Honoring the Beautiful Bride-to-be

Michelle's fans in the ward gave her a wonderful bridal shower on May 9th. It began with a delicious brunch buffet: strata (kind of like a really moist quiche without the crust), fresh strawberries, spinach and strawberry salad, melon cream puffs, and, of course, Oreos from Michelle Ballantyne, in remembrance of the times Michelle satisfied her craving at their house when ours was lacking. (We still have a box "hidden" in the garage that no one has touched since you were here! Probably it's about time to restock....)



Michelle's best friends from high school days, Christina Heaton and Sarah Howe Potter, were in attendance, as well as several of our former and current neighbors: Gigi Schulte, Peggy Wells, and Marian Heaton. Paula Carlson drove all the way down from Mesa to join in honoring Michelle.




We gathered in the family room for the tradition telling of how the bride and groom met. It was fun to watch Michelle open her gifts. She was so gracious and thrilled with everything. The group gift was a set of anodized pans from Costco. Barbara Wright made a charming apron. My gift (with help from experts in the ward) was the pillow shams to complete her comforter set she had made for Personal Progress. Josh arrived towards the end of the shower so the ladies could meet him. They all loved him, of course!