Bridal Shower

Two Sundays ago, we held a bridal shower for my sister who is getting married in June. It was a really great day and I thought I'd share some moments from the shower with you!

I was in charge of making tropical chex mix (which was a hit!) and tea sandwiches (which I will share the recipes with you on Wednesday). 

My sister is getting married in Jamaica, so the theme of the shower was tropical. The cake was decorated with fondant hibiscus flowers. 

The table that held the cake also had her card basket which was supposed to look like a tiki hut and little pails of candy. 

The wall behind the cake was decorated with pictures of my sister throughout the years. I thought it was such a great touch

I was a huuuuuge baby

Aside from the tea sandwiches and chex mix, there was also pulled pork sandwiches, mozzarella and tomato skewers, and so much more. The drink table had three different options, orange juice, strawberry orange juice and pineapple orange juice, along with champagne and fruit so guests could make their own mimosas. 

Guests were given candles as party favors

The game that I came up with for the girls to play was super fun. I created four different theme boards for the groups to work off of. Each group was given bridal magazines and catalogs and had to plan a wedding based on their theme, kinda like Pinterest. The themes were island (of course), country, vintage, and traditional.

After about 10 minutes (and making sure each group had a wedding dress on their board), I gave the groups rolls of toilet paper and they had to recreate the dress they chose for their board, then I had my sister choose the winner based on the dress that was closest to the picture

It was such a fun day, and it makes me even more excited for my sister's big day!

Hello Old Friend(s)

Tuesday night I took my younger siblings out for dinner for their birthdays. Christopher turned 16 on the 12th and Renee and Ryan will be 25 on the 31st. It's been a while since we had all hung out so we were definitely due for some quality time together. 

I SWEAR the boys wanted to be there, cross my heart. L to R: Christopher, Renee, Ryan, Yours Truly

We spent the first part of the night catching up on life. Where we were all at with school, jobs, our futures. Then came the really fun part: reminiscing about our childhood growing up and sharing stories. 

Like the time we made Christopher think he really had magical powers like Harry Potter by stringing up the laundry basket and random objects with fishing line in his room (having bunk beds helped!). Yeah, I was a kick ass babysitter at times. 

Or the time I attempted to roller blade with Renee and my older sister Jess and failed miserably. My ankles went inward before I even got the first roll and I sat down on the stoop, said forget this and went and played with my skip-it.  

And when I would purposely run away from Christopher until he would yell "Stop it Nikki-cole!" I miss being called Nikki-cole. I think he got confused about my actual name when I was younger because everyone would call me Nikki except my dad and step mom who called me Nicole so he just mashed the two together. 


Or when we would play our Nintendo 64 and I would only play with Yoshi and wouldn't let anyone else play him. I always played the big sister card, you know, I was born first so I get first dibs. 

Hanging out reminded me that I don't spend enough time with my siblings and that I need to. And that if you really want a mood booster, taking a walk down memory lane with your family normally will do the trick.