I NEVER want to throw a party again! AAAHHH! I'm so tired!
Actually.. if I had a house.. i'd rather throw it here- lugging allllll the crap we needed to the shelter in the park was MUCH harder than I expected!
It didn't rain, but the heat index was 110!!!! And since we were right off the beach, it was SO windy which I did NOT expect. FUN trying to get table covers to stay down (thank god for twisty-ties!)
Things most certainly didn't go as I planned, the tables weren't set up how I thought they'd be.. I didn't have enough time to set up- but I think everyone had a good time amongst all the chaos, I hope so at least!
The pirate theme was a definite hit! We had decorations EVERYWHERE, tons of people showed up..
Holden was cranky for the first half but he really got into it once he ate.
Anyways, enough yammering, here are some pictures! I didn't get to take as many as I would have liked because I was running around like crazy, so i'm hoping other people got really good pictures!
get ready for a SUPER PIC OVERLOAD!
Holden & Auntie Dyan. he threw a FIT and would ONLY go to her! And I made his shirt!

Some decorations:

Pirate flag getting killed by the wind, with some treasure

some of the gifts:

Treasure chest (was full of drinks)

Better shot of the shirt I made him:

Back of the shirt says "IT'S MY PARRRTY!!"

Biff got to bring Preston to the party!!

My pirate!

Absolute FAVORITE picture!

Cristi, Holden & Brandi

PRESTON!!

Holden & Preston

All the cousins from my mom's side and our respective children

HOORAY CAKE!!!!

OMG THIS IS GOOD!

You can tell he was in love. Fatty

WHATCHU TALKIN BOUT?

Surprisingly.. he didn't get much messier than this:

The big cake (looked better before we took it in the heat!!):

arrgggghhhh

Opening presents.. we only let him open a few himself because he got PISSED when we took one away so he could open another

Our beverages

Our condiments

crazy aftermath:
TFL!