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<\/a><\/p>\nBack to the Tea Party…I was supposed to decorate my table Friday afternoon or Saturday from 10-noon.\u00a0 I left my house at noon, praying someone would be at the church to let me in to decorate my table.\u00a0 That’s how I roll!\u00a0 LATE!\u00a0 It’s not intentional.\u00a0 I know I make people crazy.\u00a0 I’m sorry!\u00a0 I’ll work on it…soon…maybe.<\/p>\n
A few details of the table…<\/p>\n Planters were from Wal-Mart.\u00a0 Flowers were from the street corner! :)\u00a0 Being the Rose Capital, we have the amazing privilege of buying these gorgeous flowers on the street corner for $2.50 a dozen!<\/p>\n Lisa and Hadley<\/p>\n A few weeks ago Preston received the “game ball” at his 5-pitch baseball game.\u00a0 He was ECSTATIC!\u00a0 My boy loves baseball.\u00a0 He’s very competitive, and he was thrilled to have earned the game ball as the Most Valuable Player for that game.\u00a0 The moment we walked in the house I saw him writing something on his baseball.\u00a0 When I looked over his shoulder, I couldn’t help but smile.\u00a0 I love my little type-A 7-year old man.\u00a0 He did this all by himself.<\/p>\n<\/a>I decorated the table, and left the church at 1:00, wearing nasty clothes.\u00a0 I was supposed to be back at the church for the Tea Party at 1:45, wearing a hat and NOT looking like I had just rolled out of bed.\u00a0 Did I have a hat?\u00a0 Did Lilly Katherine have a hat?\u00a0 Of course not!\u00a0 Our church is 10 minutes from my house.\u00a0 I left the church, ran to Target to buy hats, ran home, showered, dressed myself, dressed LK, and we were out the door…and back at the church by 1:50 (only a few minutes late!)\u00a0 Miracle!<\/p>\n<\/a>The china was Brad’s grandmothers, and I love it!\u00a0 I wish I had a better picture of it.<\/p>\n<\/a>To go with the Mad Hatter’s Tea theme, I gave everyone a little bottle of secret potion like Alice drank.<\/p>\n<\/a>The little girls at our table loved it.\u00a0 I didn’t think about the little red mustache that it would create. :)<\/p>\n<\/a>I had fun with my big girl.\u00a0 We also invited Kay (Brad’s mom).<\/p>\n<\/a>They gave door prizes away throughout the Tea Party, and ALL THREE OF US WON!\u00a0 I’ve said before that Lilly Katherine is lucky.\u00a0 I guess it rubbed off on us.\u00a0 She won cotton candy (perfect!), I won a little girls purse (that I gave to her), and Kay won a manicure from a salon.\u00a0 It was great!<\/p>\n<\/a>We sat with our sweet, beautiful friends.<\/p>\n<\/a>Tiffany and Katelynn<\/p>\n<\/a>Good times had by all.\u00a0 I rarely get to hang out with just LK, so it was nice to have some mother\/daughter time.<\/p>\n<\/a>On a COMPLETELY different note…<\/p>\n