So it started out tame with our mexican fiesta night of food. We missed Kristi, Sean, Maddie, and Connor because the whole house had the flu. Next year they will need to join in the fun. While the kids played downstairs unsupervised 90% of the time and they all survived. Well Lacie stayed with the adults and Grayson came up for most of it because it was overwhelming to say the least.
The quote of the night from the kids came from Chris McCullers. Here is the story. Alex Jones came up crying and Chris was right behind him. The look on Shelley's face is always priceless when Chris is involved. Chris was so sweet and told us that he had thrown something and it had hit Alex. When we asked Chris what he threw - he said "Blake". That is not the answer we expected so I went downstairs to ask Blake for his version. Not that I was shocked by the fact that Blake was a part of the whole situation. So I asked Blake what happened and I didn't want to lead him on by telling him what I knew. Blake told me the same story but when I asked him what Chris has thrown that made Alex cry; he said "Me" as if it was no big deal.
Shelley and I did our parenting responsibilites when one kid throws another (although I don't think that was ever in the handbook) and they had to sit out for a few minutes as we explained to them that we should not throw our friends into other friends. Shelley and I were laughing (of course the kids don't know that) because no one got hurt and they were so cute and honest with what they had done. No harm no foul!
Us adults played Catchphase and we played Men vs. Women. Of course the women won or we might be better cheaters (ex. Nick Carter).
And then.... the adults starting taking shots! Most of us were drinking (Shelley made a great mixed yet scary drink) and we were having a good time just laughing and doing something different. Billy and Russ are expert shot takers but they don't hold up as well as they used to in their twenties. I think we were only a few shots away from getting wild. Dana's aunt was the life of the party. She was shaking her hiney and feeling good with those shots!
So after the party dispersed - Billy and his dad played the Wii with the boys. Nothing like having a good buzz playing the Wii. Billy tends to get in my way when he drinks and then tries to help clean up....But Billy had a good headache the next day considering he fell asleep at 11pm. But Russ never got out of bed the next day. It was like being 22 all over again and watching them drink.
Here is a picture of Billy the next day as we went to Walmart. I never thought I would see Billy roll out in his PJ pants to Walmart but he did. It was fun to have fun again. Thank you too all of our friends, (Shelley's crowd, Russ and family, Michelle's Gang, my parents, Billy's dad and Diane, and Dana's Aunt for making me feel like a fun person once again.