My California Tea Bridal Shower

There is only one word to describe the CA shower that was thrown for me over Memorial Day weekend: 

Wow!

I can't even begin to thank the hostesses Auntie Robin, Auntie Betty and Lisa.  They did such an incredible job with every last detail.  I've never been thrown a party quite like that - well to be honest besides birthday parties when I was a kid, I've never been thrown a party. Period.  

Every last detail was thought of, even down to sewing table toppers and outdoor cushions that matched my wedding colors! I am so lucky to be joining such a thoughtful and talented group of women next month.  Scott's family could not have made me feel more welcomed into the "Lee family."

I can't even describe how wonderful everything is without writing a novel on here, so here are a few of the pictures I stole from Lisa (yes, she not only hosted and helped prepare for the shower, she was also the photographer and dessert artist :) )

Auntie Robin even had a menu!

Future family! 

Whoever made these cucumber sandwiches - I need this recipe!!  They were incredible! Auntie Betty made four different loaves. The Lee family specialize in baking among many other things.

Lisa is such a good photographer!  I'm so glad my family traveled with us to CA.

Great friends joined in for the fun!  I have some of the greatest! 

With my hostesses! Thank you all for making me feel so special ladies!

Oh, and I can't forget... this was my dessert... crazy right?  

Wedding Website

Check it out:

http://www.mywedding.com/evansonsweeney/index.html

*But remember we will be adding information as we go along – so be sure to check back!

Fun project

Not to outshine the house pictures, but I’ve been meaning to post these pictures for a while, and finally have Scott’s camera with me.

I wanted to think of a creative way to ask my bridesmaids to be just that, my bridesmaids.  Yea I realize plenty of people just ask whomever they would like to be a part of their wedding in person or over the phone with a simple question (As Scott did).  For me I wanted to do something special.  Each of the girls I have asked to be in my wedding have been very important figures in my life and I wanted to show them just that.

So off an idea I found from a friend at work, I came up with these puppies.   I’m using Sarah’s as the example.  I’m so happy with the paper I found for the inside of the booklets!  It was actually a lucky find at a farmers market for free and it was exactly what I had been looking for.  These also gave me an excuse to buy a stamp I’ve been admiring for a while.

          

Cupcake Competition

Our Favorite!

Last night Scott and I went cupcake taste testing at our not-so-secret favoriteTrophy Cupcakes. Hey, it’s a tough job, but someone had to do it. Although, if we are being perfectly honest, we didn’t really need to test anything.  We had decided that we were going with Trophy Cupcakes for our wedding before we were even engaged.

We’ve tried the competitors (Cupcake Royale, Sprinkles, etc.) before and we just can’t find another professional cupcake company who can quite compete at Trophy’s level.  As the foodies that we are, we believe that for a cupcake to be a “good cupcake”, it goes farther than some good frosting.  For us, the most difficult thing about baking cupcakes is producing a cake that is just as good in flavor and as moist as a regular sized cake.  What we’ve found that this is where others have not been able to match Trophy.

Although we both agree that Lisa, makes the best red velvet receipe EVER!, for a chain bakery Trophy does a pretty amazing job.  I guess while we are away from Lisa’s amazing baking skills, Trophy will have to do 

Red Velvet and Mint Chocolate Chip (The "mint leaf" is rice paper and completely edible)

The best part about taste testing some of the flavors was there were a few we had never tried before. Including their carrot cake, vanilla vanilla, and the mint chocolate chip.  What was great is they were served as mini cupcakes so we could try a wide variety of flavors without falling subject to a complete sugar coma (although we still have the option of bringing some home!!) I would still say that our favorites would be snickerdoodle and hummingbird (which is similiar to a banana bread with cream cheese frosting!)

Each cupcake really is like a piece of artwork. They have flower and petal designs that can really push the look over the edge.

The "mini's" we got to bring home!

What made the night a little bit more fun was without us knowing, two of my friends (also recent brides-to-be) were also at Trophy for cake testing.   I guess cupcakes are the new way to go! 

Now it is just down to ordering the “right” flavors and the “right” numbers.  But maybe we will have to go back… just to “make sure” 

If you haven’t been to Trophy, you must! but if you think that your favorite cupcake place can beat ours, let us know, we will gladly accept another taste test!!

Engagement Pictures

Haden put up a preview of engagement photos, so be sure to visit his blog. Here are two of our favorites of what we’ve seen so far! We can’t wait to see the rest of the shots he got!

Engagement

My thoughts on July 3, 2009…

So for the past three weeks Scott and I had been very lucky. We actually were lucky enough to spend two of those weekends together, and for us that was a treat! After a year of being in a long distance relationship, two weekends in a row together had been unheard of. And to top it off, we were even going to spend the following weekend together.

For this Fourth of July, we had had it planned for a while that his parents and brothers would join in on the Lake Limerick fun this year. So our families were very excited to finally meet each other after almost two years of dating. It’s hard that our families are in such different locations. We’ve wanted them to meet for a long time and were excited that everyone would meet at one of Scott and I’s favorite places.

Except…
For these last two weekends Scott had been acting really weird. Very quiet, I would almost say he was “zoned out” for a while. While we were on our way to pick up his parent’s at the train station in Olympia and I thought I would ask him if everything was ok. He chalked it up to being focused on the CPA exam and very busy with work, which I completely understood.

So when we got back to the cabin, and everyone was going through introductions, Scott had asked me if he could talk to me very quickly in private. Immediately I thought, “We just took an hour car ride up to pick up your parent’s, and now you want to talk about what is wrong?!”

Well when Scott had pulled me into the cabin we had set up (with the help of my sister and mom) the room to have a big sign saying “Will you marry me? Hm.” The “Hm” is an inside joke between us. Just when I turned to look at him in shock he got done on one knee and asked if I would marry him. I was in complete shock and literally stood there for what felt like the longest time until Scott said, “So, Does that mean yes?”

It was perfect. We had our little moment together, and then when we walked outside all of our immediate family (and Karlisa!) were there to help us celebrate our engagement! I’m so glad that we had both of our families there since it is not an everyday event.
It will definitely be a July 4th we will never forget, and makes the cabin that much more special to us. Oh and I should mention that the quiet Scott was strictly because he was nervous. He was completely back to normal the second he popped the question.

The big question I keep getting asked: Did you expect it?

Answer: The thought ran through my head. However, it was quickly dismissed when I thought it through. If you know Scott you know that he is not a “planner.” He’s much more of the last minute planner. So when I thought of how long his family had planned this trip to Seattle and how long we had these plans for the 4th, I knew this was not something Scott had planned. And I later learned, I know my guy very well! He actually was not planning on doing it that particular weekend and decided that he would ask then only days before he did!!
We are both so happy to plan our wedding and looking forward to a life together. We will try to keep the blog updated with plans and thoughts as we go along.
Thank you from both of us for all the well wishes!

Here’s a picture of all the people at the 4th. Haden is turning into such an amazing photographer! We are starting a real tradition!!