Ashlin is my cute cute niece and she is getting married to cute cute Matt (see one of my previous posts of their engagements pics.) We had a shower for her in St. Anthony with all of our SHARP friends and relatives. I was not in possession of my camera most of the day and after I looked at the pictures I did take I was a little disappointed with myself. That being said, here are a few of the pictures that actually turned out. (I will do much better at the reception)!!!
Kelsie, Michael, Ashlin
They were all looking at Nakia, she was asking questions about Matt and Ashlin got a lot of them right, it was pretty impressive.
Gaven, Jerika, Sydney, Michael, Keslie, & Mandy
The lady sitting by Mandy used to work with Denni (Ashlin's mom)
You really can't see who these people are, they are so far away. Anyway, it is Ashlin, Alaina Sharp (married to my cousin Travis), Aunt Zenda, Gaye Orr (my bestest friend Holly's mom), Nancy Barker (the best next door neighbor ever growing up), Afton Wasden (my amazing aunt, who happens to life right across the street from mom and dad), Aubrey Bowman's pretty hair (her mom grew up next door to us and her and Ash ended up being friends too) and Judy Thueson (our next door neighbor on the other side of us growing up.)
More people you really can't see, mom is over on the left taking pictures and next to her is Crystal and Heidi (both cousins of mine), the large lading in the purple is blocking the cute skinny lady behind her, which is Tracy Sharp (married to my nephew Shawn Sharp) and then in front of the door is Linda (sister in law) and then the two ladies Denni worked with (not sure of their names) and then Kinlee is front and center. I just realized my other sister in law Cindy dodged all of the pictures taken with my camera and I don't think I have any of Nakia either, but they were both there.
Isn't she so cute and look at that pretty hair.
KaReena and Gaven
Lydia, Brayli & Kinlee
Fabric mom bought for her quilt.
Nakia, KaReena, Cindy & I got her a whole basket full of fun stuff. One of the things that was in the basket was one of her moms old sweaters that she LOVED from Christopher and Banks. After her mom died, I kept the sweater and we decided to have something made out of it when she got married. Well, mom made a throw pillow out of it just this week, but when we gave her the sweater she got all teary. We also got her a really pretty purple nighty, well mom happened to pick up my camera and I picked up hers (yes this is one of the hazards of having matching cameras) and it just so happened moms shot that was on my camera was not really focused. So, that picture is not being included on the blog. Happy Shower Ashy, I hope you had a nice day!! We love you!!!!!!!!
On a side note regarding pictures, here is my story about why I take so many pictures. When Ashlin's mom died several years ago (I have decided not to count the years, it just makes me sad) we looked through pictures for an obituary picture and just for memory sake. Well, come to find out nobody really had taken many pictures in the years leading up to her death (part of that was because she didn't like her picture taken too). We have some, but not as many as I would have liked to have had for the girls. Since it was too late to take pictures of her, I decided that was one regret I could actually fix and made a goal to do better in the future. Well, I have taken so many pictures since then and I really do make some people angry, however I know they will thank me later, at least that is what I tell myself. So, that is why I am a picture freak!!
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