Jeff's 50th Stache Bash

Hello readers (there are like 2 of you)!  Thanks for reading and thanks for your patience as I post things that happened a month ago because life is just that busy!  I'll catch up one day, right?

The last weekend in September, Kevin and I traveled to Vermont to celebrate his dad's (SURPRISE) 50th birthday!  The weekend was REALLY fun and slammed packed, again!  I know I say it every time, but we never get the time we truly need up there.  A weekend is just not long enough!

After arriving late on Friday night, we drove to Kevin's mom's house on the lake to crash!  Our second flight from LaGuardia to Burlington was oversold by 5 seats and they ended up giving $1500 in Delta vouchers to folks willing to give up their seat.  Unfortunately, the next flight out was the next evening.  If that wouldn't have made us late for the surprise party, man oh man, we would have taken it!  Free round trip to Europe, yes please!

Our view of the lake the next morning!

Saturday was filled with busy-ness setting up for the party in the morning.  Despite purchasing the party decorations and having them shipped up to Vermont in advance, we still needed a few cheap table cloths and after hearing the guest count, even though I was told not to, I purchased ingredients for pigs in a blanket and sausage and cheese dip to feed the crowd.  I'm so glad I did because all of the appetizers were GONE!

By the time I finally had a chance to breathe, there were guests everywhere and we were just waiting on Jeff to arrive!  Heidi took him up to Stowe for a night to celebrate his birthday and when he pulled onto his street and the garage lifted to show all of the guests in the garage, he was so overwhelmed that he didn't even turn in the driveway, he continued driving down the cul-de-sac and when he came back to park and got out, he had tears in his eyes!  We really surprised him!

As soon as he got out of the truck, there were hugs all around and Heidi's son, Austin, presented him with a shirt "My mustache brings all the girls to the yard".  Perfect!  Jeff has a pretty amazing mustache, so that was naturally the theme of the party!

Before food, we presented our gifts.  Some mustache themed items...

A Notre Dame Hoodie...

And then the big gift...tickets to a Notre Dame game in November.  We're all going!

To say he was surprised is an understatement!

Next was food and some yard games!

Aren't those stache beanbags amazing?!?!

 

Then came the cake!

It was just an evening of hanging with friends and family and enjoying the REALLY hot Vermont weather! (I actually thought I was going to die from heat stroke!)  The night ended with a dance party on the deck!  Oh yeah!

We slept like babies that night and woke up Sunday morning for breakfast from Bagel Market before cleaning up the party at Kevin's dad's house.

Then it was time for Kevin and me to explore!  The leaves were so pretty, so we took a ride over to Cold Hollow Cider to take in the beauty and have some maple donuts!

Relaxing outside was just so perfect and that apple slush was pretty amazing too!

Next it was time for the Cabot Store and stocking up on chocolate at the Lake Champlain Store!

On the drive back to Winooski, we saw this picturesque barn....

And I FINALLY saw the Whales Tails...

We visited with good friends Alex and Hannah and baby Peyton for the remainder of the afternoon before heading over to Kevin's grandparent's house for dinner.

Hanging with Peyton the day before!

It was great to see family and catch up with everyone!  After a quick stop to Kevin's dad's to say goodbye, we headed back to his mom's to pack up and get in bed.  9:30pm is really late going to bed when you have to be up at 3:50am for a 6am flight!

The sunrise after takeoff sure was beautiful though!

Until next time...