March/April Showers bring May Wedding Flowers

Over this last weekend I had my last shower with my mom's family. Unfortunately, all the pictures are on her camera so I am using pictures from the weekend prior. It was a beautiful day. My three aunt's put it together and included a lot of family members I hadn't seen in awhile. Luckily we had name tags or I would have been in trouble. That's one benefit to this whole wedding process... putting names with faces. You can call me my father's daughter because I have the worse memory when it comes to names. I might remember what color shoes you were wearing or how many kids you have, but your name, not so much! Overall though it was a beautiful day with good food and great company.Mom.Jill, my future sister-in law (who finds someone she knows at EVERY shower!)
It's strange to think that the showers are over and the next big event is the rehearsal dinner. Okay, I lied, it's not strange, it's overwhelming, to think about! Luckily Drew's sister Jill and I met Sunday to talk over the details. It will be a pretty low-key evening. Drew really wants the dinner to have a relaxed, get-together feel as opposed to something formal. That's part of the reason we decided to have it below the church in the "basement" instead of going to a restaurant or banquet hall. This way people can move around and mingle with each other. It will also hopefully reflect our personalities.

Speaking of other finals, I had my last dress fitting today! It was very exciting. The seamstress has to do one more tiny alteration to the help with the bustle, but other than that it is perfect.

Over the weekend Drew and I had two very special guests. The Davidson's came to visit! It just so happened they were both in Bloomington over the weekend so they made a special trip to our part of the woods so Emily could attend the shower. And... Drew and Jon finally got a chance to meet since Drew was in Iraq at the time of their wedding. Lexi of course made sure they were comfortable.
Outside of planning for the wedding and working Drew and I are also keeping our eyes open for a house. Over the weekend we found one we really like, but we are still trying to determine what to do with his house. We both agree that it's not big enough for the three of us. I suppose time will tell, and things will work out as they should. We don't want to overwhelm ourselves now.