Party on Old Man

The husband has officially turn "THE BIG FIVE-O"

The lying, I don't even know what all I told, was exhausting. The sneaking around and making calls and buying decorations and lying about where I had been. Lord!
I bought/ordered every thing for the party and took it over to a friends house (except for the balloons and Amy picked them up Saturday) Melanie and Amy went to the bar (yes we had it at a bar) early and did all the decorating for me THANKS GIRLS!!

Saturday was nerve wracking to say the least. First off I'm not real good at keeping a secret, its not that I tell, but my expressions give it away.

So my oldest son and his girlfriend, and the husband and I were going to go to a hunting store (his idea not mine ) and then out to eat, then show up at a specific time for the SURPRISE! Well we got done eating a little early so the lies had to continue, first it was we needed something from Tar-jey, they didn't have it so off to wally world. By then I think he was getting a little aggravated with the both of us (Oh well, sucks to be him) finally it was time to head to the bar.

We walked in and Melanie scared the crap out me screaming SURPRISE. But he was surprised and shocked at all the people that was there. ( and there was alot ) People from work, people he went to school with (long time ago), guys he hunts with and a lot of really close friends.

We partied and danced and visited all night , well till the bar closed down. That seemed like all night to me.

Happy Birthday!! The party was a huge success and now its off to start planning a wedding! Well first we gotta make it thru New Years. WooHoo!

CHOO-CHOO

this is the finished product

large pretzel stick for the logs


crushed up Oreos for coal

The Engine with cotton candy for the smoke

The choo- choo train made it !!! JRs' 3rd birthday has come and gone and I doubt he will always remember his cake from his 3rd birthday, but it was fun, challenging, and to me a success.

No I won't say it was easy but truthfully it wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be.

I was going to start on Friday morning baking all the cakes and have them ready to ice Saturday. Until I realized that I had bought the wrong sugar (what was I thinking) so off to the store and baking that night till 11 pm.

Not knowing exactly what to expect out of the cake or myself I got up really early (5:40 am) to get started and it went a little easier than i thought heck I even had time for a shower before the party (lucky for the party goers HUH?) and makeup.

Saturday started off with about five recipes of icing and then the fun began. I did all but the very bottom so I could transfer them to a board that the Mom had at the party place. When we got to the party I finished the bottom and placed the cargo for the 2nd and 3rd cars, crushed oreos for coal and pretzel sticks for logs.

This is not something I do all the time actually this was MY FIRST
It was something I had always wanted to do and now I can say that I have done it and move on to the next thing on my list.

I wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR

I am off to start planning the next party
A 50th for the husband
(no cake)
just good friends and a good time