Over the weekend we threw out friend, Tim, a goodbye party. He is leaving to become a Navy fighter pilot. We are so excited for him since it's always been his dream as long as we've known him. It was a surprise party and I'm so happy that we actually pulled it off! We had everyone in on the secret! Even his sister who flew in from NYC!
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| The whole crew plus Tim in the middle. |
When Tim walked in we were all standing around the table with the food. We turned on the lights, said "surprise" and blasted the song Highway To The Dangerzone from Top Gun (one of Tim's favorite movies... which we had playing all night too). We gave Tim a superhero cape that he wore all night.
I love themes so it was really fun for me to decorate for this party! I made some decorations, got some stuff from the dollar store and re-purposed it, a friend made the cute banner, and Tim's mom got the cake for the party. Actually, that was one of my favorite parts about the whole party. Tim's mom, who I have never met and who lives in Boston, called me up and said she really wanted to contribute to the party! She offered to find a baker, have them make the cake and pay for it! I was blown away! So generous and thoughtful! And I loved how touched Tim was too that she did that!
Everyone was so helpful and also brought food to help celebrate! Thanks to Jason, Brandie and Kyle and Jon and Lauren! Believe me, none of this lasted very long! Look at the yummy set up we had:
So as far as the decorations go we went with a red, white, and blue/America theme. Here are some of the details:
I photoshopped Tim into some pictures, one shaking hands with Obama and the other as Tom Cruise in Top Gun.
Made an anchor garland
As well as paper airplane garlands, put star confetti EVERYWHERE! I purchased some little plastic airplanes from the dollar store and spray painted them red and blue and left them lying around the house. We also used American flag bandannas on the tables as backdrops.
I made a ribbon garland as well...
Here is Brandie with her adorable banner that I LOVE so much!!
We put lights in the bushes in the back, placed flags in the ground, wore red, white, and blue (like my bow? haha) and had balloons and American Spirit everywhere!
We hung stars from the ceiling and all signed a card for him.
It was a really fun night and we were so happy to celebrate Tim! We are so proud of him and are already bragging about all his achievements and what a wonderful pilot he is going to be!
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| All the boys! |
