SURPRISE! Wedding Shower for the happy couple.

We have been absent for a while, for a very good reason. All talking and thinking and working was in preparation for this shower. Originally it was planned for outside, but then this being the Pacific Northwest, well one thing led to another and of course it  r a i n e d.......And while the yard looks wonderful, and none of that work was in vain, we could not use the out of doors as we had planned.

So we re-work all plans to have an indoor shower, and this is what we came up with.....

First you set up a phony shopping day so the Mother of the Groom (that would be me) can purchase a dress. Of course I needed the help of my daughter, my daughter in law to be and her Mother to make the trip complete. This of course was never the plan, all along it was this shower. But this shopping trip rouse  worked very well..........

Place a Mylar balloon on the for sale sign on the house next door. Ask all guests to park at that house. This keeps the surprise a surprise, because there are not familiar cars when the guest of honor arrives.

We had all the guests sign in on the kitchen chalkboard. Love this chalkboard!

This is a jar of dates for the happy couple. Each guest wrote down a fun "date" to draw from after getting married, because let's be honest. Date night should not go away just because you are married.

We also had a fun game of movie love quotes. And for the record, it is pretty hard to remember which movie these came from. Fortunately there was an answer sheet at the end, and everyone liked this game. We each had the same thought, "really I don't remember that line".........

Chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting and Strawberry shortcake cupcakes with a whipped cream frosting. There was also ice cream for those that wanted, and most wanted.........

Flower arrangements in jars to match the out of doors wedding and reception decor for the special day in June.

And of course gifts, what is a shower without gifts for the happy couple? Our gift to the happy couple? I went through the kitchen and picked out items that have been used to produce happy times around the table and made a stack, when presented to the couple I said "from our kitchen to your kitchen, these were used to make happy times and will continue to make happy times".

Included were a cookbook, wooden spoon, a crinkle cutter, glass pie pan, a small rectangular serving platter, a dish cloth, a slotted spatula, a lemon juicer and a serving fork. This was a simple gift tied together with twine and presented with love.

This great framed memory date of 06 23 13, the day of the wedding and each anniversary thereafter.
It must be mentioned that my husband Terry was like always my side-by-side partner and daughter Jessica did a wonderful job on the cakes and the beautiful decorations, games and the memory date gift.

Congratulations to the happy couple and now, bring on the month of June, because we are ready!

As always, thanks for taking a moment to stop and say hello. We appreciate your time and your wonderful comments!

Garden Tuesday, the one about one year.

May marks the end of one year, we thought we would show you some of what we got done in one year. This might explain why some weekends there is not a lot of recipe sharing.......

The backyard,

 Before, May 2012

After, May 2013

The front yard, 

Before, May 2012

After, May 2013

We are not done yet, we do enjoy a nice yard. There will be more shared surprises this weekend, so do stop by and say hello again!

As always, thanks for taking a moment to stop and say hello. We appreciate your time and your wonderful comments!

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