The Simple Scents of Life

A new, beautiful computer (given by a wonderful person) means that there are no pictures on the hard drive yet...no pictures makes blogging a little hard, and going to one's own shower where a camera is taken from them, makes it even more difficult! Thankfully, however, some dear friends with a camera have helped me get out of this pickle. Love y'all!

My wonderful bridesmaids and their dear mother's have been planning a shower for me. After months of plans and ideas, lots of work, delicious food, and some lovely decorations, the day finally arrived! Ben, his mother, and his three sisters flew in to attend the shower with us, and we had a wonderful few days with them. The visit was much too short, in my opinion. :)

Many friends were at the shower, and it was such a joy to be surrounded by people I love. Christa and Mimi even called in on Skype to "attend!" :) Ahhh, the wonderful world of technology. I am blessed, and thankful beyond words. To my dear friends, to my amazing family, and my soon-to-be family, I love you all so much...thank you for everything.

See, Ben was there! :)

Red beads for the table.

So many dear friends.

The judges of Bridal Idol (and my bridesmaids) need food just like everybody else.

And I was hungry!

It looks like I wasn't the only hungry one.

It's almost like Christmas...except I was the only one opening presents! Setting up my own home is going to be so much fun!

Two sisters and a soon to be sister-in-law! Aren't they cute?

Two friends, and two more soon to be sisters-in-law.

Jessica and Melinda did a wonderful job with the games! The only question that confused me was: "What is Tiffany's favorite pastime?" I had a hard time with that one! :)

And Bridal Idol begins! Here is Abigail dressed in a very impressive toilet paper wedding gown.

Lovely Jill gets a turn.

I think that Sara really enjoyed this game!

All of the toilet paper brides and me.

Marie Michelle was the winner of Bridal Idol (and it was a hard choice...you saw the other brides pictured above!) this year.
She had a very elaborate gown, a tiara, shawl, a floral corsage, and she even had a toilet paper ring! Her very talented fashion designers are pictured with her.

We had to put the gifts pretty close to the screen to show Christa and Mimi. They kept asking us to pass things to them. :)

Melinda made this lovely bouquet with all of the ribbons, flowers and whatever else came on the packages.

My mom and I.

My mom, soon to be mother-in-law, and me.

And my side of the wedding party...Christa and Mimi are on the computer screen...now, are we officially weird, or what?