V-Day

So I know that I am soooo behind in blogging, but I wanted to get this posted while I have a minute. Last night We had a valentine's party with a bunch of friends. It was so much fun! I got the idea from my friend, Kendra's, blog who did it a few years ago.

So we all met at my house, where I read the guys the rules, took their wallets, gave them their uniforms

and sent them on their way. they had to follow the clues using keys that they each had on their keyrings,
here they were supposed to shoot free throws (pretty sure they didn't)

(the clue was in Rod's mailbox)


They also had to complete certain tasks like:
1. buy your wife a present using only the funds provided- we gave them a bunch of change, they went to the dollar store & came back with some interesting choices.



And I'm not sure how thrilled the people working at the dollar store were with 9 guys in matching shirts paying for stuff with pennies!



2. obtain flowers for your wife without spending any money. I was impressed with the creativity! Some of the guys brought flowers they had picked from somewhere, and some of the guys brought flour from the kitchen. I didn't get pictures of the flowers as most of them didn't make it through the night.

3. At one stop they had to make us a card with my SIL's stamp collection.

There were some very nice cards. Our boys are mucho talented! Maybe Shannon can talk Rob into sharing his poem.

After they got back, we gave them the candy bouquets each wife had made while the guys were gone

and then ate dinner made by my fabulous friends, Jamie and Jenni! Thanks again you guys! And we watched a slideshow of every couples pictures set to every couple's songs. It was so fun to see everyone's pics from when they were dating or first married. Let's just say fashion and hairstyles have come a long way! Here are some of my favs (better to ask forgiveness rather than permission, right?)


After the slideshow we played "How well do you know your wife?" kinda like the Newlywed game. While the boys were gone, we asked each girl 5 questions and then videotaped her answers. Then we asked each husband the same questions and played his wife's answers to see if they matched. Great questions, fabulous answers, but my fav part was watching my sweet hubby's struggle with not wanting to answer cuz he gets embarrassed easy and wanting to answer cuz he wanted to win. So fun- and I learned a LOT about my friends, maybe too much in some cases! Congratulations to Josh and Jamie who were 5 for 5.

I am so thankful to have such fantastic friends to have so much fun with. Thanks everyone for coming, I had a blast! And thanks all you hubbies for being such good sports.


Here are the girls in their cute shirts:

Here are our "gifts" from the guys

***okay I realize I did not put the pics of the couples up yet. Hubby wants to take me out for valentine's so I will add them tonight or tomorrow***