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Saturday, August 17, 2013

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.

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!

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

i borrowed and emailed and called and enlisted help!

thank goodness for good friends!

so here is the carnival themed party!

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

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.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

june 18 & 19

oh hazel, you are so weird...

that's a plastic flower pot on her head...

even though i made fun of kirstin so much

for liking these devilish cookies,

i ended up loving them and making ice cream with them

the 19th it was super duper hot,

so hazel and i headed to Pirate's Cove

a mini-like water park.

she's still free, so i was down with going.

we were armed with snacks and sunscreen!

we both had fun, but boy was she tired.

that evening we made corn

(but instead of on the grill b/c we had run out of propane, i had to make it in the oven)

Thursday, May 16, 2013

juicing

i've been juicing.

i don't really know why, but i just am.

maybe i am on the juicing bandwagon or maybe i just want to be healthier.

but, after trying it a few times without a juicer and using the food processor then straining the juice thru a cheesecloth, i decided to steal back my juicer i lent lauren 100 years ago. praise jesus she still had it and WASN'T using it :) they purchased a way better one and just stored mine. true friend = someone that won't be offended when you want something back :)

i started using Kirstin's recipe, then got brave and was making up stuff. i have loved the carrot, beet, apple combo, but freak out everytime i pee, thinking i am bleeding TO DEATH. but then i remember it's the beets.
anyways, i feel like i have more energy, which is good.
word.