Michigan Trip, Part 4

Friday (August 16) was a bit of a crazy day for our family! With my party on Saturday, there were literally dozens of last-minute details to be worked out. We left our hotel in time to arrive at our old church (the party venue) by 8:30 a.m. Ben and I got up really early to run 7 miles beforehand. J Best way to start the day!

Some of the things we did that day included:

*Haul chairs and tables out to the pavilion on the back of the church property

*Put streamers up in the pavilion

*Make boot bouquets for the tables

*Cut up the watermelon and strawberries, and wash the blueberries

*Stock up the church fridge with the rest of the food we had prepared for the party

*Burn DVD’s of the photo slideshow I made

*Put up the volleyball net

*Locate all the power cords and run them from the church out to the pavilion

*Find the church tripod to borrow

*Practice my piano recital pieces

*Calculate how much ice we would need and how we would get it (Uncle Paul to the rescue! J)

*Pick up the deviled eggs, sandwich rolls, and last-minute decorating items

And lots more! There is no way we would have been able to do it all without Uncle Paul, Aunt Noelle, and the boys. We were also *so* blessed by two ladies from the church who did 80% of the decorating for us. Pastor D was also helpful when we needed to find things inside the church.

Putting streamers up. I was extra thankful for Miss P and Miss M, as decorating is NOT my forte. J

Photo Credit: Roma.

We didn’t clean up and leave the church until 5 o’clock that evening. On our way back to the hotel, we picked up pizza that Dad had ordered (he had flown in from Texas that afternoon, taken a shuttle to the hotel, and rested awhile.) My grandparents and one of my cousins from Ohio had also arrived that afternoon!

We had a fun little pizza, popcorn, and antipasto salad party in our room with them! After dinner, the kids begged to swim, so I took them downstairs for awhile.

When we got back, our Aunt, Uncle, and other cousin had arrived as well as my Aunt’s parents. I love a full hotel room!

Photo Credit: Roma.

We stayed up pretty late visiting with everyone before they went back to their hotel rooms for the night. We knew we all had a big day coming up . . .

To be continued . . .