We had a great time celebrating K's graduation this past weekend. We had the party the weekend after his actual graduation so that we could have it in the afternoon - the graduation ceremonies made for a full day, we didn't get open until after 7 and were tired. We also waited so that we weren't trying to have it on Mother's Day, we know better than to try to have a party on Motehr's day - that is a day to celebrate mothers!
Many family and friends were able to join us, and many others who couldn't come sent their congratulations. The party also served as an 'unveiling' of our backyard. Everyone loved it and most of the party took place outside. We have pretty casual parties, mostly just everyone hanging out and visiting, which is just what we wanted. We also had blongo ball set up in the backyard.
We had some great food. To make it easy on ourselves we had the main dish (brisket, sausage, turkey) and a few sides catered from Spring Creek BBQ, and we made some additional food ourselves. I may've overdone it on the dips - Greek dip, hummus - but they taste good and I love an opportunity to make them when there are others coming who will eat them (K isn't a fan of either dish).
For drinks we had beer, soda, water and jello shots (not really a drink, but with alcohol in it thats how I'll count it). It was the first time for K and several others at the party to have them. They were nice and cool in the Houston heat, and quite a novelty for everyone. K picked out orange which worked well with his alma mater's colors.
We also made homemade peanut butter ice cream for dessert.
Many family and friends were able to join us, and many others who couldn't come sent their congratulations. The party also served as an 'unveiling' of our backyard. Everyone loved it and most of the party took place outside. We have pretty casual parties, mostly just everyone hanging out and visiting, which is just what we wanted. We also had blongo ball set up in the backyard.
We had some great food. To make it easy on ourselves we had the main dish (brisket, sausage, turkey) and a few sides catered from Spring Creek BBQ, and we made some additional food ourselves. I may've overdone it on the dips - Greek dip, hummus - but they taste good and I love an opportunity to make them when there are others coming who will eat them (K isn't a fan of either dish).
For drinks we had beer, soda, water and jello shots (not really a drink, but with alcohol in it thats how I'll count it). It was the first time for K and several others at the party to have them. They were nice and cool in the Houston heat, and quite a novelty for everyone. K picked out orange which worked well with his alma mater's colors.
We also made homemade peanut butter ice cream for dessert.
Everyone had a great time.I had to laugh that with all the food we had, a couple of the little kids just wanted to eat hot dog buns, we really did have something for everyone!
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