Guichie Guichie, ya ya, dada

Have I mentioned how much fun it is to be a part of the whole "wedding scene" again? Matt and I attend our fair share of weddings which is one of my favorite parts about being in ministry. It is even MORE fun when family is involved. Matt's brother Andrew is getting married this month. My sweet sister-in-law to be MacKenzie has included me in the ceremony which means I get to be a bridesmaid again =). I have to admit I'm a bit psyched!

MacKenzie's sister and mother hosted a personal shower at their home on Friday night. MacKenzie and I had Laura's personal shower there a little over a year ago. If we can wrangle up some females for Seth and Ben, we can have one again next year. The picture above is from this year, and the one below is from last year. I am STILL the shortest in the group. I thought maybe I'd grown a bit taller--I knew I had grown wider =). I guess I need to invest in some stiletto's.

Tyra (MacKenzie's mom) asked me to be in charge of games. It's quite hard finding PG-13/R rated games online. There are LOADS of x-rated games, but I didn't find them that tasteful (shocking, eh?). So, I tweeked and came up with my own versions of games.
Game 1 -we played shoot the weiner on Andrew. Debbie brought me a poster from school which featured Regis Philbin wide legged with a book. As you can see, I changed a couple of elements on the poster, like Regis's face and the book he was sporting. At least the READ message was still clear at the top.

Game 2 - we played Porno Pictionary. Being a preschool teacher and all, I have access to certain things, like chalkboards. I had MacKenzie leave the room and everyone drew a "risque" picture and MacKenzie had to come back in the room, guess what the picture was, and select a favorite. There were some pretty great artisits in the mix. I made sure the boards were erased thouroughly. I wouldn't want any of the 3 year olds at EEP having sex education to early!
Games 3 & 4 - I asked all the girls to come up with a household chore that they HATE doing and to be specific on why they hate doing it. Once everyone had written something on the card, I collected them and gave them to MacKenzie. BUT, instead of stating I hate doing the dishes because..., she had to say I hate having sex because...It was the funniest game.

I also asked MacKenzie a series of questions about Andrew and for each one that she got wrong, she had to chew a piece of gum. Can you tell by the wad how many she missed?

She was such a great sport about everything. Here are pictures of some of the goodies she received.

We love you MacKenzie and are looking forward to adding you to our Deaton bunch!