Engagment Party

My parents threw Matt and I an engagment party this past weekend. What a great party! I was a little nervous about it at first, but that quickly wore off after I saw how much fun everyone was having. Two of my best friends Jodi and Jenn came up from New York and Florida and I have to say that I was more excited about seeing them two than anything else!!! This was both of their first trips to Michigan, and I am really happy that they enjoyed themselves. Now they have seen where I live, and can stop wondering what it looks like over here. My Grandparents from South Florida came as well, and it was really great to have them there also. Anyways, back to the party....we had about 65 people there at one point and that is ALOT more than I anticipated. We sent out about 75 invitations, some of whom we knew would not be coming, but we wanted to send them one anyways. We had our good friends from Timberline Inn cater the party and they did a wonderful job, we had shrimp cocktail, stone crab claws, smoked trout, beef tenderloin skewers, and the list goes on. The food was fabulous and everyone must have enjoyed it because the only thing we had left were a handful of meatballs. Ed was smart when he was putting the menu together, he brought over some Italian Beef for sandwiches, he figured with all the drinking, people would be ready for a midnight snack, and he was right. My Grandma was heating it up and making little sandwiches, my brother walked upstairs and said people were lined up like they were at a soup kitchen. Needless to say, there was not one slice ove beef left. Now, on to the clean up...I think my dad counted 12 beers left, out of 8 cases, 2 empty gallon size bottles of Crown Royal, 1 and 1/2 gallons of Captain Morgan gone, 1 gallon of Canadian Club, another of Makers Mark, 2 empty MAGNUM sized Grey Goose bottles, a case of wine, and another of champagne. All in all, I would say it was a great party.