formal parties

Saturday Lo and I threw what was supposed to be a "Fall Party" at her house. Only, we realized very fast we had nothing we needed for a typical fall party. No pumpkin to carve, no costumes to wear, no store to find/make costumes from, no apple pies, no pumpkin pies, pretty much everything we wanted we couldn't' find...

So we improvised.

We decided to still use the recipes we love that are sorta "fallish/creepy," and have everyone dress up in nice clothes.

I'll say it over and over a thousand times but EVERY party is a 100 times better if it is a dress-up party. Find a theme and go with it. Trust me....

Since we were supposed to sky dive (again!) in the morning but it was canceled Shawn was around all day to help bake and cook and clean. There is no way Lo, Nathan and I could have done it without him helping.

Lauren and Shawn were in charge or making our "moldy biscuits" only they deleted the recipe and improvised while I was out making some phone calls on the only part of the farm that had reception. hahaha, i return and this is what I see.

somehow they managed to add ALL the buttermilk and they dyed all the mixture green instead of random "moldy" spots. hahahhaa LOVE them...somehow the biscuits weren't that bad, either...amazing.

watched a glorious rugby final on tv together. got to love being a Blue Bull...yeah baby!!!!

fritz and richard started off the "formal" part of the evening by dancing. 

 i love that our boys were all wearing black...they crack me up.

all the ladies...

plus richard who just "had" to be in the shot.

the fellas looking super macho with their arms crossed..

i'm sorry fritz and nathan....but i HAD to include this..its just to wonderful....

 

i have a very sappy, happy post for tomorrow...i almost wanted to switch everything for today but i had already uploaded these photos...leah, i hope you know you are missed and loved.