. . . party on . . .

. . . i've had a couple of friends

{hi friends!}

ask to see these photos

from the little wedding dinner fiesta

we had for these two . . .

{jessalyn and drew - the [at the time] soon-to-be-married couple}

. . . decorations consisted of red and white . . .

. . . lots of red and white . . .

. . . readily available at this time of year, obviously . . .

. . . my awesome friends

{hi awesome friends!}

and i baked cookies . . .

. . . lots of cookies . . .

. . . no ~ really . . .

. . . we baked a LOT of cookies . . .

. . . and then we built a fancy dessert table

in the middle of a basketball court . . .

. . . with BIG, HUGE thanks

to my sister-in-law, molly . . .

. . . for her expert help

and the use of her awesome stuff . . .

{see if you can spot my dentist, former next-door neighbor,

the nice guy who kept all the chairs wiped off at the reception,

an oregon state football player, an engaged couple,

my stake president, and where's waldo}

. . . drew and jessalyn did a fabulous job

of introducing all the guests . . .

. . . these guys from costa vida

are my new best friends . . .

. . . did you know they will deliver, set up,

serve, clean up

and package all the leftovers for you? . . .

. . . now you know . . .

. . . my cute sons . . .

{chris, drew, brent and tyler}

. . . and beautiful daughters . . .

{amber, amanda, jessalyn and amelia}

. . . pretty grandmas . . .

{davis and romney}

. . . best friends . . .

{shellene and amanda}

. . . lots of blondes helping in the kitchen . . .

{amanda, karen, lori and vicki}

. . . i'm sorry there are no photos of peg . . .

. . . she literally spent hours

helping us set up and baking . . .

. . . and then . . .

. . . THEN . . .

. . . everyone helped clean up . . .

. . . it was great! . . .

. . . and before i knew it . . .

. . . it was as if this . . .

. . . had never happened . . .

. . . thanks so much to everyone

who helped me in any way . . .

. . . i love you ALL! . . .