House Party - 2007

Well Jon and I hosted a house party at Jon's house in Cottage Grove. After weeks and weeks of prepping food and games, the big event finally arrived. We were rather pleased with the turnout and mix of people that graced us that night. We had an awesome time and had a lot of laughs. We started with an appetizer/cocktail hour. We followed that up with a taco buffet on only the best paper plates money can buy. We followed that with some games which can really only be described in the pictures below. And finally, we did a bit of karaoke-ing. It was an absolute blast and hopefully can be an annual affair!!

Jon and Paige trying to open a bottle of wine with a screw and pliers???

Matt and Dave

Sara and Kim (Jon's cousin)

Mike and Ken

Paige and I

Yo quiero tacos con mis amigos!

Okay, this does require SOME explanation I guess. This is musical chairs...however there is a new twist on a very OLD game. You put bags of silly clothing/silly items/costumes/accessories/etc under each chair and each time the music stops and a person finds a chair, they must reach under it and pull out one of the items without peeking in the bag. Here are some of the pictures...proceed with caution!!

Uhhhhhh, creepy!!

The final outcome!

Nice moves Dave!!

Jon and I made a bracket of our Ping Pong Tournament. We went all out as you can see!!

Ken showing us best ping pong moves!

Here is another fun game we played! It is a relay race around the ping pong table where the two competitors must wrap nylons around their waist that contain a grapefruit in the bottom. They must use a pendulum motion from their hips to push the ping pong with the grapefruit.

Sara and I nearing the finish line!!

Jon and Dave caught in the act of singing!

Kim and Jon caught in the act of singing. Notice in both pictures, Jon doesn't have a mic, but he did have a drink on the table behind him!

Matt singing a Foreigner song!

Need I say more??

Kelly's 30th Birthday

So, after all the planning and hoopla, the party is finally over! It was a rousing success, even though the ENTIRE family showed up to the wrong restaurant. Due to the mix up and being against the clock, the family resembled something close to a Benny Hill sketch. We immediately went into fast forward mode and looked like a group of mental patients who had escaped the Psychiatric Ward.

Kelly seemed truly surprised, even though our entrance into the party was not quiet nor graceful. Nobody in my family would have made a good thief. She shed a few tears, made her rounds to all the guests, and received some fabulous gifts. The food, drink, and company were terrific!

Jon made the trip with me and he received rave reviews from the family so I guess that makes it official. He was great sport during all the travel and party trials and tribulations.

The Birthday Cake! Kelly catching up upon arrival... .....more catching up! Denise, Corrie, Jon, and I Grandma Burgess and Kelly....it isn't Kelly's fault that she had so many shiny trinkets on her shirt...we made her do it!! Grandma B and I My mommy and I!! The new family...Dad, mom, Kelly, Greg, Jon, and I

EMU Homecoming 2007

So I made the long trip home to my undergraduate days at EMU for my 4th Annual Homecoming Blowout with my old college friends from CloseUp Theatre Troupe. We a little get together on Friday night at Sticks and Aubree's. It was just Anil, Megan, Lauren, Liz, Eric, and I. We had a great time and put on a nice display of drinking (that is my excuse for the pictures).

Saturday we had an awesome turnout. It was cold, rainy, and windier than hell, but I had the time of my life. It was also Mary Jo's birthday so we had two reasons to celebrate. EMU ended up winning the game, but I was too busy sleeping off my morning's alcohol. I am not proud of that, but how else was I going to gear up for the evening's events.

We rented out Frenchie's and just had the best time ever. We saw people who we NEVER even expected to see and hadn't seen in years and years. It was just so good to see everyone and reconnect, even if only for a weekend.

I am already putting aside money for next year's trip! I just hope Jon can go with me so he can meet all of my wonderful friends!!

Friday Night - Aubree's and Stick's

Saturday - EMU Homecoming Tailgate

Saturday Night - Frenchie's

Pumpkin Carving

Jon and I carved pumpkins this weekend and had a wonderful time! While I would like to take credit for our carvings, we traced them from a book. Jon carved an alien with an attitude problem (I think the alien is flipping us off, but the jury is still out). I tried to carve a cat and after some minor surgery to re-attach its tail that had been accidently amputated, it actually came out resembling Garbo or Sophie. Our hardwork could not go unnoticed so we naturally had to take some pictures to commemerate the event. I hope you enjoy!

Jon's pumpkin on the left, mine on the right!

This is my kitty cat, thankfully you can't see the pins sticking into his tail to keep it upright! Though he followed the outline, I swear the left hand is making the "Rock-N-Roll" symbol and the other hand is flipping us off....you be the judge! Jon with the Playgirl pose!