I forgot to post about my parents surprise 30th wedding anniversary and know that especially G'ma Shirley is awaiting a few pictures! : ) Way back in May/April I had enlisted the help of my much wiser and better big party planner S-I-L Sheri on how to throw a suprise party. She gave me many ideas and lot's of advice and I sat on all of it all summer long until all of a sudden it was August 12th and the party was scheduled to go down in about 5 weeks. We and by we I mean mostly me had to scramble to get invites out the door and in my haste screwed up the font size on the invites...biggest mistake EVER! Riley was on my lap, I was under the gun and just wanting the get er'done so I chose the card not realizing it was a dark grey background and that I chose black ink for my font and also not realizing that the pre-set font size was a mere 10 and that aside from it being hard to read black font on dk grey photo paper the itty, bitty, teeny, tiny font made it nearly impossible. Needless to say the next day I had 3-4 voicemails on my phone from guests saying that the picture of my parents was nice but that they couldn't read anything and they really wanted a call back ASAP so they didn't ruin it in church the next day. To say it was the most frustrating RSVP process I have ever been through (yes, worse than my wedding RSVP's) was an understatement and I will NEVER EVER again rush through and hardly give it a 2nd glance before ordering 50 photo invites! So we procrastinated some more and ended up on Saturday the 11th (the party was on the 12th) meeting for some grocery shopping, decoration shopping and day of baking. My brother watched Riley man while Katie and I hit the stores. Dollar store shopping can really add up as you cruise the aisles : ) We finally made it back to my place and started baking. We made brownies, Rice Krispie bars, Special K bars, Costco cookies ; 0, and Reese's PB cup cookies. Yes the theme was desert/punch bar! We also made a coffee punch and a fruit punch with orange juice, strawberry jello, lemon juice and more! They were yummy! We ended up having to tell my Dad about the surprise so that someone could creatively get my mom back to church on a Sunday afternoon! The party was a hit and although we came back home with lots of treats it was fun and my parents were surprised and had a blast.
Yes, the lighting in the church is BAD! and my patience with Manual mode was thin so this is the best I could do besides who wants to take pictures when there is a table full of goodies and family to talk to?!
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