Luau Wedding Shower

Like I said, we have been really busy this weekend.  Yesterday we had Jackson's baseball game in the morning--he did great and got two doubles off of the coach pitch!  He didn't need the tee at all!  After that Daddo left with Poppi to go help Uncle Scott move into his new apartment.  While they were gone doing the heavy lifting, the kids and I went to have lunch with Meme and wish her a happy birthday.  When we got home from that, it was time to start getting ready for Lyndsie and Scott's wedding shower at our house.

Thank goodness I had some help!  Maria offered to come over early and was a big help getting all of the food ready.  She's also a fan favorite with Maddie:)

Memaw and Poppi came early too to lend a few more hands.  Love this pic--Maddie's doing her best "cheese" face and Lila is saying cheese while eating a goldfish.

While the girls were getting everything ready inside, Jared, Andrew and Poppi were working on the patio.  The guys hung lights and then Jared started grilling the chicken. 

Even Jackson was trying his best to help and really liked assisting me with lighting the tiki torches:)

Right after we got it all under control, the happy couple arrived.  Aren't they so darn cute?

Thank goodness everyone came hungry because we had plenty of food.

We found this child grass skirt at Meme's house.  She brought it back from Hawaii when they went sometime in the 1970s!  Jackson thought it was so funny and wanted to wear it for a little while at the party.  Love this kid.

J also got the best seat in the house and had his dinner outside, sitting in his daddy's favorite chair, so that he could watch college football on TV!

While he and Maddie ate dinner outside, Lila was busy holding court inside.  She loved climbing up in Uncle Scott's chair...

and thought wearing his big hat was really funny.

When it was time for presents, the kids all got a front row seat!  They were so excited to be able to come to the adult party, and for the most part they did pretty good.  The last thing J asked me before going to bed last night was, "Mom, was I good enough to be invited to another party?"  The kid loved him some luau fun.

The kids got Uncle Scott this very cool tool box and they got other really fun gifts, too.

All in all it was a very good night.  Jared convinced Maria to hang loose and it turned out to be my favorite picture of all of us!