right, so we had planned to go talk to leanne about wedding flowers when we were in onalaska for alex's graduation festivities. we were gonna talk centerpieces, church decorations, boquets,...nature everywhere (and we did --she kept pulling examples out of her workshop! we'd describe an idea and she'd say "well, here i might have something like that..." it was funny!).
we never realized that it was a ploy! a ploy to get us away from the group! no, we didn't ever once become suspicious. not when emily met us at the minneapolis airport ("i thought i'd come to alex's graduation as a de-stressor!"), not when her mom met us all in lacrosse (a surprize to all three of us! "i've never been to lacrosse --it sounded like the perfect time!") not when emily said "oh i can't go look at flowers with you guys...i think i ate too many jalapenos too fast" (i simply insisted that becca get emily to the car to lie down immediately...and take her home...exactly what they wanted). not when mom drove us around leanne's neighborhood after talking about flowers "because i just think it's so beautiful" (really to let leanne beat us to our house). not even when they shouted SUPRIZE!
i was reported to have said "surprize what? where's alex?" (he was the celebrity of the hour in his graduating status)
ryan hadn't caught on either and was being encouraged by dad to "go help colleen in the family room"...becca kindly explained that it was a suprize wedding shower for the happy couple, and that would include ryan and me.
"oh!" it all became clear, and my hindsight kicked in sharp and clear.
everyone sighed a big sigh of relief (laughing at us) and didn't believe that we could be so dense as to not put clue and clue together. our excuse is that we were so tired, and my family is so crazy in its own sweet way that we just went with the flow. i mean, why argue why emily and paulette might be in onalaska on a holiday weekend? how rude to question their motives!
so we got down to that business of wedding party games (i got scared, ryan seemed to tense up)... but there was nothing about which to worry, becca and emily are in full control of their sense of propriety. yea!! the entire group ate the snack spread, learned to fold napkins in a little bishop's hats, and proceded to play "guess this item...or how to ___?___". becca and emily had a bag full of crazy gadgets that the two teams (ryan's team and colleen's team) had to guess the use of... not the bag, the gadgets. things like needle books, horse hoof cleaner, plastic bag holder, tomato wraps, and rubber cement remover pads were among the items. guesses were deemed "accurate" or "creative." my team was very creative. ryan's team kept going on accurate streaks. the gadgets made for fun favors! so what do i do with the electrical plastic wrapping tubes? ornaments this year?
so really, we were surprized, and our faith in bridal/wedding showers was restored. it was a fabulous time, and fun was actually had by ALL. !
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