Carnival Party for Doctor Cannon

The only way I could get Cameron to have/attend a party for himself

was if it had good food, beer, and games.

So, I did.

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at first I was saying the party was for me,

because he was adamant about not having a party,

but when he found out it was carnival themed,

he was all in!

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i planned, and pinned, and made for months beforehand.

i borrowed and emailed and called and enlisted help!

thank goodness for good friends!

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so here is the carnival themed party!

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the bunting is with random fabric i had or got in the remnent section

the table cloths were from Walls when i went to visit family

we had a prize tables for the kids, from winning tickets from the games we had around the yard

and a face painting station

and a balloon animal station

(i just had random people doing those activities)

i printed out a sheet of paper with different face paintings to follow

and had instructions on how to make balloon animals

i used this tutorial for most of the chalkboards

and did them on $1 store black foam boards

 my beautiful friend autumn posing in the photo booth.

we used cameron's mac in the photobooth app

and people could do it themselves

i made the fake large poloroid out of foam board

and wrote the Dr. Cannon using the same chalkboard technique mentioned above.

we hung the sign on the rope swing :)

 I realized we needed a drink sign...

so that was a last minute thing.

we used a cart for the water,

a large wheelbarrow & ice chest for the beer

and a mini wheelbarrow for the izzes

 there was a popcorn bar

i filled a bucket (borrowed) (cleaned) with popcorn

(i bought bags of popcorn from costco as opposed to popping it myself- $5/bag)

and had red and white plastic buckets with popcorn too

there was butter spray and powdered flavoring

and instructions.

we had small popcorn bags ordered on amazon to fill

 there was a hotdog and nacho bar too

we filled crockpots with the nacho cheese (huge can from costco)

wooden basket with chips (king sooper for $1 each - i got about 15 bags)

there were jalepenos to add

we also had plastic nacho trays!

i purchased some plastic hotdog holders at Walls for $1 for 4 and bought all they had...

total about 30, but I was worried we wouldnt have enough, 

so i ordered the paper hot dog holders on amazon.

kethup, mustard, and spicy mustard in squirt bottles

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we tried to borrow a hot dog roller and had it in the works, but it fell through last min.

so we just used the grill

 we had a sno cone bar

i purchased a sno cone machine on amazon

and randomly found the syrup on clearance at target.

i made cute labels and taped them on.

in the same clearance section, they had the sno cone cups and straws

for favors i filled cute red striped bags with peanuts

 (bags of peanuts from costco & bags from hobby lobby)

I made a cute little label that said

"if you're nuts, you know who to call"

thanks for coming!

(cameron has his phd in psychology)

 for a little token for us to keep

we printed out his dissertation

and had people sign it

 i made these dowel signs to show people the party was in the back

everything went without a hitch.

we had a blast.

we had tons of beer and peanuts and popcorn leftover.

and cameron was very happy with his party!

success.

graduation day FINALLY!

there was a small hooding ceremony thursday thursday night.

we got all gussied up and headed to the school.

 cyndy got to speak about cameron,

and it was such a great speech.

then it was cameron's turn to talk...

apparently they could choose to talk for a few minutes, and cam wasn't even planning on it, but when people started - they spoke at length about their family, friends, and their dissertation.

cameron was short and sweet and hilarious as usual.

 graduation was friday morning

and it was lovely weather

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hazel wasn't able to hold still, so we eventually moved to the side where she could run around

and we could see cameron better anyway.

 hazel was supppppperrrrr excited....

 we went to jelly for breakfast afterwards

it was great!

defense de la cannon

cameron headed to defend his dissertation

he looked nice :)

 hazel and i waited an hour or so before we headed up there

*it was a secret covert opp mission*

this was the room he was in.

we could hear talking, but didn't know what anyone was saying.

 we kept looking around the corner to see if he was coming out.

our plan was to sit with him while he waited for them to deliberate.

but when he walked out, he was too nervous and made us wait not with him.

then he changed his mind, and we sat with him.

 I think I got too excited after... and didn't take any pictures.

He walked in and it was quiet for a minute, and then there was lots of excitement!

we held up a sign for him and they let us in the room.

noone could quit smiling!

YEAH DOCTOR CANNON!!!!!!!

father's day

making ice cream :) with dad

 saturday we celebrated a little early for cam

and i purchased some lawrence free state brews while visiting sus.

so he got a little tasting!

 sunday on actual fathers day,

cam went to work on his dis. 

and h and i headed to church.

this was the dress grandma got her in kansas!

 seriously, when did she get so old????

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this was the last pic i have of dad...

miss you daddy.

cameron is a crazy

one day, cameron decided to go crazy

and write in sharpie

his name on things that he claimed were his...

dear.