The Sweet 16 BASH! We lived through it and so did the neightbors, I Think?

With planning this infamous party for the last month we had big aspirations for an outdoor Sweet 16 Bash for our Zoey. We cleaned, we prepared, invited via text, invitations & facebook, and the ever so accurate weather man predicted Thunder Storms, What? rain and cold in May in Utah, Un- heard of, or should I say, completely possible. Over the years we have had many a spring and summer day in the 40's and freezing, Kind of hate that about Utah - But what do you do - Give a little, take a little! After a week of hanging lights in the back garage and making sure the band (Zoey's friends) could get set up ok, 2 days of a Baseball tournament in Salem/Spanish Fork, Utah and running around with our heads cut off, The Big Event Came and guess what? NO RAIN, NICE WEATHER, LAST-MINUTE HELP FROM SISTER-IN-LAW LISA, APPROX. 1500 WHITE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS HUNG IN BACK GARAGE, 8 tiki torches, 18 luminaries, 1 banner, 2 direction signs, 12 balloons, 6 cans of silly string, lots of sidewalk chalk for the perimeter walls, THE BAND GOT SET UP EASILY (THEY WERE AWESOME), Along with Zoey's friends we had; ALISSA'S FRIENDS, JOCEY'S FRIENDS, EVEN SOME OF STONE'S FRIENDS, totalling 125-150 TEENAGERS (NOT KIDDING) 120 CANS OF SODA, 60 WATER BOTTLES, 60 cupcakes, 2 Texas sheet cakes AND OODLES OF CANDY AND CHIPS AND ONLY 3 MISHAPS! (That's another story) Zoey had a great time, they had dancing, a dance off, basketball, trampoline, swings, volleyball (thanks to an awesome neighbor), Foosball, air-hockey, street football, Frisbee, & Fire-pit! yeah IT's over........ HERE ARE SOME PICTURES TO PROVE IT! (oNLY 1 MORE SWEET 16 TO GO, yES)

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