Over the past weekend, my mom, sister-in-law, and aunt threw me a baby shower -- a purple and grey, elephant baby shower! They chose this theme because it's what we are using to decorate our daughter's nursery. The great part about having the same theme for the shower and the nursery is we can use some of the same items for decorations! During the shower, we had a craft activity, games, food, and the opening of gifts. We had around 30 guests come to the shower, and I had a fantastic time. Elephant Baby Shower Details Decorations Let's start with decorations! I loved all the little Continue Reading
Baseball Gender Reveal Party
Pink and blue -- that's what most people do for a gender reveal party. But we aren't most people. We've had the idea for a baseball gender reveal party for almost a year now. Travis loves baseball. He still has all his baseball memorabilia from when he was a kid. He took me to my first MLB game, and we had so much fun. So we loved the idea of finding out the gender using a baseball and bat. I'm so excited to share all the details of our party. But first I want to say a big thank you to our family that came. I started to thank them all at the party, but I got choked up so I kept it Continue Reading
17 Great Board Games You Should Own
With the holidays approaching, family time is sure to be in full-swing. My absolute favorite thing to do with family or friends is play board games or card games. I love games of strategy and games of silliness. I love the quality time games give us -- the memories and laughter. If you know someone who's love language is quality time, a game is a great gift. I've created this list of some of my all-time favorite board games to share with you. Maybe it will give you some gift ideas for this Christmas! Board Games I Own & Love 5 Second Rule This is one of my favorite games! You Continue Reading
Purple and Grey Bridal Shower Ideas
Like I told you last week, I got to plan and host my first bridal shower a couple weeks ago. It was really fun deciding how I wanted to decorate. I went with a purple and grey bridal shower theme -- the bride's favorite color is purple. And so is mine! I loved how it turned out. This post contains affiliate links. View my disclosure policy here. We did a Bridal Brunch complete with breakfast foods! Our menu consisted of sausage links, biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, fruit kabobs with dip, hash brown casserole, chicken salad sandwiches, cheese cubes, and muffins. We also had Continue Reading
Three Fun Bridal Shower Games
I recently hosted a bridal shower for a beautiful woman who I have been friends with since second grade. I'm honored to get to be her matron of honor, and I was really excited to plan her shower. I will be posting about the details of the party in the next couple weeks. For now, though, I wanted to share about the games we played. These were three games that were easy to plan and get materials for. Everyone seemed to really enjoy them, and I love that they were all about the bride and her groom. Game #1 How Well Do You Know the Bride? Each guest received a piece a paper with 10 Continue Reading
Bachelorette Party Ideas
I always meant to write a post sharing about my bachelorette party, but I just never got around to it for some reason. Now, eight months later I'm finally going to tell you all about it! My maid of honor Aubrey planned my bachelorette party, and I had a fantastic time. She decorated, made food, planned games, bought gifts, and even made something very special for me with the help of my friends. The best part about my party was it didn't include anyone getting drunk. I really wanted to celebrate my singleness in a clean, fun way. No bars, no clubs, no dirty decorations -- that's just not Continue Reading
Holiday Munchies: Garlic Ranch Pretzels
For the holidays, I'm doing several series for ya'll. First, I wrote about my three favorite soups for those cold winter days: potato, vegetable and chili. Second, I'm posting a recipe for holiday cookies every Monday for five weeks -- so far you've seen grasshoppers and swirl butter cookies. My third series is all about the munchies! I love having snack food around for the holidays because its great to nibble on while playing games with family or (in our case this year) for traveling to see family. To start off this snack series, I'm sharing a recipe for garlic ranch pretzels! These babies Continue Reading
Bridal Shower Ideas
A lot goes into a bridal shower. Not that I would know since I've never planned one. But based on how awesome mine was, I can only assume it takes a lot of work. If you are planning a shower, check out these bridal shower ideas that come from my own shower. My maid of honor, along with my aunt and grandma, hosted a bridal shower for me recently. I absolutely loved it -- from the decorations to the food to the games to the guests, oh and not to mention the opening of dozens of presents! My bridal shower was everything I could have hoped. So let me share with you. Bridal Shower Ideas from my Continue Reading