Party Central

The last two weekends have seen me hauling drink dispensers, the same centerpieces, table runners and mints out to the car.  It's spring time and we've got the party goods!

The weekend before last was Meri's best friend's wedding shower that she and I threw.  It was in a lodge in the middle of a small town park and perfect for this.  Maddy's wedding table runners were Jess's colors as well as some lavender tulle, which Meri was brilliant enough to make as part of the centerpieces.

The little bowls with floating candles and flower petals in them (we still have over 1000 of each color left.:) ) were from Ryan's wedding in 2012.  I had found them on top of my cupboards when doing deep cleaning and Meri said "OOH PRETTY!"

Jen had bought some little milk bottles so we borrowed all 12 of them and put in flowers, placing them here and there at the shower too.

Meri made about 90 cupcakes and both girls and myself made gobs of mints.  We brought back a majority of both.

Everything turned out lovely and the young couple got lots of nice things.

Then THIS last weekend, 

My SIL Cathy threw a 82nd birthday party for my MIL.  A lot of nieces and nephews and grand nephews joined us.  It was a lot of fun.  I hadn't met ANY of these three grand nephews yet so this was a total treat!

My MIL loved it all and was even surprised by a cousin attending also as well the news that one of the nieces, her husband and daughter were moving from Minnesota to nearby that day!  Most headed to their new apartment right after the birthday party to help them move in.  

Meri and Gma

Maddy and Gma

I had been planning on helping with the move but plans changed and I headed back home with my ride. :)  Good thing too, because my knee is only at maybe 40% better from my mishap on Thursday and the niece now lives in an upstairs apartment with no elevator...   They had lots of help tho and everything got moved in quickly.  

Maddy and Matthew were the most gracious ride!  They stop at the best coffee/malt shops GPS can get them to. YumMmmM!

On the way home, we stopped at a fun book store where they have a resident dog!  Those two can spot a dog in a car, or a store from miles away! :) 

And then today, I THOUGHT that Leon had ITBS (Iowa Tests of Basic Skills) today so he got up early and we headed to the campus town.  Found the empty conference room at the hotel and no one there so I read the instructions again and realized that today is NOT the 29th...  He'll have to get up early again tomorrow... WHOOPS!  Eh grownups are allowed to make mistakes too!  Online schools can be tricky