We had our Beta St. Patrick’s Day party tonight! It is always a fun night with delicious food!
We had the Shamrock Stomp – musical chairs with shamrocks – that is always a competitive crowd pleaser!
Lots of green – just the way Jessica likes it!
It's always a fun night to be with the Beta Babes!
We had our very fun, always entertaining, not to be missed Beta Christmas Party tonight at Amy’s. We did the traditional games – guess the weight and mega tape wrapped relay. The best one is the gift exchange.
I took a pillow and table runner this year. Kelly opened it as the very first gift to be opened.
It got traded around to practically every person throughout the night!
Kate opened this candy cane decoration…or is it a “J?” She didn’t end up with it though…but she did get a wreath that was made of the same material.
Amy opened a gift that had this sign, some chocolate, wine, and coffee. I stole it from a her a few times because I thought that sign would be perfect in my office! She stole it back and ended up getting to keep it!
Karen is trying to steal the table runner from Eileen – but Eileen is sitting on it!
I think everyone ended up with something they were satisfied with!
We celebrated Amy’s 40th birthday on 12/12/12 with a Donna Seely cake! YUM!
Our group – missing Martha and Sharon – we all wore black and bling in honor of Amy’s big bad 4-0!
Of course, we had to have a photo shoot!
Check out that bling!!
Kara and Karen – the masters of the gift exchange game! Because of these two, I can see why sometimes the game is called “Dirty Santa!”
Karlye & Jess – they had an alliance to get the table runner & pillow for Jessica. Success!
We had our annual Beta Halloween Party the other night – as always, it is fun to dress up and to see what costumes everyone else thinks up!
We had a smaller group this year for the party, but still fun!
We had to go trick-or-treating around the neighborhood for canned food for the Food Bank. I grumbled at the beginning – since it was cold outside and, um, how embarrassing to show up trick-or-treating a week early?! It ended up being a lot of fun and we had a lot of laughs!
Maren took the lead and knocked on doors. She was dressed up as crayon and would say, “We’re trick-or-treating for food for the food bank…and school supplies!” Then, if they hesitated at all, she would yell at the people that opened the door: “Go grab a can of something!”
TOO funny!
We had dinner, opened Secret Sister gifts, and then went to Karen’s to trick-or-treat her since she didn’t come to the party!
Very fun evening – we missed everyone that couldn’t come!
We had a Beta style going away party tonight for Kelly & Melissa. Kelly is moving to Olympia and Melissa is moving to Puyallup. They’ve both promised to come back once in a while – and we’ll hold them to it!
Alkie & Boo
Momma Connie & Melissa
Kamryn got to come enjoy the party too – she loved on Samson as usual! She likes to kiss him, have him kiss her, pet him, rub his belly, and brush his hair. :)
And ride him?! AH!
My Mom found these old Glamour Shot pictures of Melissa and I from about 1994 and Karlye thinks they’re SOOOOO funny! She has been posing “Glamour Shot” style ever since, so we had to have a photo shoot tonight after the party!
“Ok Karlye, you wierdo!”
Oops – Melissa, still Glamour Shots, not gangsta style!
Kate told me she had something in her car for me and it was this basket for my quilts! I have seen pictures online of quilts stored like this and I LOVE it! Karlye and I rolled mine up and they fit perfectly! I love love love it!
Everyone brought appetizers to share tonight, so I used the opportunity to try out some more recipes from Pinterest!
Jessica had this hot corn dip at her Pampered Chef party & I thought it was delish! It’s really easy to make and wows the crowd!
Hot Corn Dip
From Gina Marie's Kitchen
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack
2 tbs chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, diced small
1 small can (4oz) diced green chilies, undrained
1/2 cup Mayo
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1 11oz can of corn, drained
1 small tomato
2 tbs cilantro, chopped
2 tbs green onions, sliced thin
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Strawberry Cheesecake Salad
From Time for Supper
12 oz. whipped topping
1 small package of cheesecake pudding (powder)
3 (6 oz) strawberry yogurts (I use Yoplait)
1 lb fresh strawberries, sliced
3 bananas, sliced (add just before serving or they brown)
miniature marshmallows (add just before serving)
Thaw whipped topping and in a large salad bowl stir together whipped topping, yogurts, and pudding powder. Let this set up in the fridge for at least an hour before serving. Wash and slice strawberries. You can add strawberries to salad or wait to add them with sliced bananas and marshmallows just before serving. Keep refrigerated.
We had our final Beta gathering for the year last night before we take our summer break. The party planners asked everyone to dress 50s style, so we knew we were in for a good time!
The gals had box lunch dinners for us with sandwiches in waxed paper tied with string, potato salad, chips, classic Coke in a bottle, and hot fudge sundaes for dessert.
We played a few games including Name That Tune (made me want to create a “Wake Up Little Susie” Pandora station at work today!), took a 50s quiz, learned the Locomotion, and had a bubble gum blowing contest!
Go Martha!
oops – got a little in the hair!
Kate got a few good sized ones too!
We took our family picture – minus Maren. Bummer. :)
It took a few tries before we got a decent one! SO silly!
This was our last Beta with all four of us since Melissa is moving next month. It was fun to share Beta all together!
