and yes, you heard that correctly. i threw a combined surprise party for both my parents and my sister. between january 18th and february 11th, both my parents turn(ed) 60 and my sister turned 30. rather than giving my standard 'happy birthday' phone call/text, i decided these milestone birthdays required something a little more special. thus began the weeks of finding a venue willing to host a large group of people without sticking me with a large bill, narrowing down the guest list from everyone my parents and sister know to only the people that all three know (the venue could really only hold 35ish comfortably) and trying to keep everything a surprise. needless to say, the cake portion of the party was by far the easiest thing for me to deal with. it is amazingly difficult to keep this kind of surprise from not just one person, but three. especially considering, my mom felt the need to start inviting people to dinner with us when i told them i'd be down to take them out for dinner. trying to keep every one's stories coordinated was really hard.
but in the end, all of them were nicely surprised, 35 people helped them celebrate their milestone birthdays and we had some delicious food courtesy of our host restaurant, B&W Old Village Inn in buchanan, and erin with mystic creations. and just to make you more jealous of the yummy cakes erin made, i'll include a couple more pictures. :)
and that, my friends, is why i haven't been blogging the last couple weeks. my mom is an occasional reader and i knew i'd be unable to go without mentioning something about the annoying planning of the party. because believe me, all i wanted to do was talk about the annoying planning of the party.
now enjoy some cake!
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