Mother Daughter Dinner

It is finished. (Much to the relief of my husband and sons!)

Quite a production - we arranged, set up, dressed, and decorated 22 tables, for more than 200 women and girls. Ben drove across the valley to get 11 large round tables and 20 tablecloths which we borrowed from another church, then returned then again Saturday morning! All 3 of our boys served the ladies like professional waiters, and stayed at the end to clean up and tear everything down, then set up the sanctuary with 430 chairs to be ready for Sunday morning!

Our catered meal was alright...but steamed veggies in a large chafing dish are NOT good! Keep in mind, God did not provide us with chafing dishes...He KNEW it would destroy the flavor of his yummy food!! We were 25 salads short, so one of the men helping with the serving ran to the grocery store to purchase some more. We had wayyy more desserts than they had agreed to, so the church secretary was giving them away all the next week.

Other than the catering glitches, everything went very well. The women felt very loved and blessed, my boys and some of their friends sat thursday night assembling little paper bags of goodies for the little girl guests...a small coloring packet, some crayons, and a little treat. With the help of some other women from church, I made 200 beaded and wire bookmarks to give each one present at the dinner. The women's were curvy and a little whimsical - the little girls had a large butterfly at the top....very fun!

Our speaker grew up as a missionary child in India, so she shared about the work that is continuing there, and the church dance team performed to "Sweetly Broken" by Jeremy Riddle.

You can view a slideshow here.