Mackenzie's Welcoming Party

August 5, 2012

We had a fun summer / baby welcoming party this past Sunday.  The party was a blast, but the greatest part was a surprise visit from my parents and brother Todd, Abby, Chloe and Avery.  How fun to have family come to one of my special parties!!  

I wanted to do a baby shower theme in the pavilion.  I decided to go with a yellow, white and grey color scheme with Daisies.  The favor was a homeade Peach Raspberry Jam and I framed "Thank You for coming, please take a fresh peach raspberry jam and 'Spread the Love'."  My sister and brother and his girlfriend Lisa were here a few weeks ago and helped me decorate all of the jars of jam.  My girlfriend Trina, Abby and Lisa put together the pom poms.

As you all know the Dessert table is always my favorite part of a party!  I kept it in a "white and yellow" theme with the exception of the Lollipop Tree which was all colors.  My mom said the only thing missing was Chocolate!  I said, well brown was just not part of the color scheme, so I just couldn't go there! ;) Plus I knew it would be a hot day and I didn't want all the desserts melted!  I filled a cookie jar with white chocolate macadamia cookies.  The cupcake tower had vanilla cupcakes with a lemon curd filling and lemon buttercream frosting.  The sugar cookies were decorated like daisies and the banana bars were just a favorite of mine that we added.  The donuts were not homeade!  But I sampled a few shops until I found a spot that did good powdered sugar cake donuts.

The park/grass area was set up summer party themed.  We hired Hula Girls Hawaiian Shave Ice were they set up a canopy and table set up.  The Shave Ice was SO DELICIOUS and you can imagine a big hit with all of the kids.  The yard was set up with Volleyball, Ladder ball, Hula Hoops, Sidewalk Chalk and bubbles.  Fun for all ages!

The kids Loved the Shave Ice.  But to be honest, I think the adults loved it just as much!!

Adrianna and her friends and cousins had fun playing with all the party supplies!

The adults enjoyed mingling, playing games, eating, drinking and being merry!

Thank You to everyone that came out to celebrate Mackenzie's welcoming to the world!  We are so excited to meet her and introduce her to all of you!