Journal

Did someone say Monkey Card?

So Saturday people start showing up. First Wade shows (a bit early) and we head off to the liqour store so he can get some booze. He gave me a bottle of Jägermeister for my birthday (thanks wade!).

So I caught up with Wade and we caught up with him. It was kinda nice.

Other people arrived. Over the night, Wade, Courtney, Josh, Mandie, Ryan, Mikey G, A girl of Mikey's, Brandon, Val, Rich, Matt, Kelly, Adam, Tiffany, and the Boyfriend of Wade's younger sister and a couple of his friends.

Brandon and Val got me a bottle of Hendrick's Gin and a Monkey Card (that was funny) (Thanks Brandon and Val!).

Josh gave me a bottle of Grey Goose Vodka (Thanks Joshy!)...mmm....vodka.

So I gotta say that the Hendrick's Gin has got to be far and away better than any other gin that I've had. I was suprised as to the taste. Being not a huge fan of gin, maybe that's why. It's quite a bit diffrent. Even Wade, who pretty much dislikes gin, said that this was quite good.

The party moved on, people having fun. A massive game of Bocci was played.

Eventually I cut the White Chocolate Whisper Cake with white chocolate cream frosting that I made. Reviews were good, with the only real complaint being that it was a bit dry. I think that had more to do that it sat on top of the stove all day and I didn't really have a way to enclose it. I need to get a cake stand or something like that to cover it up. For presentation, I should've made a bit more frosting and it would've been nice to have it flat on a level plate (instead of the plate that I used). But over all I was pleased. I think the Breyer's Natural Vanilla was a good addition to it. Not to bad for the first cake I've made from scratch, and the first cake I've made in...well...a long time.

The party started to wind down. And by the end the night it was just Shannon and I, Ryan, Wade, Mandie and Josh. Shannon and I decided to go to bed aroudn 1:AM (cause we're old) and Ryan Wade Josh and Mandie were hanging out on the deck chatting.

For the second party in a row, there has been a minor accident (last time being my neighbor aand a friend of Jen's). This time Josh's escape got a little damage to it's front side near the tire (not his fault).

Clean up was pretty easy. The kitchen needed to be mopped and the dining room, but mostly it was just throwing away plastic cups (first Time I've put 'em out to be used) and since I bought these cheap shot glasses from target, that was used, so I didn't have to hand clean anything.

Thanks to Everyone for coming!

This coming weekend, Shannon and I are heading up North to see my Grandmother (dad's mom) and my older brother, Hyrum, his wife, Diane, and their kids Spencer and Dallin. Hyrum sent me the following email, I thought it was cute:

During our meal we talked about what was going to happen next Saturday, and what we wanted to do (i.e...maybe go to the blazing star trail). After the meal, we actually went to the trail so Spencer could have a clear smooth path to ride his bike (he just picked that up a couple of days ago) We
arrived, Uncle Sam was nowhere to be found, Dallin broke out in tears "where is uncle Sam?, he was going to meet us at the blazing star trail."