Bridal Shower Weekend!

The bride-to-be!

There is so much activity in this house it's crazy!  With my daughter Tricia's bridal shower on Sunday, Katie and Meghan have been furiously preparing for the house-full of guests who will be joining Tricia's bridesmaids and the rest of us to wish their sister and  her soon-to-be husband well.  It's such a blessing to have Meghan home again and to realize just what we'd been missing for the almost three years she's been away.  She's smart, funny, insightful, and such a work horse!  And she went to work almost immediately upon arriving home!  She and Katie have worked with boundless engergy (it seems -- my energy has absolute bounds!) to get our homes ready for this big event in our family. Together they have helped move major pieces of furniture, rearranged kitchens, washed, dried, and polished...and entertained two little boys at the same time.  Meghan's making up for daughter-sister-aunt time, and it is nothing less than wonderful to have her home again.  We've stayed up late and talked into the wee hours.  She and Tricia enjoyed some wedding shopping time together yesterday.  It's a good time of life right now for me as "Mom."  I love to see my kids enjoying each other's company.  It's very satisfying to realize they've all grown up into such interesting and unique people!

sisters...
Kate, Meghan, Trish

My contribution to the shower is an assortment of fruit-filled mini-scones, as well as a tower of fancy cupcakes.  I'll be making colorful fondant flowers to sit atop puffs of buttercream on an assortment of butter yellow and milk chocolate cupcakes.  I'll take photos and (of course!) share them with you!  Katie's making home-made soups and bringing in teas and tea sandwiches from a great little restaurant in Ballston Spa.  Bridesmaids are providing their own specialties, and with my baked goodies, it'll be a delicious afternoon!

As you can imagine, time's a wastin' so I have to get back to my busy kitchen and produce!  I can't wait until Sunday when the house is filled with the joy of best wishes.  I will look at my now-grown youngest child and wonder where the years have gone, and know that my own cup will overflow with pride and hope for the brightest of futures for Tricia and Jeff.  My kids will tease me for being emotional, but that's OK.  I'll love every second.

Me and my baby girl!