Goodbye Nashville - Part 2

The second of my two main goodbye parties from Nashville. Was so hard saying goodbye!

Goodbye Nashville - Part 1

Wow it has been awhile since I've had a chance to do any scrapbooking.  It felt really good to be creative!  I can't believe I am still scarpbooking Nashville.  Just about done though.  Can't believe we have been in Indianapolis for 2.5 years already!  Time really does fly!

Bachelorette Party - Part 2

From Adam's we all decided it would be fun to go to a drag show.  Yes late night decisions, hehe.  But they were pretty good.  Some pretty convincing!

There was some dancing.

And some funny faces.

And me in a sequined cowboy hat!

This is Adam's friend Jen who also joined the party later.  I hadn't met her before but she was a lot of fun!

You'll notice that the camera loves Adam or Adam loves the camera as he shows up in the majority of photos.

The cowboy hat traveled around.

And my teeth got drunk.

A perfect night with some of the best friends a girl could ask for!

Bachelorette Party

The night after the shower we decided to have a small bachelorette party.  Elizabeth missed the original one at Disney due to the impending arrival of baby Annika so she wanted a chance to celebrate with me too. :)

With Elizabeth and Emily.

Most of the group before we went out.  Elizabeth, Marlene,Michelle, me, Mom, Emily and Lynn.

We started with Dinner at Sambuca where Sarah joined the party.

After dinner we decided to visit our friend Adam's new condo.  He'd had it almost a year but none of us had been to Nashville since he moved in.  We LOVED it!

Jon also joined us that night.  Hadn't seen him in forever either.  Glad he could make it out with us.

Our plan was to stay at Adam's for about 30 minutes then head out.  We had so much fun hanging out we ended up staying almost 3 hours!  We had quite a bit of wine and shots of fireball.  At this point I got a bit camera happy. :)

Nashville Shower

Trying to get back in the saddle!  I'm a bit behind on pictures but I swear wedding pictures are forthcoming! :)  Until then a few posts to get me caught up.

About a month before the wedding two of my bridesmaids, Emily & Elizabeth threw me a shower.  This shower was originally was to be in June but decided that might be a little late in Elizabeth's pregnancy for her to travel.  Good thing we moved it because Annika was born about 3 weeks before the date we had scheduled for the shower.

This is the awesome cake they got.  Perfectly beachy and getting us all in the mood for a destination wedding!

And wow there were a lot of gifts!  Here are a few of the highlights --- Read best pictures of me not looking like a fool!

These were placemats my mom made me.  She actually made them YEARS ago when Elizabeth and Steve got married and thought hmmm Stephanie will get married eventually! :)

Big plans for this mini dessert set for Thanksgiving!

Sarah and Brice got us this monogram as a wedding gift.  Now that we are home, can't wait to hang it at the top of the stairs!

Elizabeth did her best with the few bows we have to make a bow bouquet!

Some other highlights for the day. I finally got to meet baby Charlotte! With mom, Laura.

And baby Collin!  With mom, Sarah.

Others I haven't seen in far too long, Jayna.

And Cheryl.

Also a surprise visit from Lynn here with Elizabeth and Emily.

My mom also came.

And my new sister-in-law and mother-in-law came all the way from Chicago too!

 

What a great way to celebrate the upcoming wedding but catching up with friends and family was the best part!

Bryan & Carolyn

Pictures from the Nashville wedding of my friends Bryan and Carolyn. Glad these pages are on back to back pages as opposed to facing ones since they don't go together at all!

 

Red Dress Run

The post that Jon was dreading.  But when I was in Nashville, we went to a fundraiser for the rugby group he's a part of.  The deal was that you had to all wear red dresses, men and women.  Well it happened to be an amazingly beautiful day, hot even and dresses were the perfect clothing, except when its a 10lb beaded prom dress! ;)

I tried to inconspicuously take a few pictures of the crowd.

 

 

It was supposed to be a "run" with a pit stop at multiple bars along the way.  Some people took the "running" portion far more serious than we did!

 

What a fun day!  Glad I went!