Sandy's Baby Shower

How cute are the invitations?! 

They were made by my sweet friend Ashley :) 

My sister in law Lauren and I threw a baby shower for Sandy (our sister in law) a few days before Christmas. Since they do not plan on finding out what they are having, we went for the perfect neutral colors: light yellow and green. 

We did these in lieu of games!!!

 (find them here- i get mine printed at UPS)

    

We had Crystal Light Mojito and Lemonade (keeping up with the theme here)

Enjoying the yummy brunch food.... We had banana bread, egg casserole, 

chicken salad and egg salad sandwiches, cupcakes, chips, cookies, and fruit salad. 

My mama in law made the cupcakes and cute duck cookies! 

(everything she bakes is so yummy!)

Time to open gifts!

Mustache pacifiers and Clemson items

Laughter at some of the "suggestive" clothing

A snugglebug (of course)!!

(The shirt says "Mommy and Daddy's Future Running Buddy")

Proud grandmas/mothers? I'm not sure they have names yet......

We had a fun time showering Sandy with love, gifts, food, and prayer! 

We are excited for their new adventure in parenting!! 

And we look forward to meeting baby Pepin at the end of March/beginning of April!!! 

Celebrating Sandy

The weekend before Thanksgiving, I attended a shower along with my mom, grandma & mother-in-law for Sandy. We played a few games, ate some food, and enjoyed the gift opening banter. {Sandy is marrying Matt's younger brother Mark at the end of December}

 

Before gift opening, Sandy had to answer questions correctly that Mark had previously answered. I think she got only 1 or 2 questions wrong (I definitely got several wrong at my own shower-HA)!!

Some of the best facial expressions ever :)

There's a funny story behind this shot!

With her mom and new mama

Sandy's mom & the Pepin ladies (missing L)

We had a good time showering Sandy with love & presents!

An Honor

My younger sister was asked to attend the Marine Corps Birthday Ball by one of her best friends from home. He is a freshman at the Citadel and was invited (from what I hear it's an honor to be asked as a Knob) to attend. 

So, my parents and K came down to stay for Saturday & Sunday the first weekend of November. We hung out and then I helped K get ready by doing her nails, hair, and makeup :) 

We drove downtown and took some pictures of them around the grounds of the Citadel and 

then took them to the Ball (freshman aren't allowed a car). 

It was fun to hear about the Marine traditions, the food they ate, and who they sat with when they got back later that night!!

T and K

I love laughing photos

SO serious

We enjoyed having T stay at our place and attend church with us Sunday morning. 

We went to lunch at Red's Ice House and then my mom and I left for North Carolina. 

While we were gone, everyone hung out at our apartment before taking T back to campus before curfew. Thanks T for taking my little sister to enjoy a once in a lifetime experience. 

{Thankful for honorable friends}

ps- She's growing up too fast! 

SixTEEN candles

My precious little sister turned 

SWEET SIXTEEN!!! 

(on April 21st- I'm a bit late in the post)

AND- that makes me feel so o-l-d..... It's still hard to believe she is in high school!!! When she was born, we called her our Blessing from heaven :) We are 10 years apart and every year that she gets older, the closer we become..... I love that fact!!

Bridesmaid Luncheon

My Maid of Honor

Please tell me who letters in Varsity XC as a 7th and 8th grader?!

2008

Matt and I were able to be in South Carolina the day before her birthday, so I could spend the day with my family (Matt had a previous engagement with work). K had a soccer game right after school against a local high school. After her game, I went home with my mom to start dinner while K stayed for the other game.

K is #3

We had a lovely dinner and afterwards we had ice cream cake and opened all her gifts! She got the typical girly things: clothes, shoes, jewelry, etc  :)

My dear sister is 

beautiful

loves Jesus

sweet

caring

has a heart for the elderly

athletic

smart

loves kids

a good listener

fun to be with

my friend

loves others

sarcastic

smiley

creative

fun

and so much more!