Bunco Party

It was my turn to host Bunco, and after 11 years, it's tough to come up with something that we've never done before!  But I don't think we've ever had Chinese food, so I did an Asian theme.  I had fun coming up with decor:

That's an old jewelry box from my childhood that I've hung on to.  And these lanterns were from the Health Days Pageant so I figured they might as well get some more use.  They looked really cool after it got dark and I turned all the lights off.

Table decorations:

For dinner, I made sweet and sour chicken, rice, an asian noodle salad and some fruit.  I really wanted to try my hand at homemade fortune cookies.  They were actually easier than I thought they would be, if time consuming.  They didn't turn out perfectly shaped, but they tasted good.

The weather was iffy all day.  It rained in the morning and I was all ready to set everything up inside, but then the sun kind of came out, so I decided to go for the backyard.  I'm glad, because it ended up being a nice evening.  I hope everyone didn't get too eaten by mosquitos!  Here's our mother daughter team, Linda and Tammy:

Tiffany came all the way from San Antonio just to play Bunco with us!  Well, okay, she was here visiting family, but we were glad she came.  It was fun to have her playing with us again.

Laurie, Lori the birthday girl, Amy, and Ranae, who brought the awesome prizes:

Michelle, Heidi, and Kathi who earned the "hero" prize of the night.  I won't mention the heimlich maneuver incident, but those of you who were there know that it was a Bunco first!

Wes wasn't really able to take care of Cider this time, so she hung out in the backyard with all of the ladies.  She was a very good girl.

Winning!  I wish we had been keeping track all these years of our Bunco wins and records.  Linda just might hold the record for being the Bunco winner the most times!  Congratulations Linda, and I'm totally loving that plant stand that you won.

I love my Bunco friends!  Thanks everyone for a super fun time!!  See you next month...