Laurel's Bridal Shower in Ohio

Posted by Liana at 6:05 PM

My little sister Laurel is getting married next month! In true-Laurel fashion, we brought out everything PINK and BLACK and Karen (matron of honor) and my sis Lissa hosted an awesome Bridal shower for her two Sundays ago while I was visiting in Ohio.

We had lots of yummy treats to eat and played "bridal mad libs" which had us all tearing up from laughing too hard while Karen and Lissa read them to the rather large group before Laurel endured about an hour of gift-opening in front of all of us!

Here are some details and pics from the festivities.

A fun gift-bow and Laurel's flower that went perfect with her dress we picked for her at Anne Taylor earlier in the weekend.


My mom ordered these super cool flower arrangements that they did up in martini glasses


While the kids stayed upstairs and played, we had the grown-up fun downstairs :)


There were a BUNCH of people there I hadn't seen in ages... including my godmother, Carol (green), who is here with my mom (pink). She was also my mom's maid-of-honor in her own wedding.



Another portrait of my niece Sophia I just can't help but sneak in here



Here's Lissa (with Chloe sitting nearby) and Karen reading the mad libs with Laurel as the main audience


Then it was on to the gift-giving. I was sure to tie LOTS of ribbons onto my gifts to her so she'd be sure to break them (supposedly it's bridal-superstition that every time the bride breaks a bow/tie at the shower then it indicates how many kids the couple will have in the future). My sister and Jim should have 5 or 6 I think was the final count - including twins!! LOL.




Grandma Lehman was brought by just in time for the gift-opening





We saved my more-personal and somewhat-embarrassing-to-open-in-front-of-grandma gifts for last for a good laugh... including something extra special I got her at the Victoria's Secret in NYC that you can only get at that location :)



I'll be heading up to Ohio again next month to do my MOH and sister duties as I'm actually IN the wedding so I won't be taking (as many) pics of course :)

***CLICK HERE*** to view more pics of the shower in the slideshow