a baby shower...

The whole reason we went to the farm on Grace's birthday was to throw Lucas and Jessica a baby shower!!!!

Her sister had thrown her an awesome shower earlier in the month and a lot of church people and friends and family in town were able to come to that.  Since most of our side of the family is out of town, Amy and I threw them a mail-in baby shower and brought all the present to them.  We planned a fun evening with our immediate family celebrating this little boy who was to come soon!

 

And it was not just your "come over to Mom and Dad's so you can open these gifts we got in the mail" type of evening.  No, it had panache and style!  Mostly thanks to Amy who was in charge of these gorgeous decorations.

I was in charge of food - brats and burgers (which Marcus grilled, thanks!!), Mom and Dad's sweet corn, veggies and fruit and chips, and brownies and ice cream for dessert.  Went over well with kids and big kids alike!

And as our family is inclined to do when we get together, we took photos outside after supper.  Here is the lovely Dad and Mom to be!  Marcus and Amy got better pictures of everyone else (really of everything this whole evening!) so pop over to their blog to check them out.

After pictures we headed back inside for games!  Name to baby animal (Boppa, stop using your phone!), and a price is right game with baby stuff (and our next item shown to us by the lovely Evie...).

Then on to the best part of the night...presents!  Oh the kids had just as much fun with Uncle Lucas and Auntie Jessica opening presents as they did!  We all got them some favorite baby items and lots of fun toys for the little guy too.

It was such a great evening, being together as a family and celebrating this super exciting event for Lucas and Jessica.  We love you guys so much and know you are going to be awesome parents!