Hello Party Photos
As I sit here sipping my cinnamon hazelnut coffee, with the morning sun hidden behind gray clouds and my son curled up on his toddler-size couch contentedly watching a favorite movie, I am happy and grateful to have such awesome friends and family. My hello party last night was a resounding success (at least from my point of view!). Great food, great friends, great family, fun time.
Before the party, I managed to get the clutter around my house cleaned up, get rid of a few leftover boxes from moving, and together, Johnny and I finally hung all our pictures/artwork/photos on the walls - which feels good too, and makes our place more homey.
Kiera, Haiden and Finn came over, and Mike stopped by after work. My mom, step-dad, sister (Kate), brother-in-law (Josh), their kids (Lily, Taylor, Isaak, Kendall), friend Elaine and her hubby Nate, and Irene (Amari) and her daughter Ariana all joined Johnny, Ash and I in the celebration.
Mama makes SOS
Irene and Elaine
Nate and Johnny
My sister, Kate, with three of her kids (Taylor, Lily and Isaak)
The food? In addition to the virtual food (thanks guys!), we had incredibly buttery and chocolatey brownies, my mom's SOS (hamburger gravy over rice, a favorite from childhood), Taco Bell burritos and tacos, mini mint-chocolate cheesecakes topped with chocolate, french silk pie, doritos and Nate's homebrew. Yummy. Johnny started things off by bringing me an "appetizer" from Jack in the Box - a double bacon cheeseburger and fries. What a husband.
Ash always has a little difficultly with large, loud crowds, but it was even worse with no nap and the large, loud crowd was at *his* house, playing with *his* toys. We tried to do the whole "special toys that others won't play with" but it didn't really work. So there were quite a few meltdowns, which I was expecting. But considering this was the first time we ever had a party at our house, I think he did well! We never had room at previous places we lived; this is the first larger place. I think he'll just get better as he gets older and more used to it. He did take some great pictures of Haiden, and at the end of the night, he was really enjoying one-on-one time with Ariana. I thought it was pretty cute that within 5 minutes of Haiden arriving, they had started a band. Such musical kids!
Coming up this week: I officially start training for my 50-miler and a review of Accelerade.
Comments
It looks like a lot of fun. Best of luck in your training for your 50-miler. Wow!
Posted by: Juls | August 13, 2006 08:52 AM
That all looks great! Glad you enjoyed it.
Posted by: Donald | August 13, 2006 12:55 PM
Glad it was fun! I'll be taking notes on your 50M training. : )
Posted by: Sarah | August 13, 2006 01:28 PM
Glad you enjoyed your party. You've earned it.
Posted by: jkrunning | August 13, 2006 01:51 PM
Looks like a good time had by all. You'll have to hold back on some of that "hello" food while training for that race in Sodona. But just think of how many of those goodies you can indulge in once you're done.
Posted by: Anne | August 13, 2006 04:05 PM
yay, angie!! what a way to celebrate with awesome family and all the food you have missed. the pictures really tell the story. congrats on a good recovery and i look forward to following the progress of training for OP50 :)
Posted by: matt | August 13, 2006 04:05 PM
Really big crowd, huh? I'd go crazy along with Ash:) Who's cleaning it after?
Great pictures!
Posted by: olga | August 13, 2006 04:09 PM
Super Fiesta! Lol great Burger photo! What a fun filled weekend =) Cheers to running the OP50- miler….rock on!
Posted by: Ryan | August 13, 2006 07:45 PM
I have that song "Wasn't that a party" going through my head as I read this. And that's quite the menu, too!
Posted by: Sarah Elaine | August 13, 2006 08:44 PM
Looks like a fun time, you look so fulfilled munching on the burger! Good luck with your training, it's gonna be great!!
Posted by: Jack | August 14, 2006 03:25 AM
Sounds like your food party went well. I don't know if I could of started off with the same appetizer :)
Posted by: ironayla | August 14, 2006 06:39 AM
Great photos! I like the marching band. It sounds like you had a great time.
Posted by: Ginger Breadman | August 14, 2006 06:51 AM
good lord woman! all the food and i haven't even had breakfast yet!
I don't want oatmeal now. :( haha
Looks like it was quite the party and I'm glad you enjoyed yourself!
Posted by: carmen | August 14, 2006 08:22 AM
I think that is awesome that you actually had this party :) Oh and you have the link wrong for your first 50 miler. I think it's supposed to be http://www.twinpeakstrailmarathon.com ;)
Posted by: Jessica | August 14, 2006 11:49 AM
It looks like a lot of fun Angie. And yeah, I am not sure you can call a double cheesburger an appetizer, but its your party so we'll let you get away with it this time.
Posted by: Rob | August 14, 2006 03:28 PM
Sounds like a great time! Sounds like your recovery from GB surger is going great. What's your training schedule like for the 50 miler?
I also think its great you are getting your little one acclamated to parties and crowds, it will make him so outgoing!
Posted by: turnip | August 14, 2006 05:11 PM
Angie, that looked like fun! And lots of yummy food too. Glad you are feeling so much better!
Posted by: backofpack | August 15, 2006 07:54 AM
Angie, that looks like great fun!
Posted by: Renee | August 15, 2006 09:44 AM
Hi, I am writing from Oxford, England. I came across your blog when I googled 'running' and 'gallbladder'. I am a 28-year-old female lecturer in French at Oxford University, but I'm also (and foremost) a runner. I have been suffering really bad bouts of rib and back pain, along with really vile belching! The docs suspect a dodgy gallbladder and think I may, like you, need an op. I wanted to write to say how much I enjoyed reading your blog and to ask whether you have been able to start running yet.
All best wishes for continued recovery.
Rowan
Posted by: Rowan Cerys Tomlinson | August 29, 2006 08:03 AM