Bunko aka Drunko

Thursday was GG's first full day in the life of our little southern family. We carried on as usual for the most part. Lauren had school and in the meantime, Tyler, GG and I went to church to help out with the Sunday school prep and then it was clean, prepare and clean some more for Bunko on Friday. Lauren took some time out to pose (she prepped the entire shot herself...from the hat right down to the chair)

I'm am so pleased at how Bunko turned out. Matt took to kids next door to Mr. Buddy's house which was where a few of the guys and kids were hanging out tonight. Back at the Bunko prep party, GG helped a lot and so did Dana from next door. This is the first time I ever entertained for 14!! And it couldn't have gone any better. For appetizers I had veggie slices with ranch dip and chips and salsa. For dinner we had Lasagna Primavera, Parmesan Chicken, Summer Salad (with fresh strawberries, pineapple and bananas over romaine) and Garlic Knots. We only had a small plate of leftovers. Dessert was made by Andi (another Bunko broad,) it was a delicious raspberry tiramisu. And for the (apparently) most important item....beverages. I had water, coke, diet coke, decaf coffee, sweet tea (made from scratch!) red and white wine, coors light, Corona, Smirnoff triple black light, bucket of mojitos, bucket of cosmos and grape vodka mixed drinks. We ate and drank and played the absolutely no skills required game of Bunko. I ended up winning $5 by getting the most losses. I also was reimbursed $20 out of the pot because I had to provide a door prize too. (salsa and serving dish plus $15 Starbucks gift card) The party wound down around 11:30pm and Dana and Mary stayed and helped to clean things up. GG put most of it away before she went to bed so it wasn't very difficult at all. Bless their hearts for all their help.

Today GG felt the pain of all her (much appreciated) effort. Her leg was really bothering her so she opted to stay home and rest instead of attending Emma's 5th birthday party at Jump 2 It. This is the same place we had Lauren's party. Lauren and Tyler had a great time as you can suspect. Here's some pictures to clarify the point....

Both kids played so hard at the party that they were asleep before we finished the 15 min. drive home. They both slept for a solid 3 hours at home and would have slept more but I woke them up at 5:30. We had to eat dinner (soup, frozen potato wedges, fruit and rolls,) get a quick bath in and then head to church at 7pm. Mothers Day was the theme of the service. GG got to see what a southern "Bible Belt" church is like. People come as you are here. Jeans, shorts, sweats anything goes. It was a large turnout even for a Saturday night and GG was impressed that there was a police escort stopping traffic so we could make the turn out of the parking lot.

That pretty much catches you up. We'll probably take it easy again tomorrow...it's nice to rest after being so busy preparing for Bunko last week.

to close, here's a picture of Tyler playing with his big Thomas while waiting for me to finish making dinner.