We really did, once the party got started!!!
I'm not going to dwell on the negatives, but we did have a few before the party started. Had a minor problem when I went to pick up the salads, we were supposed to have 7lbs of mac salad and were only given 5lbs. So while I waited for the girl to scoop in the other 2lbs of mac salad, I ordered 5lbs of Cole Slaw for the party. I must say, everyone raved about the salads. We knew they were good, because that's where Hazel and I always get our salads for here at the house.
Next stop, Party City. The balloons were supposed to be ready by 2:30pm, I arrived at 2:45 and not one of our 40 balloons had been filled. The girl behind the counter had misplaced our order, after about ten minutes of searching, our bag with the balloons was found. Three people started working on our order and in about 10 minutes time, all 40 balloons were filled. I was only able to fit 30 balloons in our car, so I had to take them to the hall, a 20 minute drive, drop those balloon off, then go back to the store for the remaining 10 balloons.
By the time I got back with the balloons, most of the decorating had been completed by Hazel and two of her sisters. One thing did trouble me though. We were told they were enough tables to seat 80 people, the only trouble was, the hall only had 60 chairs. If we had known this ahead of time, we could have rented some chairs from our local Y-By.
After the salads and balloon were delivered, I went home and started loading up the car with the coolers filled of soda. Again, I had to make two trips to get the coolers and soda to the hall. This drive was only 2 minutes, so that wasn't bad at all.
After that was done, I came home got a shower and got dressed, then called our local pizza place and ordered 2 party size pizzas. Hazel reminded me that we had several vegetarians(sp) coming to the party and we needed something different for them to eat. The pizza was also a big hit with the kids and some of the other adults as well.
We had 12 dozen rolls and only used about 6 dozen rolls. The remaining rolls and lunchmeat were divided among whoever wanted it. We also only went through about 1/2 the lunchmeat and cheese, but most of the salads were eaten.
Everyone that I talked too on their way out said they had a good time, and enjoyed the food, which made me very happy!!!
Like I said last night, even with the few glitches we had it all turned out nice. At the end of the party, as we were finishing cleaning up, Lina came up to me, gave me a great big hug, told me she had a great time, gave me a kiss on the cheek and said thanks. That was my best part of the night!!!
I took a couple of "dad minutes" during the cleaning up time and went outside with two balloons. I kissed each balloon and released them into the air. These balloons were in rememberance of our two angels who are always looking down on us. Sorry, the tears are flowing and I can't see the letters on my keyboard, so I'm going to close for now.
I was looking at the booze porn thread and someone had posted a pic of a beer flight and said it was $5......
(for a while anyway)
Hope she enjoys her buffet brunch!!!
Thanks for the b-day wishes for Grandma Goose.
Perhaps Rick and I will try and get there in Sept.
Everything all straightened out at work now? Good luck next week. 
I hope I am doing the right thing! 
