Dinner At Our House

This is how Isabel eats a burger. Yep! She's our "carb" girl! Bun first, then the protein.

What Shane thinks of turkey burgers. We try to keep it healthy here! I explained that it was half the fat & calories of beef and he said "Yeah, well so does cardboard"! I didn't think they were bad at all.

Sweet Lex liked them, though... plain & all! He's our "no ketchup, no mustard" kid. Gets that from his mom!

Birthday Thanks

This was the e-Thank You we sent out for Isabel's birthday party. In case we missed anyone, we just wanted to say again how thankful we are that you came to enjoy this special day with us!

Lagoon-A-Beach: Day #2

A few new things this time.

Shane & Matt went down the fast slide. Matt won with the biggest splash!

Isabel was brave & went down the kiddie slide....

& thoroughly enjoyed it! Sometimes you just need to give them a push... literally!! I pushed her down the slide because she kept being apprehensive about it.

as did Shane & Matt!!

Ice cream flavor today was chocolate instead of vanilla

It was also a bit colder than last time, but probably still burned my shoulders!

Lex dried his own hair

And today was Father's Day!

Until next time...

Daddy's Day

Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!  

~Lydia M. Child, Philothea: A Romance, 1836

A "Twilight" Bachelorette- The Details

My dear sister-in-law, Shelly, asked me to throw her a bachelorette party. I love to throw a party, but I fretted a bit on how to make this one perfect. It kind of just came together when I saw this idea for a Twilight themed party. What better person than to throw a Twilight party for! Shelly has read the Twilight series more than seven times! Shelly, this was all for you! Congratulations on your upcoming wedding...

Guest Seating Area 

Treat Table-
*licorice
*apple vase with slicing area & toppings
*"blood soaked" red velvet cupcakes

Apple Display

Italiano dinner (brought out mushroom ravioli for the guests) & "blood" bottled sodas (black cherry)

Drinks & Favors Table
*More "blood" drinks (cranberry cocktail juice)
*Fruit punch bowl with "blood drip" martini glasses
*Red lip gloss favors
*Blood type licorice favors

Blood drip martini candy glass

The Games
*Twilight Trivia
-Shelly got 14 out of 15 questions & technically won the prize, but as the guest of honor, the prize went to the next winner who got 13.5. She was also an avid Twilight fan and has read the series almost as much as Shelly. 
Prize: Twilight candy cup


*Teddy Toss
-A teddy was placed in a sack and the object of this game was like hot potato & musical chairs. You didn't want to be the last one standing with the bag in your hand or else you had to wear the teddy for the rest of the night. My sister-in-law, Deana, "lost" but what was revealed was a teddy BEAR in the sack & the prize of a gift card to Victoria's Secret.


*Hands Down
-Everyone was asked to trace their hand with their non-dominant hand on the ground and bending over. I told everyone that Shelly would judge the results & pick a winner. Secretly, I asked Trisha to write down everyone's comments. Then I told the group that these were things Shelly might say on the night of her honeymoon! Some of the funny things said:
1. Mine looks like it has a growth on it
2. I think I broke mine
3. That was fast
4. I'm done
5. I've had enough
Prize: Golden Onion & Twilight dinner to go (I decorated one of those plastic craft paint cans & placed in it an Italian cream sauce packet & pasta).

*Secret Word
-Shelly was asked to have a secret word and whenever someone said her secret word she was supposed to place a Twilight pin on them. Well, the word was too hard I guess as at the end of the evening no one had said it so she gave us hints and finally Trisha said "massage".


I think all in all, the party turn out was great & that everyone had a good time.