Some of my sister's pictures from the shower

Here are a couple more pictures from Sunday's festivities:

I HIGHLY recommend the Bed and Breakfast in Chattanooga where the tea was. My mom, sister, and aunt had a blast and it was such a quaint and beautiful place to stay. If you are ever in the Chattanooga area, you should definitely check it out!!!







More pictures of gift opening....you will see a lot of that nature inspired gift-wrapping. That is from the specialty store we registered our everyday china at in Chattanooga. It is called Revival LLC and it is located downtown. They also spray perfume on this white finely shredded paper.....the gift presentation is sooo neat!!!








Enjoy!!! Have a wonderful wednesday!!! I am having my work shower today!!! So excited :)

Chattanooga Tea/Shower

Yesterday, we had a BEAUTIFUL shower hosted by a good friend of Michael's family. It was in Chattanooga at a Bed and Breakfast and it was absolutely gorgeous!

I was so glad that my mom, sister, aunt, "cousin", and both of Michael's parents could be there for the shower. There were also some good friend's of Michael's family who were there to celebrate! And, Style Diaries was there too :)

Here is a picture of our family that was there and the hostess and her family too.


Here is a picture of me, my mom and my sister.


Here is Michael's parents with us overlooking the river on the bluff.


Here is a picture of me with my cousin (Jay's) wife, Ashley! She is my "cousin"!! :)


Here is my mom and one of her sisters (my Aunt Lillian)--also Ashley's mother-in-law!


Here is a picture of us with the hostess (Rebecca) and her family. They adopted little Sarah Jane when she was a baby. She is 6 now and soooo adorable!!! :) This was the first time I had met her!!! But before Sarah Jane, Rebecca and Tyler kind of had Michael as their "adopted" son!! :)


Here is Michael with Sarah Jane...SOOOO cute!!!


Here we are with Sarah Jane!



The flowers were beautiful. The food was delicious!! The weather was gorgeous!!! We could not have asked for a more perfect day!







Opening gifts and visiting with our guests :)












And here are a few more pictures of the BEAUTIFUL view.




Taking it home :)

Wedding gifts arrive :)

We were so excited to come home to 3 packages on my front doorstep the other day! nope, they weren't wedding planning supplies, they were wedding gifts!!!



The parents and brother of a good friend of mine, Christie (one of my bridesmaids), sent us our first 5-piece place setting of our Kate Spade fine china! It is beautiful!!! --and all in 1 piece :)

A cousin of my grandmother's sent us our first Wilton Armetele platter. My cousin and his wife LOVE theirs and highly recommended that we register for some. They are great! We cannot wait to use it.

Also, my sister called in an order from a local specialty store in Knoxville (Glass Bazaar)--where we have registered for our everyday flatware and our Christmas china. Our everyday china can also be purchased here. My sister got us a serving piece from our everyday china!!! They hand delivered it, but unfortunately we got it after someone else had gotten to it (maybe the UPS man or something) and we got it in a few peices....Luckily, Glass Bazaar is understanding and they are replacing it for us! :)

We have a triple header shower week next week!
Sunday, we have a shower/tea in Chattanooga
Wednesday, I have a shower at work
Saturday, we have a couples "The First Year of Good Cheer" shower given by Michael's parents' sunday school class :) (each couple is assigned a month of the year and they are to bring a gift suited for that month--similar to around the clock, but with months of the year instead!)

We can't wait!!! :)

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)