A few weeks ago, we loaded up the car and went to Kansas to celebrate Mom and Dad's 40th Anniversary. The four kids of the middle generation (Fritz, Katie, Mitzi, and myself) threw a party for them where we hijacked their backyard, had Mom make most of the food, and forced Dad to do a lot of yard work...And we all had a really good time.
We had decided to keep things the most simple we would just throw a Maifest much like the Maifests my parents had been hosting for years. The menu was set and Mom and Dad knew exactly what needed to be done. The one thing we added was a bouncy house!
We also wrote a version of The Schnitzelbank that was based on Mom and Dad's life.
I am pretty sure Mom and Dad preferred the private show the morning after their party led by the grandkids. And the grandkids have been singing it around the house ever since.
Grandma and Grandpa came up for the party and stayed for the after party the next morning.
We also made a trip to Allen Fieldhouse and a local park where Will showed off his climbing skills and Dom hustled everyone on the basketball court with his new peewee Jayhawk basketball.
We are absolutely terrible about taking pictures of everything. Therefore I don't have a picture of us competing in a trivia night that was held as a fundraiser for the KC seminarians. We didn't win, but we received the spirit award. We all wore German Soccer t-shirts and waved Bavarian flags while answers were revealed. We waved whether we got the answers correct or not to strike fear into the competition...
We also don't have pictures of the actual party...but it was lovely. Mitzi and Katie took the lead on just about all of the details so it was much more impressive than if I had done it. It was really wonderful to see so many friends of my parents, too.
And last, Eric, Robert, Katie, Mitzi and I went to a pro-soccer game on Sunday and had a great time. Katie and Mitzi and perhaps even Robert took pictures at the time and posted on facebook. As I don't have a phone that is capable of this (or capable of ever being on my person for that matter), I relied on them to document the event.
All in all, the great times way outweighed any stressful times and I think we'd all like to do something similar again in the future. Especially if Mom volunteers to make all of the food :)!
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It was a fun party and folks are still talking about what a great job you four kids did! Thanks! We'll do it again!
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