Party All The Time

Because that’s what we do.
Party.
Party.
Party.

For instance:
My Parents

They went and got married something like
50 years ago.

You can see they were so very young.
But aren’t they cute?
And they’ve stuck it out.
50 years!!
So amazing to me.
Such great examples.
I love my parents and couldn’t have been raised by better people.
I truly believe that.

Their actual anniversary is in September, but since we had the whole most of the family
together last weekend, we needed to celebrate it then.
So, after inviting Aunts and Uncles,
cousins and close friends,
we met at the local park
(just up the street from the house they got married in)
and celebrated these amazing people.

We kept the decorations simple. But we were very pleased with how they turned out!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We needed no caterers.
We all pitched in and combined our cooking talents and created a sumptuous buffet.
Sweet and Savory.
And oh, so delicious!

The best part was the guests that came. Friends and family that have meant so much to my parents over the years.

This beautiful lady was my mom’s bride’s maid all those years ago. They’ve kept in touch. Mom was so surprised to see her.
She didn’t dream that she’d make it to the party.
What a wonderful treat/surprise for her!
Can you see the tears in her eyes?

 

 

 

My Dad’s best man was his brother.
It’s amazing when we look at them, we can see our grandparents.
And back in the day, when my dad had his mustache, they looked just like each other.

 

 

 

It was a super-dee-duper party!
And even though my parents are very humble people who don’t like to be fussed over,
I think they were very pleased and happy with the festivities!

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We couldn’t stop with just one party!
There is another person in the family that needed a party as well.

Scooter.

Turned 10.

I freaked out just a little bit.
My baby boy is numbered in the double digits now.
He will be a double digit-er for the rest of his life.

That’s something to celebrate, isn’t it?

Today we took him and some friends to play.
And they played hard.
We played miniature golf.
Go-carts.
And bumper boats.

And we ate cupcakes.
Some ate cupcakes until they wanted to vomit.
Some boys showed more restraint and only ate one.
Thank heavens since we were riding in my car.

(It was too windy for the candle to stay lit, so we did a fake blow! He played his part well, didn’t he?)

I feel very strongly about having a homemade/decorated cake for my children for their birthdays.
But I simply didn’t have time to decorate a fancy cake for Scooter this year.
He agreed that cupcakes would be okay
(it took some convincing).
So we started looking at cupcake ideas (THANK YOU PINTEREST!!).
First the thought of “Monster Cupcakes” was quite appealing.
Then he saw the baseball cupcakes.
He’s totally on a baseball kick again, because this week he got to throw out the opening
pitch for our local semi-pro team.
(More on that later.)
Then he saw these cupcakes.
And this is exactly what he wanted.
And since it’s his birthday and he’s in charge….
I agreed.
Besides, I was able to knock these out in an hour
and I only had to buy Skittles for decorating.
Ka-ching!
I saved a ton of money!

What the heck? The kids loved them!

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And that’s the end of our partying ways… for now.