Happy Birthday to Us!

Okay, so first off, I have to say I was a bad party hostess and completely forgot to take pictures! I realized it just after everyone left and I'm still kicking myself about it. I'm so sad that I may just have to invite the girls back for another party so we can get some photos!! I did however, take a few pictures before the party. Pictures of a party before the party? I know, lame!

The half wall blocks my wall hanging I got for my birthday. Our walls really are pretty bare but I promise you, there's something hanging up there!

February is a super good month for me. It's my birthday month and I do everything I can to celebrate my birthday..."Kevin, I really need this new outfit. Can I get it for my birthday?" "Kev, this picture would look so good on our wall. Let's buy it for my birthday!" "Hey husband, will you massage my back for my birthday?". Yeah, I take advantage :) Anyways, last year I noticed there were some really cool girls in the ward who also have February birthdays. So I had a birthday party at my house and invited all of them so we could celebrate together. I had so much fun that I just HAD to do it again this year. And again, I had so much FUN!

Last night there were 6 of us beautiful birthday girls (since I didn't take pictures you'll just have to trust me that we're all beautiful :)!!) It was: Jen Ethington, Cory Marsigli, Allison Chase, Jessica McShinksy, Jana Gasaway (who is not in our ward but she used to live in the neighborhood. She'll always be part of the birthday group!) and myself. We had a delicious dinner of Quiznos sandwiches and caesar salad with some lemon water. We had a lemon creme cake for dessert. We talked, played 'Funglish', laughed, and partied the night away. Thanks ladies for such a fun night! Why do we only party it up in February? I think I'm gonna have to find a reason to have another party...and soon :)

The party gift was a little box of chocolates. I'm so not a creative/crafty person, but every once in awhile it's good to do something we're not good at, right? So Kacy (my crafty, creative sis) suggested I make my own boxes. I'm sure she had something more extravagant in mind, but we came up with these origami boxes that I was pleased with. My talented hubby worked something up in photoshop for me to create the cute Happy Birthday box tops.

This shout out really should not be a side note in small text. It should be a shout out in all caps and bolded.
I have to admit that I could never throw a party on my own. As previously mentioned, I'm not creative, so I enlisted the help of others. For party planning, my lil sis Kacy was the brains behind it all. I would hire her to throw a party for me. But since she's my sister I don't pay her...I just say "I'm having party" and she gets going on it!
Also: my parents + Quiznos= a delicious dinner!
And of course, my hubby who's willing to help me cross items off of my 'to do list'. He's a champ :)