Last weekend Joey and I had the privilege of hosting a sweetheart banquet for our church. The planning was pretty intense. Collectively Joey and I put in about 60hrs of work, but it was well worth it. Thank goodness for our Sunday school class who co-hosted and helped by cutting tons of paper for our center pieces, making cupcakes so we could have some delicious deserts and helping set up.
To the left are the centerpieces we made. They are paper roses handmade in various shades of pink, cream and yellow hot glued to a bowl with the center cut out and put around a vase. Our class decided to make cupcakes instead of the traditional frozen pies and cake that the hall usually provided for its dinners. Each lady made one type. Since I'm not much of a baker I was very proud of my Raspberry filled lemon cupcakes.
Above are the tickets Joey made, so cute!
In order to make the eveing more enjoyable we asked some of the teens to help by refilling drinks and cleaning up plates. Some of the teens are going on a missions trip this summer and this served as a way for them to raise some money, they also provided childcare at the church to raise money.
As people arrived there was a photo booth, a game to determine which table went first and a game to get people to mingle. Each person had the names of a famous couple on their back and had to walk around asking questions to determine who it was.
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| Cuteness at the Photo Booth |
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| Playing the Famous couple game |
After dinner we played a few games. First, four couples participated in the shoe game where they sat back to back and raised either their's or their spouse's shoe to answer questions like, "who spends more time in front of the mirror" or "who is the better driver." It was hilarious to see the hesitation as they wanted to agree with their spouse but could not see what the other was doing. Then we had the ladies feed their blindfolded husbands a doughnut that was tied to a stick.
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| Doughnut on a string, the guy who won is a cop... SURPRISE |
Last we played the Newlywed game…. This was especially funny as our pastor and his wife were playing this round and a daughter and son-in-law were playing along with her parents. Especially the question “Men, what type of cereal did your in-laws compare you to when they first met you? Just Right, Oatmeal Squares, Frosted Flakes, Lucky Charms, or Fruit Loops.
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| The Newlywed Game |
