to you but here's a quick rundown of what happened: Arrived in Columbus Friday afternoon immediately went to Easton to go shopping for my bridesmaids dress for my friend Amanda's wedding (and also to shop for her bridesmaids dress for my wedding) then came back to my parents house to meet up with the rest of my bridesmaids to prep flowers and food for the bridal shower the next day. Saturday we prepped all morning, then had the bridal shower, then went to my wedding dress fitting (sorry, while there are pictures none of them will be up here so that it will be a surprise for Andy on our wedding day), then went out to Funnybone with Amanda, Katie, and Sara (some of my bridesmaids). Sunday I spent basically the whole day with my friend Jane and her family, going to her graduation from OSU and her graduation party. Monday I cleaned, packed, and spent a little time with my mom before heading back to the airport and Colorado!

Whew.... Yeah, I do tend to try and cram in as much as is physically possible and I don't sleep a whole lot when I come back into town but it was a great trip, for those of you who I got to see- it was great to catch up even for a few moments and for those of you I missed, I'll be back again in July. Anyway, here are some pictures from the weekend.

Jane (one of my bridesmaids and good friend from high school) works on putting together the flowers for my shower. We decided to do a test run of the flowers I wanted for Andy and I's wedding at the shower because we are going to be ordering our flowers from two wholesalers and then putting the arrangements together ourselves with lots and lots of help from Jane and Andy's Grandma.


We only ordered some of the large main flowers that we're planning on using for the wedding but some of the things we're going to have are: Sunflowers both red and yellow, Gerbera Daisys, Dahlias, Roses, Spider Mums, Calla Lilies, and greens


Sara doing a lot of prep in my parents kitchen for the bridal shower. Sara came up with the menu and coordinated making all the foods we had, she's basically superwoman. We had several different kinds of tea and foods from around the world that different people eat at tea time.

One side of the room during the bridal shower. My bridesmaids really did a wonderful job putting the shower together for me, and it was great to have it at Deer Haven Preserve.


One of the games that my little sister/Maid of Honor Anna came up with for the guests to play was a game where we broke off into groups and make a wedding gown out of toilet paper.

Me opening presents with all my guests. I would just like to say a huge thank you to everyone. Andy and I received such amazing presents from you all, so much more than we expected and we're so excited to start using them around the house.

Me and my wonderful bridesmaids after the shower at Deer Haven Preserve.