Happy Birthday to my true love! Zui turned 30 on Friday. I've been planning his party for a few weeks now. I wanted to throw Zui a surprise party but it stresses me out too much--trying to keep secrets from him. I threw him a surprise party for his 25th and it just about killed me. So I just went ahead and told him I was gonna throw him a party. It was mostly just family that came, which still made for a pretty big party considering the size of his family :)
In the morning Zui slept in while I made him waffles with sauteed apples and fresh whipped cream--yum. Then he watched the kids so I could go get my hair cut. Yes you heard me right, Zui watched the kids so I could get pampered--is that fair? Not really, but I'm glad he was okay with it ;) I wanted to look decent for his party and I knew they were going to style my hair (how vain am I??)
Later that day Zui took a nap, then played basketball with some friends. Dad and Yvonne watched the kids from 5-7pm so we could clean the house and get ready for the company. I started to feel really stressed about 6:30pm when I started making the pizzas. Mostly because I spent too long doing this:
see that cute sign? I really REALLY wanted to get it done before the party so there I was, 5:30pm sticking those vinyl letters up on the wall (p.s. did you guys know this is SO easy to do? Buy vinyl from Walmart, borrow a friend's Cricut, and 10 minutes later you're sticking them on your wall). I love hosting parties because they inspire me to get things done in the house: deep clean, organize the toys, touch up paint...you know, finish the list of projects I've been meaning to do for forever. I never get them all done, but at least I make a dent in my list. So anyways, that sign was one of them--phew!
By 7pm as guests started to arrive and I was still making pizzas and melting by the 500 degree oven I thought "why didn't we just do Costco pizza?" Seriously, what was I thinking?? Luckily some angels came by (Amy Kim and Joy Yamada) and started cleaning my kitchen and making more dough for me so I could go feed the baby. I seriously felt so overwhelmed with their generosity, how they just jumped in and took a load off my back--big Mahalos!
Dessert was simple: brownies and icecream. Do you like my haircut? I cut off about 5 inches (tired of the Mom-do: hair in a ponytail EVERY day).
Anyways, back to Zui: We didn't really do anything at his party. Everyone ate and talked story, it was fun, nice and laid back.
Sheena, Kapono, Tiff and Brian
Yvonne, dad, and the Morden's. Yvonne held baby Jaz the whole night (thank you!). See those bandages on Dad? He tripped outside in his garden and landed face first on some bricks. Zui took him to the ER. Luckily he's okay.
Jenna, Amy, Lindsey, Lehua
The kids had a great time playing together. I had no ideas my hangars made great guns but the boys loved it.
The girls dressed up over and over again--switching outfits, changing tiaras..so cute. Kaila and Kyra with Anjuli.
Zui scooped icecream cones for all the kids. That was a great idea, the kids loved it and it was super easy.
I'm so glad it didn't rain, it was nice to have the kids outside on the deck.
Everyone had a really fun time, and it was great to see all the family and close friends over to support Zui. Happy 30th Birthday, Babes!
