Melissa's getting MARRIED!

So, of course we had to celebrate!  After less than 24 hours home from family vaca, Jack and I (un and re) packed up and headed to KC to shower Mel with love...a girl who deserves it more than anyone!  Melissa and Shawn are getting married October 29th and we're so excited for them.  Shawn T. Furey is one lucky guy...oh wait, this isn't facebook...I can't tag him in my post so I might as well stop there, I'm SURE he doesn't read my blog;).  Anyways, the first night was a shower at my aunt Jo Anne's home with mostly family (and Greta:), and the second night was a shower/bachelorette party at my Aunt Judy's with her bridesmaids and a couple of close friends.  What a FUN weekend it was, and here are a few pics to prove it!

Friday night: A kitchen themed shower for the love of all things cooking/baking and Top Chef.  My mom put together a cute "know you're spices" game, we ate yummy food, and even got a little messy in Jo's kitchen with a fondue relay race that really brought out everyone's competitive sides:)

Saturday night:  A mexican fiesta at Judy's and a trip to the casino...or two.  Oh and did you know that KC casinos are similar to Vegas in that what happens there stays there?  Like all our money.  Except for my very last dollar that Sara Q. turned into $30 to provide us all with one last round of drinks.  That's what I'm talking about.

The lovely hosteses!  And checking out the lovely spread.

The games:  For the spice game everyone used all their senses to determine which spice was which and the winner was named “spice girl”.  And our mise en place relay race.

This one was fun to watch.  The final results of our mis en place relay race.  Looks appitizing, yeah?

Sistas!  And longtime friends, Greta and Mel:)

Opening gifts:  Mel got TONS of great stuff to stock her kitchen.  And Jenni, the lovely note-taker.

The looks for Mel’s Mexi-Casino night.  Love it!

Fun with friends and family!

Hey Kelly!  The cute party gifts she put together.

Opening her “Personal” gifts and our survial kits.

UH, pretty sure we all loved the glasses!

The lovely bride-to-be and Grammy!

Oh the limo.  It. was. fun.  Thanks for all the fun memories ladies!




Oh, and yes, "Hungry Jack" was there too because he's still attached to me at the you know what's.  A big thanks to my dad for taking care of him so I could go out with the girls!  (and of course to my dear husband who took care of the girls at home so I could go to KC - Thank you!)