Yesterday was Kim’s bridal shower.
It was absolutely lovely.
I’ve never seen such an entertaining and perfect bride.
She made the rounds to the tables multiple times, each time, having entertaining things to say to the entire table.
Before opening the gifts, she gave a speech to the room introducing Kerry, her maid of honor, Michaela, Erin and I, her mother-in-law to be and her mother. It was quite lovely.
As she opened her gifts, she would not only read the card aloud to tell us who the gift was from, but she would also tell us how she knew the person and told a small anecdote about the person.
She would also tell us why they had registered for that particular gift.
It made the present-opening portion of the afternoon, normally the longest and most boring part of any shower, delightful.
Of course, when her friend, Jess, did push-ups in the corner, that was pretty entertaining as well.
My favorite part of the afternoon was simply the opportunity to celebrate Kim for awhile longer.
In her speech before opening gifts she mentioned that she has been a bridesmaid 13 times and can’t stop crying over the fact that it’s finally her turn.
And I’m so very glad it’s her turn, because it’s an honor to finally be able to celebrate someone who has been busy celebrating us all of these years.
After the shower, I headed to Monkey in the Middle’s football game and spent the evening with the family, but at 9, I hopped back in the car to pick up Erin and Michaela (Kim was all showered-out by 9) and we went to see Pitch Perfect.
Which I loved.
Movie review portion of the blog ahead.
This movie made me smile.
Big.
I wanted to just stand up and starting belting out the tunes with the group and harmonize with them right there in the theater.
Which might have been okay, because there were only about 15 people in the theater.
Many people call it Glee for college, but it was quite different than Glee.
It was edgier and I loved the songs that the groups were doing and the way they all mashed together.
Although I couldn’t stand Anna Kendrick in the Twilight movies and was surprised at the choice of her as the lead, she did a great job with the role and I really enjoyed her character, as well as almost every other character in the film.
It’s not a film for kids, so I won’t be taking Monkey Girl to see it, but man, did I love this movie.
As they knew I would, after dropping off the girls, I plugged in my phone and started belting out the tunes.
So, great day to celebrate Kim, great night to hang with the girls.
Congrats to my Kimmie.
So very, very glad it’s your turn.
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