A Smashing Success...

So Shawn's party was a success from start to finish. Holly and Tony came up on Friday night to help me out with set-up and on Saturday morning when Tony and Shawn went to pick up the keg, Holly and I ran out to pick up Shawn's gift (the Red Sox table set - which he LOVED) at my sisters.

Everything was done and ready to go so we had a few hours to relax before guests started arriving around 4 pm. We had a TON of food and cake and our 45 or so guests seemed to all have a good time. By 10 pm, I had the upstairs of the house spotless (where the kitchen, dining room, living room, etc. is) and I was in bed - exhausted - by 10:45. In spite of the fact that my ankles and toes were HUGE and I was sore and tired all over, it was totally worth it.

The majority of the crowd was gone by 9:30 and the remaining crew (a dozen or so) stayed until about 2:30 am. Yesterday morning I warned Shawn that he was on downstairs duty and he got to work. It wasn't long before he had that cleaned up (the majority of the people - and mess - were upstairs) and we spent the rest of the day relaxing (until Shawn had to leave for his basketball game, anyway). Shawn was so happy with the turnout and people were very generous with gifts. I was especially happy to get to see one of my best friends, Sonya, who made the long trek up from New Hampshire. A really great time - but SO GLAD IT'S OVER!!! :)