Mom's 50th Birthday Party

Last weekend we went to Burley to help celebrate my Mom's 50th birthday. We had a big party planned Saturday evening at Dad & Mom's house and promised we would come early enough to help prepare everything. It was fun being there with all my sisters and their families and preparing for the party together.

We spent all day Saturday helping clean the house (my mom's house is always clean, but we just helped with what mom felt still "needed" to be done), cleaning up the yard, setting up tables and chairs, and decorating. We decorated in Black (of course for over the hill) and added some red and orange in there to spice it up. We also decorated with pumpkins since it is that time of year. Our theme was "50 and Fabulous" which definitely defines my mother. Here are a few pictures of the decorations.




We also had shirts made for all six of the grand kids that said on the front: My Grandma is 50... and on the back: and fabulous! They looked so cute and the kids were so proud to wear them. I also made black and white hair bows for the three girls to wear with their shirts. They looked so cute!!



We had a great turn out and had so much fun. Dad made a big bonfire in the middle of the yard and everyone mingled, ate a huge array of finger foods, enjoyed the fire, and danced the night away. Here are a few more pictures of our evening.



































Sunday morning all us girls and our husbands woke up and cleaned everything up and let mom and dad sleep in. Then the three son-in-laws headed to town and bought everthing needed to make breakfast. They got back and we made biscuits and gravy, eggs, sausage, hasbrowns, and bacon for everyone. We also invited all of mom's siblings and their families and Grandpa and Grandma Knopp down to enjoy breakfast with us. Then we hung out and watched football and played games all day. It was a very enjoyable weekend and mom's birthday party turned out PERFECT! Thanks for everyone who attended and everyone who helped. We love you!!