Some of the girls! Back: Lauren, HannahFront: Chloe, Tiveria, Lindsey, Clara, Mercy
Our delicious No-Bake cookies! Made by Rashida and Meadow.
Mmm...Here's the cake!
Our lovely table~With Mrs. Campbell's beautiful roses!
Happy Valentine's Day! We're going to have a party!
U R 2 Good 2 B True~ Love U~ U R So Sweet! :)
I think it was almost a month before Valentine's day, and Hannah and I had the idea to throw a party for the girls~ How fun, eh? I have to say, we were really excited about our idea and spent the next few weeks talking and planning for it. At Walmart, we found some beautiful, silver tiara's to pass out to all the girls and made homemade Valentine's for everyone, out of pretty paper. We also bought some tissue paper with hearts all over it and made cute little party favors. We filled them with candy hearts, and little chocolates. So fun!
We decided the theme would be a tea party and we would serve chocolate cake and No-Bake cookies. (I know, I know! Not very healthy...But hey! At least the cookies had oatmeal and some coconut in them!) At Target, we found these cool, heart-shaped, cake pans made out of some sort of Latex/Plastic or something, to bake our cake in, As you can see from the pictures--It turned out to look quite pretty I think.
The evening of February the 14th, we bustled around, frosting the cake, setting the table, getting dressed into our Valentine array! (We had mentioned to all the girls that it would be lovely if they'd all dress in something red or pink or white...or just something festive!) and lighting some candles!
Getting the table set as pretty as possible was our goal, and I think everyone was quite pleased with how it turned out. Mr.Campbell had given Mrs. Campbell some gorgeous, red, roses and it made the perfect center piece for the table. (So romantic!) We set each place with red paper plates, matching napkins, and a party favor and tiara for every girl. We all decided to wear our tiaras and felt quite like princesses!!! So lovely! We sat around the table and sipped our tea and told the engagement stories of some of our family members. One in particular was the story of Aaron Henningsen's engagement. (I know a lot of you past Above Rubies girls have known him!) I love hearing how couples met and fell in love and eventually get married!
After we finished our tea and had also finished off all the No-Bakes, we adjourned to the living room where Chloe and I taught the girls how to play a game called Amish Manners! It is the most fun, but also the most intense, frustrating, exciting game ever! If you don't know how to play it, you should learn some time. If you've ever heard of the Campbell's "Chocolate game", it's actually similar to that. :) But, all you need is one pen and a paper for everybody. I think everyone loved it~ there was much laughing and shouting to be heard in the house that evening!
After a few rounds of Amish Manners, we made some popcorn,and all sat around, snuggled under blankets, to watch our "princess" movie"~~ Ever After! It's the Cinderella story and such a fun, girly movie! A perfect way to end the evening.
It was a beautiful evening~So lovely!
~Lindsey.
U R 2 Good 2 B True~ Love U~ U R So Sweet! :)
I think it was almost a month before Valentine's day, and Hannah and I had the idea to throw a party for the girls~ How fun, eh? I have to say, we were really excited about our idea and spent the next few weeks talking and planning for it. At Walmart, we found some beautiful, silver tiara's to pass out to all the girls and made homemade Valentine's for everyone, out of pretty paper. We also bought some tissue paper with hearts all over it and made cute little party favors. We filled them with candy hearts, and little chocolates. So fun!
We decided the theme would be a tea party and we would serve chocolate cake and No-Bake cookies. (I know, I know! Not very healthy...But hey! At least the cookies had oatmeal and some coconut in them!) At Target, we found these cool, heart-shaped, cake pans made out of some sort of Latex/Plastic or something, to bake our cake in, As you can see from the pictures--It turned out to look quite pretty I think.
The evening of February the 14th, we bustled around, frosting the cake, setting the table, getting dressed into our Valentine array! (We had mentioned to all the girls that it would be lovely if they'd all dress in something red or pink or white...or just something festive!) and lighting some candles!
Getting the table set as pretty as possible was our goal, and I think everyone was quite pleased with how it turned out. Mr.Campbell had given Mrs. Campbell some gorgeous, red, roses and it made the perfect center piece for the table. (So romantic!) We set each place with red paper plates, matching napkins, and a party favor and tiara for every girl. We all decided to wear our tiaras and felt quite like princesses!!! So lovely! We sat around the table and sipped our tea and told the engagement stories of some of our family members. One in particular was the story of Aaron Henningsen's engagement. (I know a lot of you past Above Rubies girls have known him!) I love hearing how couples met and fell in love and eventually get married!
After we finished our tea and had also finished off all the No-Bakes, we adjourned to the living room where Chloe and I taught the girls how to play a game called Amish Manners! It is the most fun, but also the most intense, frustrating, exciting game ever! If you don't know how to play it, you should learn some time. If you've ever heard of the Campbell's "Chocolate game", it's actually similar to that. :) But, all you need is one pen and a paper for everybody. I think everyone loved it~ there was much laughing and shouting to be heard in the house that evening!
After a few rounds of Amish Manners, we made some popcorn,and all sat around, snuggled under blankets, to watch our "princess" movie"~~ Ever After! It's the Cinderella story and such a fun, girly movie! A perfect way to end the evening.
It was a beautiful evening~So lovely!
~Lindsey.
Sounds like you guys had a blast!!! love seeing the pics - the cake was beautiful :) You guys need to write like a farewell post before tomorrow!!!!! I love you guys and miss you!
ReplyDeleteOh - how fun! The tiaras were the perfect touch :-).
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAHAHA...somehow it doesn't sound like my kind of party, but you know, I'm glad you had fun. ;) Miss you girls! Nice pictures, too.
ReplyDeleteAaron is engaged?! I want to hear the story!
ReplyDeleteI didn't see a lot of him when I was there in Nov/Dec '06, but am still happy for him :)
No, he is now actually married, and they are expecting there first child. Maybe we should do a special feature sometimes on here about all of that.
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