Saturday festivities

Saturday was the day of the very first bridal shower! I have been looking forward to it ever since Michael's mom told me she wanted to host one for me. It was a Williams-Sonoma Spring cooking class and shower! It was AMAZING!!! I was able to have a total of 11 people including myself and the host. It was in Knoxville at our Williams-Sonoma. We had a wonderful cooking "teacher"!



I had some of the ladies who attend the church where I teach sunday school, my mother, my sister, Michael's mom, and my good friends (Julie and Cathy) came to the shower. We had a full meal that was sooo delicious!! Strawberry Spinach Salad with this yummy poppy seed dressing, vertical stuffed potatoes, Beef Wellington, and Red Velvet Cheesecake. YES! You saw that right...RED VELVET CHEESECAKE!!! It was sooo delicious. I will have to post the recipe at some point. I really want to make it! :)
I (unfortunately) did not get any pictures of the salad--it was soo yummy. I will be posting that recipe at some point as well :)


This is me, my sister (Marsha), and Julie


Dawn and Me


Karrie, Carrie, and Me


Me and Cathy


Julie and Me


Michael's mom (Jane)--the FMIL, and Me


My FMIL had the cute apron I have on in these pictures made! It even has my new monogram!!! She thought of everything...right down to the favors--Williams Sonoma spatulas in the cute spring colors tied with a cute ribbon!

Everyone raved about the food! It was such a wonderful idea for an intimate shower! I had a ball!!!!

And now for the presents:











As you can see, I got all kinds of great things!!! :)
stemless wine glasses
bride and groom cookbooks
Untensil container with a variety of cooking utensils
and my KITCHEN AID MIXER!

I cannot wait to start using these!!!

(more pictures to come from my sister's camera)

I had a wonderful Saturday!

Williams Sonoma shower
ordered invitations
hung out with my mom, Marsha (my sister), and the FMIL! :)
We all went out to dinner as a big family (Michael and his parents and me and my family)

Look what the Easter Bunny brought us!

We spent Easter weekend in Chattanooga with Michael's parents. We got to meet with the wedding planner and go to the linen rental company too. It was also so great to spend time with my FFIL and my FMIL! (for those who don't know the wedding terminology--my future father-in-law and my future mother-in-law) We went shopping, relaxed, and did some wedding stuff too. Sunday morning, the Easter bunny brought me some Vera Bradley pajama shorts and some gummi bears!

After church that day, we came back to Michael's parents' house and the Easter bunny left something else. This was for both Michael and me. It was wrapped so pretty.

We were so excited to see what it was!!! Here is a play-by-play:




HOORAY! It was our first dinner plates from our everyday JULISKA china collection!!! How exciting!!! (and I promise Michael was really excited even though his smile looks forced in the pictures!) :)