And I mean literally because I just had a great bridal
shower thrown for me last weekend and then, in May, comes our wedding, where there will be plenty of
flowers! Get it? Good :)
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| Me with the hostesses, Staci and Melodie |
Now that we are on the same page, I will tell you more about the shower. It was hosted by Trent's sister Melodie and his cousin Staci and held at Melodie's home. The decorations were homemade by Melodie and beautiful and the food was so amazing. They also had some activities planned for us all that were very fun and entertaining (I'm sure VERY entertaining for some - you will see why I say that). I feel very lucky to have been honored at this great bridal shower. Not only am I lucky enough to have my own wonderful family, the wonderfulness is now doubled, and I get the privilege to being joining Trent's amazing family as well. I definitely left the shower that day feeling very grateful for all that I have in my life!
The shower started off by Melodie telling us what the first activity would be... she let me know that I would be making brownies for everyone for our dessert (WHAT?!?) and she had everything that I needed to make the brownies EXCEPT the recipe. So I put on my apron and got to work attempting to make these brownies... Now I don't want to sound like I've never cooked before... I have made brownies plenty of times, and I woudl say I'm pretty good at it, too.
But as I was standing behind the table looking at all my ingredients and I just couldn't think of what I needed to use. I was so helpless! How frustrating :) My Grandma Kock was there watching me, and she kept giving me the look like "Come on, Kendra, you know what to do!" and this woudl have been a perfect opportunity to really make her proud because she's the one who taught me how to make the brownies I've always made and who give me the majority of my cooking tips. And when she cooks, she doesn't even use a recipe, so this was like her comfort zone! Thankfully, my grandma always wants what's best for me and was willing to help me cheat a little :) She would mouth the words to me and when people would ask questions to lead me into things, she would hold up fingers as to how many of something I needed or if I needed more or less of something. What a great grandma! Sadly, even with her help I didn't come up with the best looking brownies. They did kind of look like brownies at least, but they were pretty thin and didn't taste 'normal'. If nothing else, my bridal shower has opened the door to me being more like my grandma and has started to break the chains of my recipe cards. Earlier this week I was making cookies (which I make frequently) and Trent told me that was a recipe I should know by heart too, and he's right. I'll get to work on that :)
After the brownies were safely in the oven, we moved on to the next game, a fun version of BINGO. (One of my favorites) Melodie had complied a bunch of facts about Trent and I, each corresponding to a number on people's Bingo cards. She
would read the fact, not saying who it described, and everyone would hold up their sign (see picture at right - you will see my sign was beautifully decorated by Trent's niece, Taylor) saying whether they thought it was about Trent or myself. The facts were things such as: Favorite vegetable is green beans (Trent), Dislikes peanut butter (Kendra), Hates taking the trash out (Trent), Hates food left in the sink (Kendra), and Hates cleaning the toilet (Kendra). If you guessed correctly, you got to mark that number on the card. It was a lot of fun to see what people guessed were the correct facts about each of us.
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| Aww... Snuggle!! |
The rest of the afternoon was filled with amazing food, visiting, and opening presents. Taylor even modeled her flower girl dress for us all and Trent showed up with his dad and brother-in-law. It was such a good day with people who love Trent and I and who made the day so much better just by being there.
Now, we're finishing all of the rest of the wedding details that need to be taken care of. My dress finally came in last week, and I am going to have my first fitting on Sunday. I am so excited to try it on again for the first time in seven months. I hope that it still has the same effect on me that it did the first time I had it on! Hopefully, it will be even better now that we are only 44 days away from THE DAY! I will leave you with a few more pictures of me with guests at the shower. I hope you enjoy!
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| Me with my Grandma Jons and Grandma Kock |
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| With Trent's Grandma, Donna Lu |
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| Trent's mom, Jan, myself, and my mom, Janine |
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| Me with Taylor, the flower girl |
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| Trent and I |
But as I was standing behind the table looking at all my ingredients and I just couldn't think of what I needed to use. I was so helpless! How frustrating :) My Grandma Kock was there watching me, and she kept giving me the look like "Come on, Kendra, you know what to do!" and this woudl have been a perfect opportunity to really make her proud because she's the one who taught me how to make the brownies I've always made and who give me the majority of my cooking tips. And when she cooks, she doesn't even use a recipe, so this was like her comfort zone! Thankfully, my grandma always wants what's best for me and was willing to help me cheat a little :) She would mouth the words to me and when people would ask questions to lead me into things, she would hold up fingers as to how many of something I needed or if I needed more or less of something. What a great grandma! Sadly, even with her help I didn't come up with the best looking brownies. They did kind of look like brownies at least, but they were pretty thin and didn't taste 'normal'. If nothing else, my bridal shower has opened the door to me being more like my grandma and has started to break the chains of my recipe cards. Earlier this week I was making cookies (which I make frequently) and Trent told me that was a recipe I should know by heart too, and he's right. I'll get to work on that :)
After the brownies were safely in the oven, we moved on to the next game, a fun version of BINGO. (One of my favorites) Melodie had complied a bunch of facts about Trent and I, each corresponding to a number on people's Bingo cards. She 
would read the fact, not saying who it described, and everyone would hold up their sign (see picture at right - you will see my sign was beautifully decorated by Trent's niece, Taylor) saying whether they thought it was about Trent or myself. The facts were things such as: Favorite vegetable is green beans (Trent), Dislikes peanut butter (Kendra), Hates taking the trash out (Trent), Hates food left in the sink (Kendra), and Hates cleaning the toilet (Kendra). If you guessed correctly, you got to mark that number on the card. It was a lot of fun to see what people guessed were the correct facts about each of us.
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