Courtney Bridal Shower

This past weekend was filled entirely with wedding-related excitement and it was so much fun! On Saturday, I attended my cousin, Courtney's, bridal shower then spent the evening celebrating at her bachelorette party.  

I do not have too many pictures from the evening's festivities, so this post will be filled mostly with pictures from the shower.

For the shower, our family came together and made the decorations, food and delicious desserts! Her matron-of-honor requested that I made a few decorations for the shower, so I used the same idea of the pom poms that I used at Nicole's shower last year, but changed them to match the colors of this shower.  I also made tassels to hang around the room as a fun decoration.  They are simple to make and I used this tutorial to make them.   

The shower was lovely! We played a few of your classic "how well do you know the bride/groom games" and my favorite purse game! I love that game because it seems like us women carry the most random crap in our purses.

^ Are they not lovely? I have the silliest cousins on earth.  

The shower ended with the bride and groom giving an excellent thank you give and the guests leaving with full bellies since the food was delicious! It sure seems like I cannot seem to remember to take pictures of food that is too yummy.  

I cannot wait for Ronnie and Courtney's wedding in August! It will for sure be a total blast!

{Congratulations Courtney and Ronnie!}

Tiger's Game for Mom's Birthday

Happy Monday Everyone! I hope you had a wonderful, fun and exciting weekend! 

Last weekend we celebrated my mom's birthday by taking her to see the Tiger's play ball at Comerica Park.  Mom has been asking us to take her to a game for several years, so it seemed fitting that this be the year that we take her since a game fell on her actual birthday.

We got seats along the first baseline and we were sitting about four rows in.  The weather was absolutely perfect with temperatures of around 80 degrees, partly cloudy and a light breeze.  We were in the sun for the beginning of the game, but about the fourth inning, we were in the shade and the temperature was perfect! 

Before the game, we made our way up to my parents house to give mom her gift and her cake.  The night before, I went to her friends house to have dinner and cake so I made an Angel Food cake for that little celebration, but it did not seem right that my mom would not eat cake on her actual birthday, so we ran to Just Baked (yummy!) to get her a bumpy grumpy cake cupcake.  

For her birthday, we got her a Pandora Baseball bead because it seemed like the perfect gift for a fun day at the park.  After cupcakes and gifts we made our way to Subway to grab lunch, then we headed down to the game! Such a fun afternoon, even if the Tiger's did NOT play well at all.

The evening ended with us having pizza at my parents house and spending some time chatting before everyone went home for a good night's sleep

Happy Birthday Momma! 

Hello, June!

Hello June!

I feel like May literally flew by and that is probably because it did! We had SO many things going on that I feel like we did not breath at all, but everything was so much fun! If you have not had a chance, make sure to read some of my posts surrounding the exciting month of May!

June is here and summer is right around the corner! Just like May, June is going to be busy with wedding receptions, Father's Day and birthdays! And of course, I'm going to be hitting the pool and as many bonfires as humanly possible!


In Chronological Order:

• My friends wedding reception in Michigan
• Thirty-One Bag Party! (Want to check out the catalog? Click here)
• Photo Session with my girlfriends
• Quilting Day with Danielle and Justin's Aunt
• My cousin's grad party
• Father's Day Festivities 
• Movie Monday ( I think we will see Transformers or The Fault in Our Stars)
• Coffee Date with Wendy
• Sarah's Birthday Celebration
• My mother-in-law's birthday celebration
• Surprise Party for my Friend
• Up North for the Weekend

June is going to be busy on the weekends but it will be a ton of fun! 

Other happenings in June!

I did pretty well sticking on track to getting my workouts in for May and completing a majority of my challenges for myself, so I am going to continue with the challenges for the month of June.  If you have not had a chance yet, make sure to check out my book review for The Fault in Our Stars post and enter for a chance to win your own copy! 

My Challenges in June are:

• 30 Day Little Black Dress Challenge
• To read The Places that Scare You by Pema Chodron
• Workout at least 15 times
• To do #jackabeedaily2014 every day 

I am curious to see how the Little Black Dress challenge plays out, but I am excited! I have been working on an opportunity for some exciting fitness opportunities, but until that is finalized, I cannot share anything.  Hopefully that pans out!

Question of the Day:

What fun things do you have planned for June?