This last weekend I gave my best friend Shannon a bachelorette party because her Maid of Honor was too busy to put things together. I only had a week to plan, but it worked out so great!
I decided to make it a "Pretty Pretty Princess" Party, just like the game I used to play when I was a little girl. This is the invitation I put together for it. It is an edited version of the front of the game, and I inserted Shannons face into the princess's. This was a big hit!
I figured that getting married was a lot like going from a princess to a queen, so I did a little presentation with a crown and sash. It worked out really well for the party. There were games throughout the day/night that you had to win to get jewelry and crowns. It was so much fun. We all met at Shannons house on Lake Washington where we ate lunch and cake and played a "How well do you know Shannon" game. Then we went on a scavenger hunt through tht city where we had to spell out letters from Shannons name. Here is Kari and Lauren making an "R" at the troll.
The first team to finish got to wear princess crowns the rest of the night. My team got last because we had no idea how to get to Gasworks park, and traffic was really bad! Here we are spelling a "C" at Kerry Park
From there we went to "The Garage" which is a really neat bowling place in Seattle. We had such a blast! We had our own private area to eat and play around and we had enough room for all the girls to bowl 2 full games. Here is Shannon (a little intoxicated) before she started to bowl. Yes, she is carrying a "you-know-what" that her sister gave her to wear around. "Willy" became the mascot of the party.
Once we had played a few games we headed out to a dance club called Venom. It was packed full of people, but we didnt mind too much because we got the VIP room! We all danced until 2 in the am and then headed on home. All the girls that attended were a lot of fun, and did a great job helping to give Shannon a good "last single night out".
This last weekend I gave my best friend Shannon a bachelorette party because her Maid of Honor was too busy to put things together. I only had a week to plan, but it worked out so great! 
Cory just moved back here from Utah a few months ago and it has been really nice to have him back home. Recently we got to hang out in the city and we took the elevator up to the top of the Space Needle.
I know that its common for parents to feel old when their child becomes legal, but is it weird when an older sibling feels that way? It seems like just yesterday we were building forts under the ping pong table and planning pranks to play on all the babysitters. 
When Cory was born, my parents asked me what I wanted to name him. I thought long and hard and decided to name him after my hero at the time, Bill Cosby. I threw a fit when I heard my parents call him Cory instead of Cosby the day they brought him home from the hospital.
so they spent the rest of the night enjoying the weather from the other side of the screen door.
Matt and I just got a new BBQ from some friends that moved back to Utah, and we are sure putting it to use! Its the perfect size for our back deck, and it works great. Last summer we ate out almost everyday because it was too hot to cook inside, so it will be nice to have the BBQ to make our own dinners outside this year, and save some money.
Matt and I got Laurel a really cute Roxy purse filled with hair goodies from Claires. She loved it! Its no suprise since she is always asking for me to do her hair. We got Aubrey a really cute top with a matching sweater. We thought clothes would be good since most of her stuff is handed down from her older sister. And also, when it doesnt fit her, it can be baby Danas!
Anyway, Matt, Shauna, Brett and I went bowling last night, and I played my worst game ever! My first game I only got an 84!! Sad right? I ended up winning the second game but only because Matt and Brett played around with running to the lane to see how fast they could make the ball go into the pins instead of focusing on winning.
Matt, Shauna and I went to Corys house in Greenlake this weekend to watch the Cinco De Mayo fight between Oscar DeLaHoya and Mayweather. (It sucked by the way! Oscar lost, but totally kicked butt in my book.) Matt and Cory did some fighting of their own. Aww, just like brothers!
Im sure Matthew would like me to add that he won, with Cory tapping out in the first round :)
