Sunday, May 4, 2014

April Showers

Before we left for Texas, I was scrambling to celebrate my different friends and their upcoming weddings, babies, etc. That is one of the bitter parts of this sweet job we have. One of the greatest friends I have been blessed with, McKenzie Palmer, is pregnant with a baby girl. SO EXCITING! She is going to be such a hot mom. So naturally we had to celebrate and spoil the little babe before the summer separated us.

Kenz and I met as random roommates halfway through my sophomore year of college. Funny thing about that... Before she moved in, we were pretty content with the current roommates that year at Belmont in Provo. When we caught word that we would be gaining a new roomie, we were not thrilled. We plotted a number of terrible things to sabotage this stranger's experience and make it "her choice" to choose an alternative living space...

Then Kenz walked through the door. You can't help but adore her within 10 seconds of knowing her and all plans were aborted without further discussion. From summer adventures, setting her up with her husband via Skype, Belmont living at its finest along side our boyfriends who turned into fiancés, and bridesmaids at each other's weddings...I'd say McKenzie has turned into one my best friends.

{so excited for you to start your cute family girlfriend, love you dearly}

With the help of Shelby Tracy (her blog is awesome, check it out HERE), we put on a fun shower to pamper baby Palmer. 















We had a baby food testing game, not everyone's favorite, but I thought it was a hoot! Shelby brought the most darling memory matching game filled with baby words and a corresponding candy price for each match. Definitely a crowd fav! 

Once again, the invitation was made on Pixingo. I don't know how I would do these things without it. I create my card/invite online, they print, they address, they send it. Saves me so much time. I'm a big fan! 




- C E L E B R A T E -

Friday, May 2, 2014

BNO - Bride's Night Out

Luckily for me, my freshman year of college blessed me with the greatest friends I could ever dream of. It all started in apartment F316, but it didn't end there.

If you are looking for:

-Laughs
-Honesty
-Support
-Loyalty
-Generosity
-Respect
-Fun
-Forgiveness
-Love

...these girls are it. More about our sisterhood and fun memories on my girl Stefani's blog here.

Out of the 6 of us, 3 are married and that is soon to be 4! We were able to celebrate the soon to be Mrs. Taelor Mangleson up at Deer Valley Club in Park City a few weeks ago before I headed off to Texas. Here are some pictures of the night!














We enjoyed delicious treats provided by Whitney & Lyndsi. Whitney makes the best white chocolate M&M popcorn ever and its a must have at every GNO (or BNO). I don't have her secret recipe but I found a similar one HERE
Lyndsi brought the best Italian Soda and Dirty Diet Coke equipment that we sipped on all night long. Don't know if I could have made it to 4am without it.
These girls sure know how to party. Love them with my whole heart. 

Someone wise once said, "Best friends don't let you do stupid things...alone."

#soblessed