PARTY!!!!!!!!!! No pictures though!!

So today is my oldest and bestest friend Wendy's 30th birthday!!!!!! Although, if you ask her, she hasn't aged a day over 21!!! :D I tried to tell her that she should embrace 30, enjoy 30, give 30 a hug, but no dice.

Anyway, her fabulous husband Shane planned an elaborate surprise party for her and enlisted my (and several other people's) help in making sure all the friends I know of Wendy's were invited to the party. Well, I walked into the RS room of the church where that party was being held and the entire room was covered in PINK, pink balloons, pink streamers, pink drink, pink cotton candy, pink birthday crowns, pink frosted cupcakes, pink candies.

I said to myself, 'Wendy doesn't like pink'!! I began to wonder just how well Shane really knows Wendy!! So I was discussing how Wendy doesn't like pink with our friend Tracey and she was thinking the same thing!! But, apparently the whole pink thing is a joke that Wendy has with some other friends of hers, so we were in a sea of pink for the night!!!

The whole night was a lot of fun!!! Shane had called the bishop of their ward and asked him if he would call Wendy and ask if she could come in for an interview!! Well, Wendy had a fishy feeling that something was going on so Shane asked the bishop if he would give Wendy a REAL interview so that would take up more time and Wendy would hopefully be less suspicious!!! Even with the 'REAL' interview Wendy was still suspicious but she was suprised as well!!

I got the chance to see so many people that I haven't seen for quite some time, so I was really glad that I made the trip down from Logan for the party!!! However, I was really bummed that I had forgotten my camera so I was not able to get any pictures. :(

What do you get when you have 11 kids under the age of 12 and 14 adults!!!

PARTY!!!!!!!!

September 26th, we had a family party for my dad's 67th (un)birthday!!!


There was cake:


And presents:

Since my dad is from Cache Valley, Suzanne had the GREAT idea to go to stores here in Logan and get items that were made specifically in Cache Valley. What a fun time we had going to the different stores!!! As we were leaving the house Suzanne said, "I wish we could find something that had Dr. Pierce's barn on it, (Dr. Pierce's barn is a old barn here in Logan that has been around for years and belongs to my dad's family, it is quite famous for the advertisement on the side of the barn) maybe we can find a postcard." So the first store we went to is a sock store called All About Socks. They sell all kinds of different (you guessed it!!) socks. Anyway, we went in and I turned to my left and saw a rack of socks that said USU Aggies, in the middle of the top row of socks was a tan pair that had Dr. Pierce's barn on them!!! I couldn't believe it. I walked over for closer inspection and just had to laugh. I picked up a pair and turned around to show them to Suzanne. She and I both laughed and could not believe our find!!!

Was Dad excited for the socks???

Probably not as excited as Suzanne and I were to give them to him!!!

Of course no party would be complete without the fabulous food!! There was dutch oven potatoes (who knew lighter fluid could be so much fun!!!) , ham, salads, chips, and of course a LARGE variety of desserts!! Basically, if you went away hungry it was your own fault!! Great job Mom!!!

There was swimming for the little kids:


And the big kids!!!!:

But don't even think about getting Uncle David wet!!!!

As a special treat! Grandpa Greengo and Marge came down to party with us!! I am not sure...but they may not want to come back!!!

The kids also had a treasure hunt and played volleyball (have you ever played volleyball with a three year old?) The adults got to play the 'Number game' where a variety of strange and fun prizes were won by all!!

After the party was done, we were all VERY exhausted and some of us had to take a nap!!!