My Bachelorette Bash

Two days.  One lake.  Three boats.  Two jet skis.  Two houses.  Eight of my favorite girls. Three of my favorite boys.  Six of my favorite aunts and uncles.  One death defying leap off of the roof of a houseboat.  One of my favorite families.  One wicked hail storm.  One broken bikini top.  An undisclosed number of cute gifts at the lingerie shower. Two early morning runs by the lake.  Three phenomenal meals thanks to Aunt Evil Kineval and Queso.  All that adds up to the best Bachelorette Bash ever.

College Roomie taking it all in.

I love him.

These girls!

Jet ski time.

I got carsick after about 5 minutes.

Wouldn't have been a party without these two.

The bride had to do a little skiing.



This dude fell out of the boat.

LOKG rocking the cheerleader moves.

Go Pokes!

"The lake people."



My cheerleader attempt.

LOKG's leap.

They finally convinced me to go.  Please notice Mrs. Hepburn's face.

The jump.

Our amazing digs for the weekend.

I analyzed it all, held my nose, jumped like crazy and hoped not to die.  TBFT dove head first.

 


Relaxing in Big Bertha.

Group jump.

Our trusty pontoon boat Capitan.

Yes, there are boys there.  The groom included.  I've had several comments from people about how this is not right and it's not normal and it's not a bachelorette party.  Screw that.  Here's the deal, kids, I wanted to celebrate with the people who I love the most.  That includes the groom.  That includes BFF and his crazy brother.  That includes my uncles and the Hepburn men.  Ergo, they came to my party and I promise you a few Y chromosomes didn't ruin the fun.  And that's the beauty of life.....I get to make my choices and you can make yours.  Phew, let me step down off my soapbox now.

There are really no words for how loved I felt and how much fun I had at this little bash.  I had friends travel in from all across three states to be there.  We had not one, but two amazing lake houses offered to us for free.  We had multiple people come along just to drive boats and help organize skiing and tubing and swimming fun.  Also, turns out several of my friends are not "lake people" as BFF put it, but they loaded up, cinched their life jackets up and spent the day on the water because it was what I wanted to do.  Friendship at its finest.

And even BFF getting completely lost trying to find the dock, a huge hail storm we barely missed, The Boy from Texas' lost sunglasses, our failure to get a photo jumping off the roof holding hands for the wedding that said, "Taking the Plunge" and the subsequent rough morning taking engagement pictures didn't damper the fun. 

It was the best bachelorette party I could have imagined.  Thank you is not enough for all of you who helped make it so, but it's a start.