It cannot be overstated how delightful it is to plan and execute a party.\u00a0 Especially when the guests are new friends.\u00a0 Especially when you know there will be a whole houseful.\u00a0 Today was no exception.\u00a0 The only drawback of the day was that my coughing got so severe while driving everyone to church that I had to make a run to Walmart to pick up some cough medicine to get me through the morning.\u00a0 I never really know for sure what is going to work when I have bronchitis, but when I saw that Mucinex had a few different cough syrups, I thought that had to be the ticket.\u00a0 Oh. My. Word.\u00a0 Please, if you ever take this cough syrup, plan to have a chaser of ANYTHING ready to wash it down.\u00a0 It is THE vilest thing.<\/p>\n
However, it’s kind of a miracle cure, as I barely coughed for the rest of the morning!\u00a0 I even got to hold Efrain all the way through the homily, and he was an angel.<\/p>\n
After mass, we picked up Lisa (who had not heard the phone when I called this morning to wake her so she could come with us) and did a quick breakfast at BK, then made a mad dash to the grocery store for the salad dressing I’d forgotten to buy (and some candles) and then home to begin setting out all the fixin’s for our taco salad buffet.\u00a0 Very shortly, Laura Jezek and her ten gorgeous kiddos marched through the door, and pandemonium ensued for the remainder of the afternoon.<\/p>\n
I am always amazed at the kinds of pictures that show up on my camera after I’ve been sitting and chatting with the adults for a while as we allow the tornadic activity to whirl around us virtually unchecked.\u00a0 The kids very obviously had had nothing short of an epic afternoon together.<\/p>\n