On my dad's side of the family, my cousin Audrey is closest to me in age. We like to call ourselves "best cousins". She is two years younger than me and often refers to herself as "your baby cousin". I love that. I love the memories that we have, including but not limited to, camping with Granny and Papa every summer, writing and illustrating our own book about a doughnut shop, How the West Was Fun, playing all sorts of creative games at the Foote Family Reunions, many Christmas Eve's and Thanksgivings together, hiding from our parents when they came to pick us up after a day of playing, late night chats while having sleepovers on Granny and Papa's family room floor, laughing until we cry (it's genetic), after high school growing even closer, merging friendships (the Brookester), dating woes, I found my love, I got married and she found her love on that same day :) and now it's her turn to get married...and she just so happens to be marrying one of my best friends from high school and I couldn't be happier for them!
Since this wedding is happening in just 26 short days, we (the Clint Foote women) threw Audrey a bridal shower in Boise. She has great friends that threw her one in Utah and we (meaning I) volunteered to do one for her Boise entourage to shower her with love. We played games (thanks Reaga and Budge), we ate delicious food (thanks Mom!) and we had the time of our lives (thanks everyone who came!), or at least I did!
Here are some pictures of that fun day to celebrate Audrey and Brock's love.
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| Pyper's project for the shower= "A & B" skewers. :) |
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| Audrey's best paper doll version of Brock, with a fur vest on :) (He's on cloud-9) |
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| Each person drew a wedding dress and some sort of white material (including dental floss, q-tips and toilet paper). Then we all had to design a wedding dress for the paper doll version of Audrey using the one material we drew from the basket. Lets just say there were some creative people in that room! |
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| Then Audrey had to choose her favorite dress and the winner is..... |
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| A dress made from tissue paper! :) |
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| Next up, Staches and Tiaras. Each guest received one of each. Audrey and Brock were asked to answer the same questions about themselves, but only one answer was given to the guests and they had to decide if the answer was Brock's or Audrey's or if they answered the same. If they thought it was Brock they would hold up the mustache, if they thought it was Audrey they would hold up the tiara and if they thought it was both...you guessed it...they held up the stache and tiara! It was hilarious to say the least. |
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| I love this picture of the cousins and Aunt Nancy with mustaches :) |
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| T-Fizz and Grandma Katie, representing the Cutler family well :) |
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| The food! Probably the best part. My mom is a master when it comes to satisfying everyone's likes and dislikes. The menu included fruit kabobs, veggie cups, tortilla and vegetable pin wheels, caramel corn, candy and pink lemonade! YUM! |
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| Presents! In this picture Audrey is saying, "Seriously this is Brock's favorite thing on the registry!" :) |
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| Happy about her shiny platter! |
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| The Cutler Tradition. A "Someone Special" plate from Grandma Katie |
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| This was Spencer and Reagan's masterpiece wrapping job. I realized at the end that we didn't a picture of the whole pile of gifts so I just snapped one of what was left. :) | | | | | | | | | |
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| Isn't she beautiful? |
And I am just realizing now that we didn't take a whole group picture...and I'm sad about it. Sorry Audge! I love you, my baby cousin! I can't wait for your big day! I am so
happy that you have found your happiness with such a great person! Let's
make some married cousin memories now! :)
Thank you again to all who made this party possible!
