Sam and Jada's Back to School Shindig

Last night Mike and I hosted our very first party as a married couple! Since my sister, Sam, and our friend, Jada, are both headed back to college, we decided to invite over our gang of friends and throw them a back to school party. We had a weenie roast, smores, games, and even a watermelon eating contest. I'll tell you all about it... with pictures!


Here are the two guests of honor. Aren't they pretty? And notice the super cool decorations... that's back to school... 80's style!


What a happy guy! Mike shows off the evening's menu... weenies and corn on the cob. We hadn't broken out the smores at that point yet.


Here we all are, mid-watermelon eating contest. Ben and Mike opted out to take the pictures. Jacob ended up winning, which is quite impressive considering he was coming down with the dreaded stomach flu that's running rampant in these parts.


Here is the after photo. Sam is clearly the loser. Oh man, there are so many things wrong with this picture... I'll let you mock it for yourself.


Even Sophie got in on the watermelon action. I'm pretty sure none of us looked that cute when we were eating ours.


After the feeding frenzy, we played some games. Here's Andi and her beginner's luck playing some hillbilly golf.


And here's Ben, showing off some mad frisbee skillz.


Here's that kid again. Way too cute for her own good...

Later on, after a good number of smores were devoured, we moved the party into the house. The boys busted out the old school video games and the girls played some Catchphrase. Pretty soon, a certain cute little someone stole the show. I won't mention any names, but.........


Aww. He'll be such a good daddy. Someday in the far off future...


I was so jealous of her new shirt I had to go out and buy myself one.


Even Scouty fell in love. I'm not sure what Soph thought about the dog though.

So there you have it. I think everyone had a pretty good time and Mike and I really loved having everyone over. Can't wait to do it again!

GOOD LUCK SAM AND JADA! YOU"LL DO GREAT AT SCHOOL!!!!!!!!