Bridal Shower Bliss

Yesterday my bridesmaids, friend Andi and mom threw me a wonderful bridal shower. The theme was vintage kitchen and thanks to the set decorations from my matron-of-honor's husband's last film the place fit the theme and was adorable! The invitation told everyone to wear their favorite apron to the party and the girls made me one that says Mrs. Mattson (picture below). They also gave everyone a recipe card to fill out so I now have lots of new recipes to try out with all our new kitchen gear.

I feel so blessed and loved by all the planning and hard work (some even driving 4 hours with a migraine) my girlfirends put in to make my shower so great! And I feel so loved by all the women who came and showered me with love and gifts. I am truly blessed to be surrounded by amazing women. It now really does feel like the wedding is just around the corner and I can't wait!

My new apron

Such a cute theme

The amazing gifts

The beautiful hostesses

With my mommy

My soon to be mother-in-law

One of my favorite gifts was my future mother-in-laws LAFD apron now passed dow to me the soon to be LAFD wife

Great to meet my future mother-in-law's beautiful friends

Finally got to snuggle baby Lucas

A few of my mom's "groupies"

Dessert!

Can't wait to read these...

...and try these!

Ms to Mrs

Eric and I picked up our marriage license a few days ago which was a very exciting event. When we looked down to sign the paperwork we saw Robyn Mattson on the line for "new name." It was crazy and exciting to see the name I will forever more have once we are married in October. Reflecting on the excitement of the name change I began to think of all the times I have heard women criticize the tradition of taking the man's name. One that really stands out to me is when women say "but you will lose your identity!" Yes, that is exactly what will happen. My identity as Robyn Gibson will be forever gone. I will take on a new identity as Robyn Mattson (just typing that is fun :). Does this mean I am a different person? Yes, actually it does. I will no longer be "me", from now on it will be "us." I am happy to give up my identity as an individual and become a team, a partnership, and hopefully one day a family. This is not something that is scary or sad or negative in my mind. I have loved being a Gibson and anyone who knows me knows how much I love my dad and am proud to have his name. But my dad helped me pick the best possible spouse and on October 13th he will give me away to this worthy man who I will be joined to. As the two become one flesh it seems only fitting to me that we also bare the same name. Do my parents see this as dishonorable to them? Not at all! My mom was proud to become a Gibson and both of my parents are excited to see me become a Mattson.

One final thought on why I am more than willing and excited to take the Mattson name. When we filled out the paperwork for our marriage license there was the option of having Eric take my name. When I saw that I immediately said "no way! You are the leader of this family and so it is your name that we will bare!" Any who have been following my blog have probably gathered how much I value the leadership role of the husband and father in a family. It will be Eric's job to guide our marriage and family and ultimately lead us all to heaven so it is his name that myself and our future children will bare.