Happy Bridal Shower Kelly!

Yesterday, I went to my good friend Kelly's bridal shower! She's marrying her fiance, Peter, this upcoming June and I'll be a bridesmaid in their wedding. The bridal shower was so fun, very cute and girly. It was on the nicest day so far this year, 70 degrees and gorgeous out! Kelly and Peter received a lot of great gifts, including a ring holder that Kelly thought might be a serving tray, haha, a great picnic basket/backpack for concerts at Ravinia, and lots of other stuff. We had a great time and took some cute pictures:

Meg, Kel and I

Cute dresses! Typical girl cheerleading picture pose
Opening gifts - Nancy made a list of the gifts while Kelly opened and Margie and I made some pretty fancy bouquets :)

Easter/Stacey's Surprise Birthday Party

This Easter, we spent the morning visiting my family at my uncle John's wife Jane's sister Nancy and her husband, Dan's house.. that might be hard to follow. They have about the same size (huge!) extended family as my mom does - 9 siblings, with children - so with the two large families combined, the house was pretty packed!

In the late afternoon, we went to Bonnie and Bob's to have an Easter celebration/surprise birthday party for Stacey, whose birthday was the day before. Jackson and Cooper had a rough day with injuries - they fell and scraped their knees while running down the sidewalk to greet us, smacked heads while running to the front door to yell "surprise!" as their mom arrived, and got some mysterious scratches on their faces. Jackson found a spool of thread and set up booby traps by winding it around one chair leg and pulling it across the room to wind around the table leg, which I'm sure he learned from his favorite show, Family Guy... We got to see Bill's Aunt Becky, Uncle Kevin, and cousin Ryan, all of whom we haven't seen in a while. It was a very fun Easter!

Jackson just loves Uncle Billy

Bob's hand-made gift to Stacey, a fused glass Mickey. She loves Mickey Mouse - she even happens to be wearing a shirt that has an almost identical Mickey in the picture. Bob is a perfectionist and did an amazing job on this project!

The boys got some new bath toys in their Easter baskets and immediately stripped down to take a bath!

Thank goodness for those bubbles! What an adorable child

I love their matching pajamas!