Party Time!

The kids social calendar was full last night...

Luke had a birthday party to go to for one of his "bestest friends" Gracie.

Emily and Nate went to a party together with all the kids from their primary classes. They wore pj's, watched a movie, jumped on a trampoline, and more. Nate must have had a long week at school because when Derek went to pick them up from the party Nathan was snoozed out.

Megan planned a last minute party so she would have something to do and invited the girls from her Young Women's class at church over to watch Monster House and have dinner. Denise and Megan went into party mode and got the backyard set up for the evening.

We borrowed our friends projector and set up the "theater" outside. Everyone agreed that it was a great set up so now we are making plans to show movies in the backyard on Friday nights next summer.


We ordered a ton of pizzas and invited the parents of Megan's friends to stay for dinner. Some of the families brought salads to share. My friend Max and her kids made adorable mummy cupcakes that they brought over to the party. We also had movie candy and a ton of popcorn from our new popcorn cart that Denise just got for entertaining. She loves it!

After dinner a few of the parents left and the rest moved into the family room, to watch a freaky Mel Gibson movie on tv - Signs, so the girls could have their party adult free. They had a blast huddled up on the sofa covered with warm blankets to watch the movie. At one point during a scary part of the movie Derek climbed out Emilys window onto the patio cover. He was right above the girls and he quietly snuck out to the edge where he threw his head down over the edge and yelled at the girls. He was right in front of the movie screen so they all saw him and they all screamed. Of course the demented parents who were watching it all from the family room window got a good laugh and so did the girls.

After the movie the girls hung out, talked and laughed. As parents we are glad that all our kids have such good friends that they can do fun wholesome things with. Last night was fun for all of them and for Derek and Denise too.