I know my updates lately have been limited, but I have been working on something that I couldn't share until now. Yesterday, my mom graduated with her Masters in Public Administration. I am so proud of her! I have been working on a surprise party for her. Obviously I couldn't share any of the planning details until now since it was a surprise. We tried to keep it a total surprise, but by last week she knew something was going on. I think she was still surprised when guests started to arrive. Thank you to everyone that came out and helped us celebrate.
Way to go Mom!
Our spread of food. I realized while looking through these photos that this is the only one I took of the party which is a bummer because I had some awesome arrangements that I wanted to take photos of. The arrangements have since be re-homed in my living room. It smells amazing in here from all the Christmas greens I used. Here are a few photos of the flowers now.
We had some orchids from the wedding we did last weekend, so of course I used those. These babies are normally about $2/stem so anytime I can get my hands on them I use them. Have I mentioned my love of calla lilies? We had the mini calla lilies at our wedding. I love the large ones, they look so amazing. The last arrangement is white roses and evergreen, which I also love. Sometimes the fewer flowers the better.
We kept the food pretty simple. I made some cocktail meatballs in the crock pot, which disappeared pretty quickly. They are super easy to make. 2/3 C. bbq sauce 12 oz. apricot preserves and we used two smaller bags of frozen meatballs. Put everything in the crock pot and cook on low for 2-3 hours. We also had some cheese and crackers. I used Cracker Barrel cheese, which was pretty darn good. We also had some hot appetizers from Trader Joe's. I have to be honest, I have shopped in the store before, but I think the only things we have bought there are some wine and maybe some cheese. The appetizers were pretty good and also disappeared pretty quickly.
I made the same super easy punch I made a couple of weeks ago at the Jewel Kade party I hosted at the house.
Cranberry Champagne Punch
2 bottles of champagne, chilled
(you don't have to go expensive on this because it all kind of blends together)
1 bottle white wine, chilled
1 ltr bottle club soda, chilled
1 can frozen pink lemonade
1 can frozen cranberry cocktail/cranberry blend
1 can frozen limeade (you start with about 1/2 of the can and add to taste)
Mix everything up in a punch bowl and you have a nice adult beverage!
UPDATE:
I almost forgot about the desserts, how could I they were the best part! We had some yummy desserts, cheesecake bites, mini red velvet cupcakes and tiramisu all made by a family friend that does an amazing job. He makes Andrew's birthday cheesecake each year and did an amazing one for Andrew's "grooms cake" at our wedding.
I think things will calm down a little now. Of course we have Christmas right around the corner and once UPS and Fedex come to my door, I will have all my shopping done. I need to get some baking done, so I should probably get on that too. Christmas has kind of creeped up on me this year. Anyone else feel that way. I had a lot of good intentions going into the Christmas season. I was going to get a photo done of the Andrew and I with the pups in front of the house to send for our Christmas cards, but that hasn't happened. That is the only thing I can think of right now, but I know there are other things I wanted to get done. Maybe once Christmas is over I can get started on my winter project list. Andrew has some projects he will be working on too. He is going to make some steps for the dogs to get on the bed so they aren't jumping on and off. Maya I don't worry about so much, but that is a lot of stress on Buddy's old joints. We need to keep our puppies healthy and injury free.
I will try to do a better job keeping up with things on here, I don't know where the last month has gone.
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