I took this picture of Dylan and Kelly the morning of their shower ... Kelly is all dressed and ready to take her mom (Julie) and sisters shopping. They had a lot of success! Julie was able to find a beautiful dress to wear to the wedding!
On our way to the shower, we stopped in to see Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. Dylan wanted to show us around, so that we could get used to it a little bit before the wedding. And this is Kelly's family ... well ... some of them at least! Shannon is 14 (next to Kelly), then Julie (mom), then Ashley, and then Erin! When these folk arrived Friday evening, Erin was sick and had been sick during the entire drive from Winona ... so she went to bed! I'm glad she felt good enough Saturday to join everyone for a fun day.
My dear and beautiful friend, Karen, hosted the shower for Dylan and Kelly. We have been friends now for 30 years! Everything Karen does is ... perfectly elegant ... yet she does NOT get all bent out of shape about the details ... everything just happily comes together ... and the best part is just being with her! 
These are the darling little cookies she ordered ... KPD ... so beautiful ... and delicious!
Julie was putting on the finishing touches of her gifts for Kelly ...
I could take a million pictures of Karen's house and not begin to do it justice. It is SO lovely ... everything about it ...
... and look! Her daisies are SO wonderful!
Guests began to arrive and it was so much fun to listen to Kelly greet her dear friends and pour out her love on them. Kelly has a great heart and such a loving spirit about her. She is very well loved by so many people ... 
Ashley and Shannon enjoyed Karen's fun swing out back ...
And this is Karen ... who only gets more and more beautiful each year of her life. It was such a beautiful evening for the shower. Rain had been predicted ... but instead ... deep blue skies and wonderful warm weather. We enjoyed delicious food and drink both inside and outside ...
And then it was time to open gifts! Everyone gathered on the back patio area and Kelly sat on a bench. The gift-giver would sit beside Kelly as she opened it up and would tell us how they knew Kelly, etc. Kelly was so full of JOY opening these gifts. It was so much fun to listen to her excitement and such kind words of thanks to each and every friend. 
About midway through the gift opening, Dylan arrived ...
... with flowers for his bride to be! Oh, Dylan ... very romantic!
I love how Dylan is looking at Kelly in this picture! I love the friendship these two share ...
Kelly's mom gave them a great picnic basket stuffed with practical and cool things ... 
She also gave them some heirloom doilies ... just beautiful!
I framed a photograph and put just a portion of the prayer of St. Patrick on it ... because it just says so much about our lives as followers of Christ! I think they liked it. We also got them a salad bowl set that was on their registry.
And Karen got them a great popcorn popper and the coolest popcorn bowl I have ever seen. 
I have posted about 97 pictures of Kelly's shower over on Facebook ... I'm just too tired tonight to post anymore with Blogger ... it's been especially troublesome and SLOW tonight!I do want to say, though, how nice it was to meet Julie, Ashley, Erin and Shannon. They are really fun and wonderful people. It was kind of like having my very own bed-'n-breakfast this weekend! I am very thankful for the strength God gave to us and the warm fellowship we enjoyed with Kelly's family!
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