Oh, we time-warped back to the 80's last night at our ward party!
(Casey, Nicole, me and Mikey-looking so preppy! Mikey was a rocker in the 80's, but he makes a cute preppy waver! Sydney couldn't believe her Dad was going to wear a pink shirt!)
It turned out better than we expected and we have been getting many, many positive comments today. One member of the Bishopric made the whole activities committe stand in front of everyone last night and he just praised the party and how hard we worked. It was kind of nice to be appreciated. Activities Chair is a big job and I don't think you realize how big unless you have been on that committee. We are so very lucky to have a fantastic committee! These couples are completely dedicated and get so excited about every party and work hard and have great ideas. It has been so much fun working with them.
Casey showing off his 'tail'
Our plans for the night were to play games and have a lip sync. We didn't do a dinner and just had people bring appetizers and desserts.
We made that relief society slush punch: sherbet and sprite, for the drink.
I'm going to put in some pictures of ward members so you can see how fun the outfits were!
The Woods! Really! Nice Hair
The greatest thing was that 98% of the people that came were totally decked out in 80's attire! Some women were in their prom dresses and we had many men in mullet wigs! We had a ice-breaker game, guess who you are (famous 80's person name on your back and you have to ask others in the room yes/no questions for clues). Then, broke up in 3 groups and rotated games between Family Fued, Pictionary and Finish the 80's lyrics. Mike and I did the lyrics game and had stayed up until 3am the night before downloading music and checking lyrics. We also put a mix tape together for the background music. All the games were played men against women and we were really impressed how many people knew all the lyrics to the songs we chose. We also had pictures of various people from their yearbooks on a poster in a collage. We didn't list the names and it was fun for people to guess who.
'Thiller' guys, Brett H. John Mc. Darrin K. Brian H. Brandon W. and Justin (committee member)
The big highlight of the night was the lip sync. This was also the biggest stressor of the whole party. We asked a lot of people beforehand if they would put a lip sync together and got some big NO's from a lot of people. We understand it's not for everyone, but it was the way we were told no. Anyway, things all came together and we had 4 amazing groups (about 25 in all) perform and it was TOTALLY AWESOME! We even had some break-dancing from a girl in a prom dress! Our Bishopric performed, the YW leaders and a bunch of guys from the Elder's did 'Thriller' really, really well! I think that if we do this party again (we have had requests), that there would be many more participants next time.
Our Bishopric....Bro. Summers, Bishop Stuart and Bro McQuiston
(it wasn't really that dark...my flash was having issues)
Young Women Leaders, Marcia F, Rachel O and Chris S.
Best dressed man..Richard F. Can you believe this guy is a rocket scientist? Hello, McFly!
Best dressed woman-Kim H
This is the gal that break-danced! The Davis'
We gave out awards for best dressed man/woman. Best hair and make-up, best lip sync (with all the lip sync'rs getting an award for participating-my 'You were 'Fanta-stic' goody bag...Fanta soda with neon jelly beans. We also handed out Nerds and Pop Rocks after all the games. One of our committee members owns vending machines and so he was able to get us jelly bracelets, and a lot of candy (that came out in the 80's). Brittney's (committee member) Mom had saved a bunch of stuff from the 80's and she brought He-Man lunch boxes, California Raisin lunchboxes, Teen-age Mutant Ninja Turtles and the van. We had Brute cologne and Aussie hairspray as some of the awards. We had TAB, record albums, rubik's cube, neon tablecloths, etc. I splash painted a backdrop for 'dance pictures' and we attempted a balloon arch. Well, Brittney, Nicole and I had a vision and had the guys do the arch. After their first attempt, we lived with the second attempt. At the end of the night, Casey & Mike popped all the balloons with a vengence. I think they liked doing that a little too much!
The Bishop and his wife!
It was a really fun night and we are glad it went so well. As always, we were really worn out afterward. I got sick right after dropping off the babysitter and couldn't get too far from the bathroom. We ended up ordering a pizza for dinner at 11pm because we realized we hadn't eaten since noon and were really, really hungry! That was fun because we don't order pizza much anymore.
We are having a great time in this calling!
Throwing rocks in the stream by Weeping Rock.
Kate & Amanda getting as wet as they could after hiking up to Weeping Rock.
Playing the river at Temple of Sinawava. This is the point where my camera battery died! We had a great time! And I'm really missing the warmth of So. Ut as it's snowing here today!
Sydney posing...but she played a duet with me, 'Pat-a-Cake'
I came to the computer to do some things for my piano recital (which is tomorrow), and here they came with their balloons....up and down and all around. It's the best! I just hope they don't pop too soon! I have a lot to do today!
Sydney and her baby, Makayla