We celebrated my dad's 60th birthday on Saturday. We initially were planning to make it a surprise party, but we ended up telling my dad in the end. He didn't want a party but we said, "too bad."
Kelly and I were in charge of the decorations. We brought a bunch of old pictures of my dad and our family and set those up. We also bought some silver strands for the table and plastic vases to put our decorations in. It took us quite awhile to decorate. Just when we were done, Jenna informed us how many people RSVP'd and told us we needed decorations for 5-6 more tables. We made a mad dash to Walmart to try to find some stuff that matched.
I'd say 60-70 people came to his party. It was a great turn out!
The kids had to get into the cupcakes right away. They had fun helping us set everything up.
The best mom in the world! And one of the most patient people I know!
The party started at 7:00 so we had a bunch of appetizer-type foods. We had meatballs, buffalo chicken, bacon-crackers, and nachos with salsa. We thought we had too much food at first, but we actually ran out of food.
The party was a success. I didn't know my dad had that many friends. :) It was fun seeing all of my sisters.
I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't get any pictures of my dad. I didn't get many pictures at all, in fact. We were all pretty busy with everything and were all really tired when the night ended.
We rented a motel that night with the coolest swim area for kids.
All of the kids went down the water slide. It was pretty fun!
Riley has the hand on the hip thing down pat.
Most of the cousins. We're missing Evan, Margaret, and Abe. We all had fun with my dad's party but we were all glad when it was over. It's a lot of work planning a party!
3 comments:
You have a nephew named Abe? Is that his full name?
It's Abraham! Do you call Abel, Abe?
We do! I love the name Abraham too. I read in your next post that he isn't an easy baby, our Abe isn't either. Maybe it's the name? :)
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