The Past Week

So last Tuesday we were feeling brave and went to Thanksgiving Point for the $2 Tuesdays with Michelle, Abbi, Ty and some of their friends. We ended up at the Gardens since we don't have a membership there. Let me just say that the whole place was packed, but we still had fun. I don't have any pictures, but we started out in the Discovery Garden where Hayden enjoyed the Noah's Ark water feature (he got soaked). Then we did the mazes, the childrens' stage and some of the other activities there for the kiddos. Luckily, we were able to connect to some of the other gardens (I guess you normally have to pay separately to enter the other ones) and Hayden was fascinated by the neat waterfalls they have there. We explored those and the kids had fun rolling down the grassy hills (or on top of eachother as was the case with Hayden).

The following day we went to the zoo because I was trying to get in some more fun stuff before school starts. It was the first time that I could get Hayden over to watch the bird show which I thought was entertaining, but I'm not sure that Hayden shared in my enthusiasm...oh well. There was a new baby giraffe (pic above), but the baby elephant wasn't out yet. Below is a picture of Hayden enjoying the cool air from the fan. Sadly, it took him awhile to work up enough courage to stand in front of it. Once he realized how fun it was I couldn't get him away from it.

Saturday (Aug. 15) was Brooke's bridal shower. I had planned to have it outside, but we ended up relocating inside because of the rain showers (a day of showers all the way around).

The bride to be. I had a Bachelorette sash that I made her wear. The bows and ribbons in her hair came from all the gifts she received (thanks Emily for attaching them so stylishly).

Some of the party guests (I didn't get everyone on here, but we had a great turnout). Above is my mom and cousin, Tiffany.

Front: Emily, Thomas, and Ashley Back: Selena and Kristy

Opening gifts

The first game we played was for Brooke. She had to match her answers with her hubby-to-be, Travis. She had to put bubble gum in her mouth for every mismatched answer. I was surprised by how much gum she ended up with.

Then we played a matching game for everyone. Guests tried to match the wedding phrases and for every correct match they got a candybar that correlated with the phrase (ie "Wedding Gifts" was a Mounds bar and "The Wedding Night" was a Skor bar).