Jeff & DeAnna's Wedding

Shower

Bachelor

Bachelorette

Shower
-- As orchestrated by the Maid of Honor, Lisa Silbernagel & mother of the bride, Lorraine Rice.
Games
We played the Cotton Ball Toss. The object of the game is to get as many cotton balls as possible from one container to another... blind-folded! I thought this would be easy, but little did I know that after walking back and forth, hunched over between the two bowls, I discovered I didn't get a single cotton ball into the other container -- instead, they were all over the floor!

We also played dress up. Most women have dressed up as a bride at least once in their young life -- but not with toilet paper! After 5 minutes of creative designer work we all were laughing!

Our Q&A game didn't involve my direct participation. Everyone was asked 10 questions about the bride and groom. The person with the most correct answers would be crowned as the winner. I didn't realize how well my family and friends know me -- especially the ones about those embarassing points.
Prizes
Some of the prizes awarded during the games included candles and candle holders, small picture frames, scented body lotions, and different shower gels. All the gifts were handed out in decorative baskets instead of being gift-wrapped -- a nice touch!
Food
Prepared by the mother of the bride, we feasted on Broccoli Cheese Casserole, Chinese Wontons, a Vegetable Tray, Cheese & Crackers, Spinach Dip & Rye Bread and Spicy Chicken Wings. But instead of punch, we had homemade Sangria -- my favorite!
Gifts
We waited until the end of the shower to open the gifts. The bride received numerous items for the bedrooms, bathrooms and the kitchen, and of course, the all important lingerie for the night of the wedding! The bows & ribbons from the gifts were saved to make the bride's bouquet for the wedding rehersal. A funny story was then composed using everything the bride said while opening the gifts. The dialogue of the story was supposeto be the bride talking to the groom on their wedding night... it was very, very strange, but quite funny! "Oooo, ahhhh, ohhhh" :)

Bachelor
Jeff's friends (there were seven) took him all over town.
The visited all of the clubs and bars. They partied all over the place, visiting all the hotspots. Unfortunately however now one brought a camera!
One thing worth mentioning, was during the last stop of the evening -- at a place at Disney's Boardwalk called JellyRolls. This is a piano bar where everyone sings along to two guys playing baby grand pianos. They pick songs that everyone knows.
Before the event was up, Jeff found himself being dragged up on stage. These guys were going to celebrate his engagement. Jeff stood on top of one of the pianos while the players instructed him to do the "My Little Teapot" dance whilest they played the song.
Jeff didn't know the dance at all, but vaugely remembers coming up with some orchestration during the "...here is my handle, here is my spout." :-)

Bachelorette
[this event is still a mystery]

Shower	-- As orchestrated by the Maid of Honor, Lisa Silbernagel & mother of the bride, Lorraine Rice. Games We played the Cotton Ball Toss. The object of the game is to get as many cotton balls as possible from one container to another... blind-folded! I thought this would be easy, but little did I know that after walking back and forth, hunched over between the two bowls, I discovered I didn't get a single cotton ball into the other container -- instead, they were all over the floor! We also played dress up. Most women have dressed up as a bride at least once in their young life -- but not with toilet paper! After 5 minutes of creative designer work we all were laughing! Our Q&A game didn't involve my direct participation. Everyone was asked 10 questions about the bride and groom. The person with the most correct answers would be crowned as the winner. I didn't realize how well my family and friends know me -- especially the ones about those embarassing points. Prizes Some of the prizes awarded during the games included candles and candle holders, small picture frames, scented body lotions, and different shower gels. All the gifts were handed out in decorative baskets instead of being gift-wrapped -- a nice touch! Food Prepared by the mother of the bride, we feasted on Broccoli Cheese Casserole, Chinese Wontons, a Vegetable Tray, Cheese & Crackers, Spinach Dip & Rye Bread and Spicy Chicken Wings. But instead of punch, we had homemade Sangria -- my favorite! Gifts We waited until the end of the shower to open the gifts. The bride received numerous items for the bedrooms, bathrooms and the kitchen, and of course, the all important lingerie for the night of the wedding! The bows & ribbons from the gifts were saved to make the bride's bouquet for the wedding rehersal. A funny story was then composed using everything the bride said while opening the gifts. The dialogue of the story was supposeto be the bride talking to the groom on their wedding night... it was very, very strange, but quite funny! "Oooo, ahhhh, ohhhh" :)
Bachelor	Jeff's friends (there were seven) took him all over town. The visited all of the clubs and bars. They partied all over the place, visiting all the hotspots. Unfortunately however now one brought a camera! One thing worth mentioning, was during the last stop of the evening -- at a place at Disney's Boardwalk called JellyRolls. This is a piano bar where everyone sings along to two guys playing baby grand pianos. They pick songs that everyone knows. Before the event was up, Jeff found himself being dragged up on stage. These guys were going to celebrate his engagement. Jeff stood on top of one of the pianos while the players instructed him to do the "My Little Teapot" dance whilest they played the song. Jeff didn't know the dance at all, but vaugely remembers coming up with some orchestration during the "...here is my handle, here is my spout." :-)
Bachelorette	[this event is still a mystery]