For our wedding shower the girls came up with clever, fun games for all the guests to participate in!  Walking in the door, there was a display of necklaces with rings attached to them.  To play this game, each guests wore a necklace, but if someone said "Jerrhelyn", "Jeff", or "Aruba," the necklace would be taken away!  They can steal the necklace back (or steal someone elses) by catching them saying either one of those 3 words!  The person who had the most necklaces by the end of the party was the winner!  My 10 year old niece proudly won this game!

     Another fun game was "Who knows the Bride the best!"  The questionnaire consisted of 15 questions, such as my favorite ice cream flavor, my occupation, my first car, how many countries I've visited, etc, etc.  Everyone participated, even my soon to be father in law!  

My cousin (also my bridesmaid) and niece had fun with it too!  That's me in the corner, Yes I did it too, how else would they get the answers!

And there's sissy giving it a shot, too!

Once everyone was done, the girls asked Jeff the questions which he answered aloud!  I must say, he did a good job!  Which he should, since we are getting married!  In the end, my former roommate, who I like to call my "lil sis" won!

The next game got the crowd laughing!  The goal of this game was for each couple to make a bridesmaid dress from toilet paper!  Not very "green" but a lot of fun! 

And the winner goes to Abe and Rachel for their halter slim fit bridesmaid dress!  Beautiful isn't it!?

The last game was even more funny!  Notice the blindfolds?  We had no clue what it was for until the BFF busted out trays of cupcakes!  Yikes, now that's a real messy situation, literally!  I just knew I wasn't going to be the one eating it!  The goal of the game was to see who could eat it the fastest blindfolded with no hands!

This is my mom and Alex, but notice Carl in the back, the one with he's hands up....he won!  The man at the cupcake in ONE BITE!!  Now that's scary! 

It's always fun having a COUPLE SHOWER instead of just a bridal!  More family and friends to participate in games, which always leads to more FUN and LAUGHS!!!  GOOD TIMES...thanks everyone!!

     Our wedding shower was Easter Weekend and we couldn't have asked for a more LOVE filled weekend!  Jeff and I are so blessed with wonderful friends and family and we are so grateful for all their love and support! 

     A thousand thanks goes out to my wonderful mother, the party planner!  She did such a wonderful job getting it together with the help of her friends and my BMs!  So thanks to everyone that participated in getting ready for our celebration, it meant so much to Jeff and myself!

     Let's get this party started...so let's EAT!  Most of the food was prepared by loving family friends!  If you love filipino food, this is the place to be!  Thanks to all the chefs!

     My wonderful BM's and friends adorned the tables with these cute centerpieces!  I love the simplicity!  We appreciate all the effort that went into this party!  I especially appreciate it since I didn't have to worry about a thing, I knew you girls had it under control!

     The favors...fresh baked chocolate chip cookies!  They were so yummy, thanks Marie for making 200 of them! 
                "Friends are the Chocolate Chips in the Cookie of Life!"

And the cake...mocha flavored!  Even more yummy, thanks Mom, Kelly, & Zoe!!  We love you all!

     We can't thank you all enough for being a part of our wedding shower!  Jeff and I had a great time and we hope you all did too!  Thanks for helping, attending, participating, and showering us with much LOVE!   

The New Year has begun and it's already started off with a bang!!  All our friends and family are anticipating this coming year and so are we!!  This past weekend we celebrated the BFF and her fiance's wedding shower!  It was tons of fun and a bit overwhelming for the bride-to-be!  But I guess that's practice for her upcoming wedding, which is in ONE MONTH!!  EEEKKK!!!  Here are some pictures to highlight the event:

So with the shower come and gone, it's party time!!  The bride to be and her entourage along with some friends will be heading out to Napa Valley, Ca. for her bachelorette party this coming weekend!  I'm SUPER EXCITED and can't wait to celebrate with great friends and good wine!!  Stay tuned for the surprises the MoH and I have planned!!