MY DAD'S 75TH BIRTHDAY PARTY

My father was born in the 1930's, so when he turned 75 we thought it would be fun to throw him a birthday party with the theme being, 'The Depression Era'.  Having gone through that time, it made a big impact on his life, how he lived then, and even how he lives today. We sang songs from that time period, made that old familiar paper moon backdrop for a photo op, made a collage of things that happened in the 30's as well as the experiences and new products he saw within each new decade.We also made a poster of things about my father and his life. There was a soup kitchen bread line where everyone lined up to get their food. My mom made several home made soups as well!  Since my dad is a stamp collector we decided to transfer a picture of a stamp onto his cake that we made. There was also music played from the 'old days', and dancing.  The paper moon photos were a real hit with everyone!  

Here is a picture of what the cake looked like.

 

 

 

My mother in her paper moon photo shot
The  paper moon was made out of paper mache.  We hung a dark navy backdrop
stars on it. There was a covered seat to set on behind the moon. 

My Dad

My Dad at 75

MY PARENT'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY

Quite an interesting story, my parents 50th anniversary party.  Well, to begin the story, we have to go way back in time.  There was a Kentucky legend that my mother heard from a teacher when she was growing up. It was said that if you kept count of every white horse that you saw, that when you had counted one hundred of them, the first boy you saw would be the boy that you would marry. Some years later my mother began keeping a count. She was in the car with her mother, on her way home from an outing, when she saw, and counted, her 100th white horse. Being nervous about what boy she might see on the way home, she slouched down in the back seat, not looking out.  Her mother made a stop along the way, but my mother thought that they were home and had stopped in front of their house, so she sat up. And there, outside the Eagle's Nest, ( a hang out for all the kids), stood the boy that she would marry.  

MY 50TH BIRTHDAY PARTY

When I turned 50 my family threw a surprise party for me.  Being born in the 50's they thought it would be fun to do a party based on the 1950's.  It was a party that was planned kind of on the spur of the moment due to some family coming in to town last minute, so they put together what they could. As always, they pulled off an amazing job! It was a lot of fun and a lot of throwback memories to times then.  If you ever want to throw a 50's party here are a few ideas!

They named the diner Rosie after my mom, the hostess.  My sister and my niece helped out. They came up with outfits they had or stuff they found.  

This was the menu.  There was white castle burgers, grilled cheese, fries, milkshakes, cokes and a few other things.

My niece was a waitress. Here she is taking orders.

Another niece, also as a waitress, serving burgers, with a smile.

Here I am - The BIG 5-0!