Saturday Night Fun

Whew! What a weekend! Not sure what you did, but we hosted 3 parties at our house.  One was very impromptu, one was planned last spring, and the other was planned about 24 hours in advance. You could say it was a full 48 hours! Saturday night was the very impromptu party.  I found out one of my friends was going to be in town so I decided to invite another one to come visit with us too.  Before we knew it, we had several friends over! I was gross and in major need of a shower, but your real friends don't care about that, right?

Speaking of real friends, only they would cheer you on as you make giant cupcakes. Yep, as they watched one disastrous cake stick to the pan and me have a mini panic attack, they cheered excitedly as the replacement cake slid out of the pan perfectly. I gotta tell you, it's much more fun working in the kitchen when your friends are there helping you and giving you praise.

So, who was there? Glad you asked.

Lydia made the 3 hour drive.  She actually stayed the night with her parents, but we were very glad she came over to hang out for a while.

Also in attendance were Sarah and Allison.  They used to be neighbors but now Allison lives in our town. Sarah came to stay the night with us so she wouldn't miss out on the fun. It was good to see her!

Chris came with Allison and they picked up a couple pizzas on their way. (That's why we love them!)

The Washburn family came earlier in the evening too, but had to leave to go home for dinner. Mary Elizabeth saw the panic in my face when I realized I might not have enough glasses for the next day's party, so she came to my rescue and drove all the way back over later that night to bring more glasses. Thanks, M.E.!

And last, but certainly not least, Doc was there too. Like I've said before, I don't think I could ever host a party without him! He kept the drinks going for all of us and ran to the store to grab more cake mix when I needed it.

I really am so lucky to have such great friends. I don't know that I could survive without all of them.

The next day's party was much bigger.  I have lots of pictures to share with you so check back soon!

Friends, Cupcakes, and Funglish

I'm so behind! I can't believe how long it's been since I posted. My apologies. I plan on making up for that right now. Friday night there was a 5k in our neighborhood that ran right in front of our house. The last two years Doc and I have participated in the race - him running and me walking. This year, we decided it would be fun to invite a few friends over to watch the race and cookout instead. It's much more fun to sit back and watch people exercising than to actually do it yourself, right?

Jenny and Darrin came to watch.

And so did this little princess.

She loves her momma....

...but sometime neglects her puppy dog.

Her proud daddy came over too.

Allison brought her new toy over. Her approach to photography is a little different from mine. I may have to try the drink-in-one-hand-camera-in-the-other style soon. :)

Her husband, Chris, spent some time entertaining Miss Wesley.

The race was fun to watch. It started at 7:00 pm and the pace car and lead runner passed our house shortly after. I think we were between the first and second mile markers. Our neighbors had their water hose out to give the runners a rinse-off as they passed by.

By the time the last walkers were through, Doc had dinner ready for us. Pork tenderloins, cowboy beans, and rolls. Yumm-oh! (I really could not host parties without Doc. I always have the idea to invite everyone over, and I sometimes help with the prep-work, but when the actual party starts happening, I completely forget all of my hosting duties. Good thing he ALWAYS remembers to cook the food and get it ready to serve!)

Here we are after I thanked him for cooking while I sat outside taking pictures and visiting with our friends.

Thursday night I decided to make cupcakes for us to have as dessert. They're supposed to look like cherry and blueberry pies. Can you see it? Sorta?

After dinner, Wesley changed into her pj's and got ready for bed. Doc didn't really help calm her down.

Flying baby!

Later in the evening, we broke out the Funglish game. Who says it's just for kids?

My teammates!

I'm sure you're dying to know so I'll just go ahead and say it....the girls won.   Maybe if the boys are lucky, we'll let them have a rematch one day.

Bunco Night

Last Monday night was my turn to host my bunco group.

We started off the evening with fresh fruit sangritas and appetizers.

After a yummy dinner of Paula Dean's cannelloni and Olive Garden salad, we rang the bell and it was time to roll!

Because we only had nine people show up, I decided to sit out so we could have two full tables of four each. Of course, I wouldn't be able to win any money, but I couldn't lose it either. Everyone else was excited to play!

Well, everyone except for Allison, maybe...

I think my favorite part of the evening was dessert. I don't know about everyone else, but I thought it was delicious!  Chocolate cups with a scoop of white chocolate mousse, milk chocolate mousse, raspberries, strawberries, and whipped cream...mmmm!

I love this group of girls and look forward to bunco night every month.  The night's always full of catching up, gossiping, and LOTS of laughter.

The hardest part of it all is having to wait four weeks to get to do it again.