Alisha's Family & Friends Shower - 05.07.11

I hosted a bridal shower for Alisha, my little sister, at my home this past Saturday.  It was such a fun time! I saw this idea of having everyone matching at a shower, and knew I wanted everyone to wear black and white to the shower.  I thought it would make for a great picture and look really nice. So on the back of the invite I printed the following saying:

Come and join in the fun, it will be a delight.

Support the bride by wearing your favorite

black and white.

And what do you know...EVERY SINGLE PERSON showed up in black and white!! I loved it!! It was such a special time for Alisha and I know she will remember it for years to come.

Group photo of everyone in their Black and White

We started off the morning with prayer over the food and the special couple and then enjoyed the food and fellowship on the back porch.  Next, I handed them a piece of paper face down with a pen/pencil.  We played "What's in a name?".  I gave them 1 minute and 15 seconds to make as many words out of SHEFFIELD (as in soon to be Alisha Sheffield) as they could. They all did great, but my cousin Amy was the winner with 24 words!!!
 
The little name game was a warm up for the next activity! LOL! The ladies split up into 6 groups and they were to create a scrapbook page with certain criteria on it that I had predetermined. Each page had 6-7 words that had to be included, 3-4 pictures, and a bible verse.  I also gave them magazines, scissors and a tape runner to complete their page.  They had to find/make words out of the magazines...they could not write on the page. The pages they created were: Bride, Groom, Love, Marriage, Home, and Honeymoon. I also created a Bridal Shower page for this shower and one from the Church Shower sign-in sheet. The pages turned out great and I think the ladies had a fun time creating them.  They probably had no idea they were coming to a scrapbooking workshop! LOL! I thoroughly enjoyed putting together all the details for the pages and thought this would be a nice keepsake for Alisha as she started a new chapter in her life.


This group was working on the Honeymoon page



Jeanie and her group working on the "Home" page



Joseph's family having a laugh while working!

 

Mom, Amy and MawMaw had the "Bride" page

 

Peggy, Aunt Kathleen, Linda and Julie were putting together "Marriage"

Whistle while you work! :)

 

Joseph's family working on the "Groom" page

After we finished up the pages, we went inside to cool off and had cake and punch, and opened gifts. 


Michelle did a great job on the cake and cupcakes.
I tried something new and  made the cupcake toppers.

 Here are some group pictures we took before everyone started running off! lol!



Becca and Alisha!



Alisha with Joseph's Grandma and our MawMaw!



Sisters forever!!

 

Joseph stopped by at the beginning to say hi to his family from Livingston!

 

Alisha and the Mom's!

Allyson and Mommy!

 

Layla and Michelle! :)

Mom and her daughters!



Smith Sisters: Susan, Nancy and Kathleen!
Great picture!

I also asked everyone to bring their favorite recipe to the shower.  I gave Alisha a recipe book and thought it would be great if she could start off her married life with some yummy recipes from loved ones. Quite a few people brought recipes and others took recipe cards home to fill out and return.  I think this will be a great treasure and I know that Joseph will enjoy as well!

Church Wedding Shower for Alisha & Joseph

Alisha & Joseph's wedding date is quickly approaching.  Our church gave them a wedding shower this past Sunday night and it was a great time. What love and support everyone showed by not only their gifts, but their presence.  I was in charge of the decorations, so I had a task at hand!  I bought and borrowed all the goods and some great ladies helped me get the tables ready for a fun night for the couple! I wish I had more pics with people in them...lol.


Alisha & Joseph!!

Beautiful cupcakes Michelle made with damask print!

 

"S" cookies I made as a shower favor with the following on the back:
"As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15
Joseph & Alisha"

 

Mini green apples were a perfect match for the color!



LOVE...that's what it's all about!



Pic of the couple at Alisha's prom 4 years ago!

 

The couple;s table with a pic of the proposal! <3



Sign in sheet

Gift table :)

Backyardigans Safari Party!

On Saturday we celebrated Jase's 4th birthday at the park with family and friends.  Since we are members of the Houston Zoo we were going to have his party there, but after hearing a couple parking nightmare stories I decided on a change of plans.  Since he really likes animals I wanted to keep them in the theme, but add something else.  Of course...Backyardigans!!! He goes in spurts with TV shows, but this has been a "go to" favorite show for some time now.  Probably since Christmas when Santa Claus threw Jase "Pablo" from the firetruck (the penguin character from the Backyardigans).  Since then we have ALL fell in love with the show.  And they do quite a bit of singing and dancing, so that is right up his alley.


The perfect invitation for our Backyardigans Safari!!

 Before his party, he played a soccer game.  He had a ton of people at his game, including his favorite cousin Coby!! He was so excited to have everyone there.  Mommy and Allyson stayed at home since she was running a fever. :(



Christian, Jase and Coby at the soccer field



Michelle did a FABULOUS job on the cake!!!



And Jase loved his cake too!!

Victor and Jay holding Parker and Britton!



Madeline and ReAnna having a chip or two!



Grandma Cony and Grandpa Leonard came out to celebrate too!

So these next few pictures are of a game the kids played.  I split them up into 4 teams, with an older child on each team to lead them.  Since we were having a safari party I asked what types of animals they would see on a safari...a ZEBRA!! So, their job was to decorate one team member like a zebra.  All the kids (and adults watching) had a blast!!

Jase is started to get wrapped up!

 

Callie is starting to show some white stripes!



Emma is sporting her black stripes well!



WOW! Bryce looks great!! Paige and Cailyn are putting on the finishing touches!



This was so funny!! Poor Bryce was so wrapped up that he fell straight back!

 

Jase is wrapped up from head to toe!

 

Bryce's team did a GREAT job!

 

All the kiddos together after the Zebra wrap up!



Christian at the park!

Miss ReAnna playing on the slide.  So beautiful!



Britton climing on top of the slide. So big!!

 

Nanny and Dylan taking a cheese moment! So handsome!

 

YAY FOR JASE!!



Jase and Christian while opening gifts.



Jase and his buddy Aidan!!

Jase had a great birthday party.  At one point while opening gifts Jase yelled out "this is the best bithday ever." That made the day! The wind was CRAZY and there was a chance of rain, but that did not stop us from having an awesome day celebrating 4 fantastic years with Jase. So blessed.

Jase turns 4!!!

Wowsers!! My son is 4 years old!! Crazy! This little man is a ball full of energy and a dancing machine at that.  He woke up in a great mood on his birthday and we got dressed quick and headed out for some breakfast at Mornings Kolaches...his request.  He even picked out his own clothes...black shirt with orange shorts...two of his favorite colors (the other fav is red).  After breakfast Ally and I dropped him off at school and he had a super day there too!



In the car on his birthday, about to get some kolaches!

 

He is cool...and yes he knows it!! lol
Oh the faces!

 

There's my funny man!!

   

Sister was all buckled in and ready to eat too!

  

Enjoying his cheese kolache...yes, just cheese.

Since his birthday fell on a Thursday he had soccer practice that evening.  We planned for everyone to come over and do cupcakes and sing happy birthday after practice.  We had an even bigger surprise waiting for him...his new bike!! We bought it for Christmas, but then after looking at everything we realized that we may have went a little over board.  So, the bike was put up for 4 more months until his birthday.  Daddy picked out his new bike (orange and black) and Grandma and Grandpa French bought him his helmet (red).  Perfect!!  He was so surprised when he got home and could not wait to ride it.  We are excited for him to learn how to ride his bike!!


4th Birthday Gift!! Tony Hawk Bike!

  

And he sees it!!! WIN!!

  

So glad he loves it!! :)



Safety first! And the color works for him as well!



Jase and his first couple of pedals on his new bike!



Jase pedaling away as everyone looks on!

  

"I am doing it!"



And yes, he still rides this thing...he's had it for over 3 years!
My mom even bought Ally a "girl one" but she prefers his firetruck.

   

Happy birthday to Jase!!

  

The whole crew on this birthday evening.  Daddy was taking the pic.

She loved the cupcake as well!