Bridal Shower for Rose

Last Friday Marleah and I threw a bridal shower for Rose. Rose's mom came all the way up from St. George for it! My mom and Angelynn also came up for the shower. 

I made a vanilla strawberry cake for the shower. It was DELICIOUS!

For the first game, we asked Rose some questions and she would have to answer them the way Fred would. (I asked Fred the questions previously in the week so we had his answers) Every time Rose got an answer wrong, she would have to chew a piece of bubble gum. 

Rose with 8 pieces of bubble gum stuffed in her cheeks! 

 The next game we played was the classic game where we had 3 groups and they had to make a wedding dress out of toilet paper. We used the stairs as a runway for the models to show off their beautiful dresses. Rose picked her favorite, which is the one lovely Taryn (the one in the middle) is modeling. 

The lucky ones who got to model the dresses :) Aren't the dresses so creative?

 For the third game, we had Rose bake a cake without using any measuring tools. It didn't turn out half bad! Rose is a pro baker/cooker!

Want some cake?

 We also played telephone pictionary. Each person came up with a wedding word and wrote it on the top of a piece of paper. Then, they passed it to the person on their right and that person had to draw the word. They would fold over the paper so just the picture was showing then pass it on to the next person and that person would write the word that they think the picture was. When the papers were full of words and pictures, we shared them around the circle. Some of them came out really silly!

For the last activity, Rose opened presents and whose ever present she was opening that person would tell a story they have about Rose or Rose and Fred. 

Cross stitch my mom made for Rose and Fred

The group of people at the shower

Hob nobbing after the shower. We color coordinated well, didn't we? 

Yep, Fred was at the shower too ;) 

No, just kidding. Fred showed up right after the shower. 

It was a very successful bridal shower. Rose couldn't stop smiling; she was so happy the whole time! I can't wait for her to be my sister! 

My Birthday!

I'm 21!

My birthday started off with eating some delicious chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast with my roommates. Then I decided that since it was my birthday, I wasn't going to go to any of my classes. I felt like such a rebel! But don't worry it was only 2 classes and I knew I wasn't going to miss anything.

Rose and Katelyn made me a funfetti birthday cake and cupcakes. They were going to make 21 cupcakes, but we didn't have enough liners. So, it ended up being 12 cupcakes and one small cake.

Thank you Rose and Katelyn for the cupcakes and tiny cake!

Nice action shot!

Katelyn also left me a little surprise in my room. It was a list entitled "21 reasons why I love u!" It was so special to me.

Thanks Katelyn! I love you!

In the evening I went with Fred, Rose, Peter, and Jessica to a place called The White Owl. This place gives you a free burger on your birthday. It was a scrumptious burger! Fred bought me an Indian Pale Ale which came in a gigantic mug! Fred had to help me drink it all!

My free birthday burger!

When we came back from The White Owl, we played some Uno and Mexican Train. It was a fun ending to my 21st birthday!

All throughout the day I received many birthday texts, birthday phone calls, birthday cards, and birthday wishes on Facebook. I am so blessed to have so many wonderful friends and family who care about me more than I can even imagine!

Thanks to everyone who helped make my birthday special!