Ok so I finally found center pieces that didn't brake my bank. sheesh planning this party and the Thanksgiving dinner within a month of each other and holding a full time job, (out of town mind you) has been a bit of a challenge. Hopefully all of my planning and running around will pay off and we will have a GREAT event. Ok so the item you see there is a photo holder. Its cute when you see it up close. I'm going to put red flowers into and and photos of Roberts mother along with personal notes - I haven't decieded if I will ask that the guest take the time to fill out the notes and give it to the famly or if I will just take the time to create really cute note cards in the colors and theme of the party. I guess it will really depend on my time.

Aunt Lucy and Ann will arrive from England this Sunday. I'm really looking forward to this. They were oh so kind to Dayna and Ashlee during their visit to England. I'm looking forward to spending time with Ann and having her keen eye to help with the details to the party and in decorating. We have similar taste and so it will be fun to have the help. I will have to make time this weekend to pick up a few gift for them. Aunt Lucy is always appreciative of a box of See's candy so i'll make sure I zip on over there before they arrive.

Oh my gosh it just dawned on me I can have Ann help me bake the 250 cupcakes I plan on having at the party. OH I'm really excited to have the help. Yahooooo.....LOL

Tailgate Parties

Ok so yesterday I had 4 employees (all guys) that requested to leave early yesterday. I didn't think anything about it until this morning. All of the guys gave various reasons for leaving early only for me to find out today that all left for the 49er Football game last night.

Now is the interesting part..... the game started at 5 and they all left around 11AM. REALLY??? what the heck do you really think that it warrants leaving work early. I mean honestly how would you feel if I walked into my boss's office and said "hey um I need to leave early Thursday morning because Bloomingdale's is having a sale that starts at 8PM but I need to get in line. I mean really???

I'm really wondering about the mental state of these men. If my husband told me he was leaving work early to go sit in a parking lot of a football stadium I would really have a hard time with that and would tell him so. I mean come on.

yes i know there is an error -

Hopefully the company I ordered the banner from received my email and will fix it. If not i'll have to use a black marker or something. Ohhh how do these things happen to me...LOL

Moving right along......

Table clothes I will be using - I like them :)

This is the lattic that I will be using to hang the pictures on i may drape material for accent not sure? I'll play with it once I have it up

My cupcake stand. The black ribbon is inter-changeable for any occasion. I have several different colors but will be using the black

My cupcake cups cute don't ya think :)

Party Planning and having a full time job is really pushing my limits...LOL. Anyways. OK ordered the pannels. I'm asking that Roberts sisters email me their favorite photo's of their mother to which I will blow up to 16x20 and hang them on the pannels and place these around the room. Did I mention I'm having cupcakes for sweets at the party.... too much??? oh I don't know but ya know what Robert likes it to I'm going with it. The image above is my cupcake stand I will be using and i found black and white poka dot cup cake holders so it will be fun.

WOW its September....

Where has the time gone? Things are too hectic right now. We just celebrated Dayna's 22 birthday wow can you believe my baby is 22 years old? I'm so very proud of her and you may have read she just returned home from a summer in Europe traveling around by backpack and train, ferry and or boat. She had an amazing time. She has now started Law School in San Diego. We're so proud of her and excited to see her go through her next adventure in life.

I'm preparing for our BIG KENISON THANKSGIVING dinner. My sister is completely stressing me out about this in the fact that we operate in two very different styles. I am a folder and calendar task list kind of person (carried at all times) and she is a hey it got done didn't it kind of planner. Although I am always amazed she does accomplish the task just not the pace I would like to see. Oh well end results are good....... right???

Ok so we're debating back and forth on the location of the dinner. This is Jen's project and i need to quit bugging her about it but I need to have the location stated on the invites. I created an event on facebook and at this point it seems to be the best source for getting the information out. I've also created a newsletter/update information sheet and plan to have another one go out this week as soon as Jen can get back to me with her assignment. I will then email and facebook everyone with the next update.

Decorations have been assigned out to Danielle which will take a load off of me however I will have to drive her with this as well. Her budget is $500 or so and so we will see what she comes up with. Does that sound reasonable? Not really sure but I am sure we have to reevaluate as we get closer. Lucky for me I have tons of Thanksgiving decorations I use for my home so I will incorporate some of this into the decor of the dinner. I've also asked Danielle to pay attention to pumpkins this year as they are a cheaper type of decor to have around the room.

I have begun scanning photos for the slide show. I'm trying to give myself enough time to complete this and be able to burn copies for the group. Unfortunately I think my brother has most of my moms photo albums. Actually not sure where they might all be. I only had a few and I mean a very few.

On top of all this I am also doing the decorations for Roberts dads party he is having. It is a memorial party for his mothers one year anniversary of her death. I've created a banner for the event and have been looking at center pieces and room decor. Its pretty tough since what would be considered too much of a party and less of a memorial however I am taking my lead from his dad who has hired a band for dancing and a cater for food so apparently this is a PARTY...lol. My sister and I were laughing with him the other night and told him it was his coming out party which he got a big kick out of. So anyways we will see. I've ordered a few things to see how they will look so we will see. Above you can see the center pieces I am considering. The runners are the ones i will be using. Is white and black odd for a memorial party? Oh well thats what i'm planning so we will see. I'm thinking of throwing in an accent color but that will depend on what i can find.