Avery's Bridal Shower and a family dinner

About 2 months ago, this cute young man named Adam Smith, moved in across the street from us.  He had just gotten engaged, and is getting married in Sept.  He introduced us to his fiance Avery, who came to church with him.  They are such a great couple, I thought it would be fun to do a bridal shower for her so she could get to know the ladies in our neighborhood and ward. .

We had such a good turnout, about 20 ladies came. She really felt loved.

 My friend Carolyn Bradley, made yummy blueberry and banana nut muffins amd brought watermelon.  I made cinnamon rolls and had cantaloupe and grapes (from Jamie's amazing garden). and strawberries.  Everything was delicious!

The next evening, Ricky Thiot arrived in town for a work conference.  We invited our kids, Pierce and his family, Ric and Kathy, Lani, Jeff and Jen.  Josh and his family already had other plans, Jeff and Jen were camping, Krista and Matt ended up getting sick, and Lani was exhausted from doing a funneral all day the day before, so we only had 20, instead of the 34 we could have had.  It was a beautiful day, so most of the  the kids were able to eat outside.

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The rest ate inside.

The highlight of the evening, was when Parker showed us his loose tooth, and Uncle Jamie asked him if he wanted him to pull it out and he said yes.  He was so brave!