Susanna's Bridal Shower and Wedding Prep

Susanna's good friend Eliza Livingston along with Leah Gale and SIL Caroline Bergeson put on a bridal shower for Susanna the other day. I was so impressed that they would put that together for her. I find the thought of putting on a bridal or baby shower to be very intimidating. It went really well. The only hitch was that not everyone got the email invite in their inbox so a few people didn't know about it.

When we arrived, the hostesses were finishing up the last-minute touches on brunch of really delicious cinnamon rolls, a plate of fruit, bacon, and scrambled eggs.

Camille's breakfast choices:

After breakfast, we guessed how many Hershey kisses were in a glass jar titled "How Many Kisses for the Mrs.?" Katie won that contest with a very close guess, only 2 off.

Then we wrote down answers to a questionnaire about Susanna. The questions were things like, What is her middle name? Where did she get engaged? What is her favorite meal? Mindy got the most right answers for that.

Then we wrote down our favorite memory of Susanna and our advice. Her friends wrote about muddy, wet hikes and long walks. Maria talked about playing in Susanna's cubby with an art set and "hating on Everett." My mother said her favorite was when she first saw Susanna in the hospital after she was born, a cute little baby girl with a pink bow on her head--the first Bergeson baby with a pink bow. My favorite memory was how determined Susanna was to get a certain score on the ACT and how she studied for hours to get that score and succeeded. Mindy's memory was about sharing a bedroom with her.

The advice ranged from pray together every night and morning, even if you're mad to learn your husband's love language and appreciate all the nice things he does for you. Afterwards she opened her presents and got lots of nice ones.

Lately, I've been working hard to get organized for the wedding dinner. I went with my sister to Hobby Lobby to get stuff to make a fancy garland backdrop. I also made a layout of the venue to figure out where to seat all the guests. We've been collecting numbers for how many people will be there. I asked some friends to help with the dinner. And I've been ordering all the supplies I need to serve the dinner plus table runners and flowers and sparklers for the send-off. Oh yeah, and wedding clothes for the family members living at my house. I want to be really organized for the actual day because I really hate chaos.

It's slowly coming together!

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