Thursday, August 12, 2021

The party of the year

I feel terrible for being so remiss on this post! My only excuse is that after weeks and weeks of singular focus on this party and a few days of intense clean up, I was "done" and needed a break.  

As you all know, Kay plans amazing parties. And, they stress me out to no end. Between her ADHD and anxiety, it can feel like you are trying to plan a party with a hummingbird. Beautiful, unique but seriously hard to capture and pin down. BUT....they always work out even though they take weeks off my life span.

Her grad party was one for the history books. Nothing less than epic for our Kay. She worked really hard on all the creative aspects (crafting, baking, decorating, etc) and I worked hard on all the logisitcs (set up, orders, pick ups, writing checks;()  Tom did whatever we needed him to do. She needed him to be at her beck and call for things that randomly popped into her mind and I needed him to herd the cat (ie: Kay).

We'll let the photos speak for themselves. Needless to say, she had the time of her life but also mentioned "remind me how much work this is if I ever want to do this again. Its a good thing you only graduate high school once".

Yep.



A josting bouncy house was a hit with all the neighbor kids AND Hayden! 

And...that's not all ... also 2 smoothy machines, a donut wall, single serve chips, and all the soda you can drink 

3 week old baby sheep, both its parents were white so it was a "surprise" to the famers too! He was adorable and the farmers so gracious.

She hand made and decorated 3 types of cupcakes, 3 types of cookies (based on Crumbl), hand dipped pretzel sticks and hand dipped strawberries) 

We had a puppy party with 4 chihuaha puppies from Ruff Start Rescue 

Smoothies, lemonade 

Candy bar


She made this! 

She made these! 

And all these.... 

There was also a mini horse, cow and baby goat...



They neighbor kids were keeping the party safe

She was DARLING and so good with all the kids and animals

Billy and Tyra ran the cotton candy machine 

Pineapple roast coconut



More tributes

Chocolate chocolate 

Patty and Aub made it! My dads best friend from high school

Deconstructed Oreo cookies and Cotton Candy cookies - recipes by Crumbl


Her very very very favorite part of the party 

They prep, my house was a disaster for weeks.

Jimmy and Hayden 

Thy finished product with Win



They petting zoo came "up" in a school bus, loved it! 

She made these 





Bill was, once again, a HUGE help in set up and prep. Thank god for Bill