ALL OF THIS.......
Was in preparation
(notice our doorman....)
FOR THIS!!
My angel Sister-in-lawshared memories of her favorite winter formal with Shay. She then so graciously volunteered to help us re-create the evening for Shay and her group. It was a HUGE task
that took her away from her family of 6 little darlings to help us. I will be FOREVER grateful. She was the mastermind. Here's what we did..
As the guests arrived we had a gentleman (Derek's best friend) at the curb to open the car door. There was another (Derek) waiting at the house to open the front door and usher the couples inside...where yet another (nephew Taylor) was waiting with Christmas trivia for each couple. This kept the group occupied while waiting for all 7 couples to arrive. They were then seated...
and served a 3 course meal consisting of a delicious holiday salad, chicken cordon bleu with a dijon-parmesan sauce, herb roasted red potatoes, steamed green beans, roll and ended with choices of chocolate, white raspberry, pumpkin or traditional cheesecake. YUM! The waiters and waitresses (Kinsey and Abbey) were prompt, helpful, and super cute!
We then had a surprise visit from....none other than SANTA!! He came bearing gifts for all. This is a picture of the group playing the left/right story game. Santa read a story and they had to pass their gift whenever they heard the words left or right. They then kept the gift they ended up with. (They were all the same, so it didn't really matter) They each received a beautifully packaged ornament that read MHS Winter Formal 2013 with some yummy chocolates.
Each couple then had photo ops with the big guy...doesn't he look a little familiar??? This happened to be my favorite couple:)
Here they are getting ready to head off to the dance. What a fun night! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to my angel SIL. We love you!!
