Our "little" Crawfish Boil...The Details...

Some of you might have noticed that we didn't have a March Party.  We didn't skip it all together, we just didn't have a big shindig at our house.  We had Bluebonnet Pictures and several dinners with our families, so we figured we would count those for March since we were planning our Crawfish Boil for April. 


Yesterday was the BIG day.  The closer we got to the party the bigger our RSVP list got.  We had our biggest party yet with 47 people.  We had so much fun: great people, great weather, and great food!  We couldn't have asked for more. 

Chef Baehr and his assistant, Andy

Our first batch of crawfish boil at our first Crawfish Boil!

Baehr did such a great job with the crawfish and really...EVERYTHING. He was the Host with the Most!  He kept saying "Babe, you did such a good job!" and I would say "I didn't do anything! You did it all"  haha  He really did DO IT ALL! 

Bounce House!

We had to upgrade from our normal bounce house because we had 8 kids come.  This bounce house had a rock wall, slide, and bounce area, and let me say that it definitely worth the upgrade!  The little kids stayed in there pretty much the whole day, only taking breaks for cake pops, and the older kids stayed between the Wii and the bounce house all day! 

"Rock Wall"

Slide side...you can't see it but there is a slide part on either side of the "ladder".

Baehr was so worried that someone would climb to the top of the slide part and then jump off.  I told him "You know CAL is going to do that!"  We talked last night and he said the first thing CAL did when he got in there was climb to the top and jump off!  hahaha 

My favorite part of the party was the FOOD!  :)  I probably gained 10 lbs yesterday!  We had crawfish, hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, coleslaw, sausage and cream cheese croissants, sauteed veggies, watermelon, and desserts GALORE! 

"Side" Island :)

Drinks and Desserts

We knew we were going to have between 50 and 60 people, and we knew it was going to be a beautiful 80 degree weather day, so we wanted to make sure there was plenty of seating outside and that we weren't all sweating to death.  :)  Baehr and I bought this Texans tent, and then he borrow one from his friend Gerardo.  They were perfect! 

GO TEXANS!

We also had dancing girls...haha!

I was really worried about not having enough trash cans and paper towels for all the crawfish eaters.  I didn't want to put huge trash cans at each table so I went to the dollar store and picked up some plastic buckets and rocks (to hold the buckets there for a windy day) for the trash buckets on the tables, and then got some paper towel holders at Walmart so that each table could have paper towels. 


Overall, it turned out so great!  We are blessed beyond measure.  I don't know how we will top this party, but we will have to try.  May is going to be Cinco De Mayo month!  We can't turn down an opportunity for some Mexican food!  :)


Hope you are having a fantastic weekend!


Love,
Carrie