Good times & great friends sometimes causes a bad head!

This weekend, the grown-up Semi-Slackers hosted a party in honor of our friend Darrell who is leaving for Iraq on Friday.

Darrell (khaki shorts) & his BIL

So on Friday, SSM supervised the pressure washing on the house, reorganized the carport & redecorated the porch.  I also, with the "help" of the children, painted my 4 Cracker Barrel rocking chairs; 2 regular sized, 2 child-sized, jungle green (better known as hunter green). 

Why is it that my 9yo managed to make a bigger mess "helping" after school than my almost 4yo did all day prior to her sister's assistance?  By the time they were finished quit, all three children were covered in paint. oil-based paint.  The girls more so than Bo.  But if you've been reading for awhile, this should not surprise you in the least.

Somehow with Sassy's help, Baby Girl ended up with paint in her hair. Not just a little paint, a green ponytail. FYI: a olive oil soak removes oil-based paint from hair.  And baking soda removes it from 3 sinks, a bathtub, soap dispenser, cabinets, door knobs...  

Saturday morning Bo had soccer practice & Sass had to cheer & in a brief stroke of genius decided to have the housekeeper come the day of the party.  Retro stayed with Baby Girl because he's not a big soccer fan, you would have thought I signed the boy up for ballet, & finished up the yard.  Even with the crazy morning I had, I was dressed & ready to party well before the 1st guests arrived.  A first for me, but it's usually okay because the 1st to arrive is almost always family or a bestie. 

We decided since we usually have tons of leftovers when we do a meal because everybody fills up on alcohol appetizers, that everyone could just bring their favorite finger-food.  We still had 3 tables & my bar full of food.

I made that dessert (brownies, pudding & cool whip); cheese dip (Velveeta, ground beef & rotel); cocktail smokies (in chili sauce & grape jelly); cream cheese w/ pepper jelly & my momma made Rosalyn Carter's cheese ring for me, but I served it with peach preserves instead of strawberry.

Even though the Dawgs decided not to show up against South Carolina, I still wore my game day attire; black dress, black cowboy boots, red beads & red & black jewelry.  Redneck chic.

He should have worn his GA shirt to match.  Now wouldn't that have been cute?

And for your viewing pleasure, here's some more of the pictures I took until my friends hid my camera from me because they don't like it when I take their picture & post it, even though I try to only post flattering ones.  Then they started taking bad ones of me.

At least some people don't mind having their picture made.

But some you have to sneak up on...

As the evening progressed, being the rednecks that we are, moved the party outside for some corn hole (google it) & to ride the golf cart & 4-wheelers.

Wife of the guest of honor.  She deserved to have a good time too.

If that's not the face of somebody that's up to something, I don't know what is.

Guess who else had a good time...

In other news, my baby will be 4 tomorrow.  My Baby!  We might have to have a repeat of this after her birthday bash next Saturday. Who's in?