LINDA is RETIRED!

Friday night we had a retirement party at our house for Scott's mom Linda. Everything turned out good. I think we had a total of 23 people including us at our house. It was so funny Linda is never early and she was a few minutes early and drove up in the back where we had everyone else park. We made her drive around to the front and surprised her there. I am so glad she didn't find out what we had planned. I think it was a huge surprise and everyone had a blast.

Emma and Kim made this great banner!

I was so pleased that all my food turned out good that I had to take a few photos. The blue punch (a combination of 2 recipes) turned out really good.

The beef ball a new recipe for me. I love trying new things and it turned out really good. There was only a few bites left.

The pasta salad a last minute throw together dish was also good. I love vegetables so it had all kinds of stuff in it.

Quick and easy appetizers. This was a idea that just came to me out of the blue and I will definitely make these again. I failed to get a photo of all Scott's hard work on the hamburgers and hot dogs. My new recipe for Bacon Ranch Potato Salad was great. However, my pictures turned out not so good. I don't know why I love food photos so much. Guess because I love to eat. Unfortantly, I didn't get very many pictures of the party. I was too busy trying to be a good hostess which I am not.

Linda will be taking her first road trip in a few weeks. I hope the visa card and atlas will be very helpful.