Party Time. Excellent

Mom retired....

feel free to jump around screaming with excitment!

So, to celebrate (which you simply must do), 

we had to party.

we didn't want anything to crazy, complicated or dramatic 

(you all know how dramatic party planning can be...)

so we settled on a simple BBQ (hot dogs only) 

and open-house style. 

i didn't get many pictures of the event itself, when everyone was there, but here are a few samplings.

on the menu:

Hot Dogs

Gourmet Condiments 

(seriously, anything and everything you could ever want to put on a hot dog)

Homemade Potato Salad 

(no onion & onion)

Texas Cake

Fritos

 

 

we did individual serving cups for the potato salad 

(much easier than a big hunking bowl of it!)

beverages:

Water

Pink Lemonade

Lemonade

the set up:

each table had a cake pedestal 

with mini condiments. 

everything mini is cute. 

so cute.

 

we also had utensils and napkins 

at every table to limit what people

had to carry to their seat

the party: 

 

 mike grilled for a bit:

the boys (& sometimes girls)

jumped on the trampoline:

two little girls enjoyed the sun chairs.

adorable:

a couple got lovey-dovey on the bench:

mom talked herself out of a voice:

the kids kept trying to let the chickens out of the coop:

he got time out for throwing sand

and said he was sorry:

Mom admired her "gold & diamonds" with sarah.:

she played with poe:

(and maybe even unleashed him once or twice, 

but what kind of party doesn't have a little 

excitement with a giant polar bear dog being let loose?)

the aftermath:

all in all: perfect

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