When all the girls first arrived at the party, they made charm bracelets. The charms told a bit of a story-- you leave Seattle (Space Needle), and fly around the world (the airplane and globe), to see Paris (Eiffel Tower), where your heart is (heart.) I kinda made it up as I went along. I found all the pieces at Shipwrecks (the charms, the chain, some extra links, and the clasps) and was so glad that it all worked out. I spent a little more than I wanted to but I thought they turned out pretty cute. After the girls were done making their bracelets, they played games for a while waiting for everyone to finish.
When the party guests arrived, I was totally behind and really stressed out!! Well, my lifesaver came in the form of my friend, Jen, who came to drop off her daughter and then just jumped right in and started helping me (helping the girls make their bracelets, taking tons of awesome pictures, helping make the dinner, etc.) She also sent Aurora home with her husband to play with her daughter, Brynn, for an hour. She helped SO much!! And I was able to get everything done that I wanted to get done in that first hour. I was incredibly thankful to her!! I sure lucked out in the friend department with her!! I sure love and appreciate you, Jen!! :)
Riana was blessed to have many wonderful guests attend her party...
...her friends- Aimee A, Alyssa D, Amanda P, Autumn H, and Gracie M
...her cousins- Paige, Kaiti, and Kaatlin (who arrived late)
...her sisters- Sariah, Tierra, Karina, Aurora, and Calyssa
It was a great group of girls!! Riana is sure blessed with good friends!
Spaghetti and Meatballs with French Bread
Salad with French Dressing
While eating their dinner, the guests watched "The History of the Eiffel Tower," on NetFlix. I was actually shocked at how interested they were in it.
Next everyone sang to Riana and she blew out the candles in one breath!! Go Riana!!
To eat with the cake/cupcakes, Riana chose--
2 different kinds of French Vanilla Ice Cream
The gifts were very thoughtful, as they really matched Riana. She absolutely loved every present she received!! Here are pictures of a few of them...
The last picture is Riana and Karina in their Paris shirts. I think Tierra has one too. Fun, fun!
2) The Eiffel Tower all lit up- pretty! :)
3) Riana and I both made mistakes about her party. When Riana gave out the invitations in her church class, two girls weren't there. Riana put those invitations back in her scriptures and then she forgot to give them to them later. Major bummer!! My mistake was that I didn't put our phone number on the RSVP because I thought email would be easier. Well, one of Riana's friends from ORLA, Emily H, got lost! Her Mom drove around for about an hour trying to find our house! Apparently, Emily was in tears!! I felt so bad when I found out!! Emily still wanted to give Riana a gift and Riana made Emily a charm bracelet. That made it a little better. Hopefully next time will work out.
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That was such a cute party theme and Autumn had so much fun! Helping you that night was not work but fun for me. I love parties! Thanks for letting me crash it :)
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