- the engagement -

our engagement party was saturday. the event we appropriately called meet the fockers. and strangely, both sets of parents tugged at the chance of being the "fockers". i mean.. i guess in the movie, both sides are equally strange in their own ways, so i'm not sure i'd want to be either:)
i had to switch gears quickly for this one. moving from a southwestern shindig to a classy cocktail party. it was a challenge planning two events at once {i like to put my focus on ONE thing only, i'm not the greatest multitasker} especially since they were only 2 days apart.

i think our party turned out great though after a stressful morning and set up. i didn't get to execute every single detail i had planned, but no one but me knows {i have to constantly remind myself of this}. and i think when you look at it in anothers point of view, it was pretty snazzy:)

and as ryan points out to me, every single time we have a party, i shouldn't stress over the details because the whole puprose of that day is to celebrate with friends and family. the details are just icing on the cake.

my custom "chandelier"

i put out a few signs, this one was in case people were wondering why i picked such an array of treats... because they're our fave! and not because they matched the color scheme {trust me, i had a very hard time accepting that our favorite candies were not green}

ya, my mom has a popcorn machine, so i figured we MUST put it to use. we're planning on hosting an outdoor movie night at our house this summer... pretty sure this gem will be in attendance again.