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A Rehearsal Dinner of Soup and Salad
Popping in here on the morning of the wedding to write this post. Sleep has escaped me for some strange reason. 🙂 Rehearsal dinner is over and today is Seth & Jessica’s special day! Serenity, myself and another Castle Keeper young lady (who traveled with us from AZ) made all the soups and desserts on Thursday. These girls worked hard and I was very proud and thankful for them! They also couldn’t resist the chocolate frosting. Official tasters which I thought that was my title. Hmmm I was so thankful that everything for the rehearsal dinner went so well. Having help is so important and my family did…
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How to Host Your Own Bruschetta Bar Party
Well this new year started off with a bang and I’m needing a breather already! Unfortunately, I’ve been down the last few days with a fever/cold. It was a powerful bug going around but I guess I need to focus on building up my immune system because not everyone caught it. Lots of fun times were shared with this lovely group of young people this last week and we enjoyed hosting them. So I wanted to tell you all about the Bruschetta Bar that we put together for our Christmas Eve meal. It was a lot of fun to do and I think a lot of the impressiveness of…
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Preparing for My Guests
While much work has been going on outside, I’ve had my share of things I’ve been doing in the house in preparation for family members arriving this week. 14 loaves of whole wheat bread were baked and placed in the freezer 40 pounds of granola was made And I’ve been writing all these little tags to attach to our favors. The tags were purchased for $1.00/bag at Hobby Lobby at 50% off. The Sharpie is a gold metallic Extra Fine point pen. I really like the look the gold gives on the white tags. So much to do still…. 🙂
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The Pergola Gets Put To Use
The pergola got its first big use this past Monday with about 240 people “dropping by” our place. We are affiliated with a church that hosts a youth camp each year in our area, and so each year, for many years now, we have had a tradition where all the youth campers come to our house when their camp ends. I prepare a lunch for everyone and the campers entertain themselves in various ways – or just relax and visit. The morning of… everything lay waiting in preparation for the deluge of guests that would show up about 11:30 a.m. We always shoot the cannon when new guests come to…
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Forgot Something? Making it Easy for Your Guests
Family is coming for Thanksgiving and I’m so excited to be hosting all of them here at my house for a few days. Someday I hope to be like my sister who always has a gift bag for every single person that comes to stay at her house. In the gift bag she puts all kinds of snack items and most usually a water bottle. If you find me missing when I’m at her house and wonder where I am, you would be safe to assume I’m sneaking a few bites of the goodies that she has so generously given. 🙂 Whenever she or someone from their family comes to…
