first party at phaeton place

    

     

saturday turned out to be an awesome day.  i was just finishing up the appetizers when friends and family started to roll in.  appetizers included: strawberries + grapes, spiral wraps, mini quiches and a small relish tray.  i was late in getting the main course in the oven- opps!  i wasn't too concerned till i turned my head and saw a mob of people starting to surround me in the kitchen with knives and forks in hand, chanting. ok- no knives and forks or any chanting but the mobbing part is true.

 the main course: shredded bbq sandwiches, mac- n-cheese- both from gordon's food supply, i made everything else- bayou bourbon beans, broccoli + cauliflower salad and shrimp salsa. had tortilla chips and pretzels too.  dessert consist of chocolate chip cookie bars (wish i had some right now) and buckeye brownies- too good for words!  good thing i went back to the grocery store to pick up 2 more bottles of margaritas- 4 bottles of 1.75 liters of margaritas were polished off by 7-8pm. {mike's side of the family and they are from laporte}

one of the few things that sold us on this house is the yard.  the adults were able to play crisbee (as kaylee still calls it) catch (football) and corn hole without the kids getting in the way.  we had erron and shantell bring their corn hole game.  of course they won every time they played being that they are on a league.  {it must be a laporte thing}

i was bummed that i didn't get to visit with michelle  and christine  and with a few other of my guests much since i was stuck in the kitchen.  they all left before dinner was finished. yeah- i have the lame-o friends- kidding!!  kaylee had a great time being that there were 8 girls for her to play with all pretty close in age.  she got to ride her bike around the pond with abby and play dress up with katie and lilly.  the other girls came later and they had a great time riding the jammin' jeep and running around like wild banshees together.

later in the evening we sat around the fire pit and then came inside for a few rounds of catch phrase.  men vs. women.  the men won best 2 out of 3 which is really unusual.  i think they cheated, one of them had not been drinking.  after that we came upstairs and found kaylee like this.  passed out {from too much fun} under the dining room table.