Surprise Shower!

Today was the last Friday for our students. They still have to come next week, but their last day is now Thursday. This afternoon my co-teacher Erin and one of my best friends/bridesmaids surprised me (with some help from our Family Preservation girls Catherine and Katie) with a gift from our students along w/ brownies and ice cream. I was very surprised she was able to pull this off without me figuring it out or one of the kids slipping up and saying something! However, I did wonder why the kids were having to take Mrs. Halsey so many math papers during the morning this week! Little did I know there was money hidden inside the folded math papers! They kids got me a gift certificate to use for some Pampered Chef stuff--and we all know how much I love to bake! I'm very excited to look though the catalog and pick some things out.


Of course no shower would be complete without a silly game! Erin divided the kids up into teams--2 girl teams and 2 boy teams. The mission: to create a wedding dress from toilet paper! That's right the boys had to make a wedding dress too! They were so funny to watch and they did a cute job! I had to show off their "designs" so here are a few pics of the project and final products!



This team worked so well together! I think we might have some future Project Runway contestants on our hands!

She looks a little worried about what her group is doing....




bride or mummy?



Is that a veil?



The final products


Isn't she the cutest thing?

The 2 brides!

Just for fun to show how tiny she really is!

and YES she is in third grade!

First Bridal Shower

On Sunday, May 2nd Justin and I had our first Bridal shower. My cousin/maid of honor Paige and my sister-in-law/bridesmaid Whitney threw it for us. It was beautiful. They had it at Nesselrod on the New (a B&B in Fairlawn). It was a windy day but luckily the wind settled down during the shower. Paige and Whitney did an awesome job decorating and the food was wonderful! I could go on and on but I'll let the pics speak for themselves:

Patio at Nesselrod on the New

Mother of the Bride

Yummy and beautiful cake!

It was almost too pretty to eat!

3 generations

My bridesmaids (except for Erin)

Beer mugs for the couple who don't drink!

Justin is smiling b/c they are from his mom--they are the one thing he added to the registry!The beautiful quilt my grandma made!


We are so blessed that so many people came to the shower and gave us such wonderful gifts.

We really do appreciate everything!