A Luau!

I love our culdesac. Seriously, I have the greatest neighbors! It hasn't taken me long to realize that we just live in a unique situation and are blessed to have these great families living around us.

The gathering this time was spear-headed by A&G and they deemed it Luau night. They sent an evite. (I still love this method of invitation) The Evite was great! It had the whole Tiki theme going on in bright colors. Our culdesac tends to have cookouts and gatherings from time to time, but this time was different. We had so much to celebrate- a bunch of birthdays, a couple of anniversaries and a sweet neighbor who is leaving us in just a few weeks. Our hosts decided that we needed to get together and so they put together a Luau!

Our hosts would cover the main course and kid friendly food. Because we were all able to see the same evite and respond, it was really easy to see who was coming and who was bringing what side or dessert to share.

As usual, it was a feast!!! The great thing about A&G is even though they've got a busy schedule and 4 cute kids, they had luau decorations. A luau banner, a palm tree, tiki cups for the kids, palm tree centerpieces, themed plates and a flower lei for each person to wear. I found out they got all their decorations from the Dollar Store. (Love that place!) They even had a canopy set out for shade and everyone brought out their lawn chairs. A&G made a lemon slush drink for the kids and the kids kept begging for more. We had cookout food: burgers, mac and cheese, speedies, D&B's famous pasta salad, cheese and crackers, potato salad, a veggie tray and fruit tray. Yummy cake and a fruit pizza. And then later for double dessert or for some of us, triple dessert, an ice cream cake! The hostess was even armed with a sharpie marker, so we could label kids' cups to prevent mix ups and so they could have a souvenir to bring home.

A & G did a great job picking out a reason to party, a theme and they couldn't have had better weather for this event. I happen to know our hosts were packing up their Luau stuff for next year, so I better start looking for an island print shirt for future Luaus!

It's great to have neighbors. And to actually know them....even better! I am thankful God brought us to a place where we have had the opportunity to get to know ours. They may not know this, but we are extremely grateful for all of them! (I know you guys read this blog--I'm not just sayin' it--I mean it! We think you guys are great!)