Overboard???

When planning a party, I find myself wanting to go ALL OUT.....maybe even a little overboard. This may be the case with this little project. You be the judge.
I purchased King-sized white sheets, second-hand, for about $1 each. I waited until there was no snow on the ground, no rain in the forecast and no one home (except for Abree). Then, I snuck out to the back yard (while she was distracted with a friend) and tacked the sheets up to our fence, using push pins. Next, I got out my paint and went to work.

I splattered, I spattered and drizzled and dotted to my hearts content. Then I crossed my fingers and hoped they would dry before the kids got home from school and Jason got home from work.(They were mostly dry when I folded them and put them away.)
Abree did actually catch me and ask what I was doing. I played dumb, to no avail.

She said, "Are these for dad's 80's surprise party?"

What?! Where did she hear that? Did I spill the beans unconsciously?

I said, "What are you talking about?"

She said, "Oh yeah. Shhhhhh."


Voila!

I used these sheets as a backdrop for 80's couples pictures and for covering couches and tables at the party. What's more 80's than a paint spattered sheet?



Ok, tell me. Overboard or a total 80's necessity?

The Invitation

I haven't been posting much recently because my creative attention has been focused on a SURPRISE... a 40th birthday surprise party to be exact.

Jason will be turning 40, this Saturday (we had his party a week early). I decided months ago that I wanted to throw him a surprise party. The creative juices started flowing and the

"AWESOME 80'S SURPRISE 40TH BIRTHDAY PARTY"

was born.

First up, the invitation...

I cut, cropped and pasted many, MANY multi-colored little squares onto a black background for the Rubik's cube-like invitation.

***WARNING***

The next several posts will contain party details; pre-party preparation, party set-up, and the actual party. Hopefully it will not bore. There were a lot of details and I documented many of them.

Leftovers?

Do you have left over candy canes from Christmas?

I didn't. At least not in the mini variety.

I had to search many an after-Christmas sale to find these. I finally found them at Walgreen's.

I wanted to try making these cute hearts that I'd seen all over the blog-o-sphere.

Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. De-wrapper the candy canes. Put the candy canes together in twos and bake.

They melt into this cute little heart shape. (Sometimes I had to pinch the ends together to form the point.)

I also made these lollipops with cherry flavored candy canes. Think the pre-schoolers will like them for their Valentine's Day party?

Make it a Happy Valentine's Day

I came across this blog "Let Me Count the Ways" and thought I'd share. It has LOTS of cute, fun, sweet, cheesy, and romantic (and more) ideas for your Valentine. Check it out!

Family Pictures

A last-minute family photo shoot courtesy of Amber.

Thanks Amber!

Abree is NOT happy to be in the tree!





























Rylee

Taylee

Treyson

Abree

Fiesta Bowl

My family is BSU BRONCO CRAZY!

The anticipation of the Fiesta Bowl was described as,

"the way kids feel on Christmas Eve".

So I thought this might be appropriate.....

T'was the night of the Fiesta Bowl and all through our house,

Furniture was rearranged and ORANGE was my blouse.

The snacks were set out on the counter with care,

In hopes that the BIG screen would show up there.

The children were nestled all snug upstairs,

Playing toys, watching movies or doing WHATEVER... who cares?!

Some mamma's in orange, some dad's in blue caps,

Had just settled down for a GREAT game, no naps!

When on the t.v. there arose such a clatter,

We SPRANG from the couches because every play matters.

Away went the ball, Broncos intercepted in a flash,

Thompson tore up the field and scored a TOUCHDOWN that fast.

When what to our wondering eyes did we see,

Broncos scored a FIELD GOAL and that counts as three.

With Kellen as quarterback and Wilson on defense,

We knew in a moment this game would get TENSE.

More rapid than eagles TCU players came,

Then they scored a touchdown and field goal the same.

Now Broncos, now Coach Pete, what's the deal, now we're tied,

On Wilson, on Wynn on Winterswike... keep ALIVE!

So at the sidelines to the playbooks they flew,

With a trick up their sleeve "a punt" thought TCU.

Then in a twinkling we saw the ball hiked,

The kicker caught the ball, TCU had been ...psyched!

Brotzman spoke not a word but went straight to his WORK,

Threw the ball down field, Efaw turned with a jerk.

Kyle put his hands out and then caught the ball,

First down, Second down, TOUCHDOWN y'all!

BRONCO NATION sprang to their feet, they shouted and whistled,

Chest bumps, high fives, Buster the horse shot out like a missile.

The FINAL score was 17 to 10,

We were excited, but glad, for this game to end.

We heard coach exclaim as he was recognized,

TCU played well, but I'm sure proud of my guys!