Bridal Shower & Funeral

Yesterday was a busy day for me. After work I attended Susan's step-dad's funeral. Her mom had remarried back in 2004 and he fell sick as of late (cancer I believe) and passed away last weekend. It was really sad because Grandpa Larry was Andrew's favorite, and he was also Andrew's day care provider. So Susan was having a difficult time deciding how to tell Andrew that Grandpa Larry wasn't coming back. It was a nice service though. Susan's eldest brother, Tim, put together a slide show to music with pictures of Larry throughout his life (come to find out he was stationed in Panama for awhile) and pictures of his kids and grand kids. It was really sweet.

Then, right after the service I had to boogy down to Chico for Poppy's bridal shower/dinner at Tres Hombres. I grabbed a little "something" to bring with me as a bridal gift:
This is going to help a stressed out bride a lot more than lingerie. I got to the restaurant first and was soon greeted by Sarah, Dawn and Poppy.

We were also joined by three other friends of Poppy's and her mom and sister. After dinner we got down with some present opening.
Lacey delicates from Sarah which only served to embarrass Poppy. Especially when Sarah draped them around her neck.
A musical card from Dawn which could barely be heard over the loud college kids and mu-zac in Tres Hombres.
And the much needed and deserved gift from her happiness, me.

Check out our cherry tomatoes and cucumber:
They're as big as golf balls and hard as rocks. CrAzY!
Not the most beautiful cucumber in the world, but it's trying. It looks like it'd only really be good for pickling. Assuming we were picklers.

Now we're off to Barnes and Nobles and CholoMaxx for the rest of our groceries. Short list this week since we leave after work on Wednesday for Portland. Woo Hoo for vacations!