Courtney's Getting Married!!!

Here is the soon to be BRIDE!! The big day isn't until September, but seeing how Courtney is moving to the east coast (to be close to Gary- the groom to be) we got to do her bridal shower early. Talk about fun!! Hats, hats, hats, hats, hats! The theme was "Southern Belle" and so all of the ladies donned large (and some highly creative) tea party hats! The bridesmaids did a great job putting the party together with flowers, decorations and the yummiest southern food ever! You might not be able to tell in the pictures, but it was seriously over 90 degrees today! It was ridiculously hot and the whole shower was outside!
Court and I have been buddies since the olden days when we wore training bras and weren't allowed to hang out with boys- she is smart, fun and super sweet! We are all so excited for you!

The 3 generations of the Carpenter girls: Magda, Debbie and Court

And here are the girls: Liz, Shannon, Brooke, Dawn, Lindsey, Courtney, me and Jenni. Best part is, we've all been friends since high school and we still have a ton of fun whenever we get together. We have all become so busy and are quite different now in so many ways, but I can count on these girls to provide endless laughs and awesome story telling of the good ol' days!

Had to take a picture of Brooke because she looked so awesome in her enormous hat and purple ensemble. Purple happens to be one of my most favorite colors so I was a big fan!

Shannon was in a black dress with a white hat, and I was in a white dress with a black hat. I dunno, thought that was cool enough to take a picture of:)

Some of the original "RB" girls looking their finest! Thank goodness for the large hats today or else all of us would've been burnt to a crisp!

These Red Velvet cupcakes were AMAZING! Aside from the cajun shrimp, grits, crab cakes and biscuits, these cupcakes were yummy AND beautiful!

I provided one of the games for the shower where I put 12 different white powdered ingredients into cupcake tins and then everyone had to try to figure out what they all were. How many of you think you could tell the difference between cornstarch, baking powder and baking soda? It's a fun idea for a shower game and you guys should try it!
All in all, a super fun day!