Hey ya let's celebrate..High School Musical style!

Emery's birthday party was so much fun! Thank goodness for an easy going girl. She was happy to let me pick the theme..a tricky thing to do when considering girls AND boys.(thanks chels for the suggestion) We invited 17 of her little friends. I know it sounds crazy but Emery loves everybody so I wanted to do this for her. As I have mentioned before, she is the count down girl and was certainly letting me know how close it was getting. Half the fun is preparing it all...invitatations, treat bags, games, food, etc. I was so lucky to have great friends to rely on to help ME out. Katie picked my kids up from school, Lyndsi took little Evey, and Annette let my boys play at her house. Thanks girls! Ella was thrilled that she was the sibling invited. Ofcourse she was the most interested. She kept reminding Emery, "ya Emmawee, I'm invited to your pawty, wight?! She was actually really good. The whole thing turned out well considering the amount of children. Well behaved guests were a welcomed treasure! Thanks everyone!

the invitesthe treat bags..a HSM cup filled with treats

her so-called "microphone" cupcakes..a hit with the kids!

Even though this picture isn't the best..it's the ONLY one I have of all 19 children! Getting a photo was a challenge for sure!

I quickly had them run into the backyard since the lighting inside wasn't the best...I think some boys are hiding in the back on purpose. I thought the pose resembled the movie a bit.
All the lovely gifts...again, thanks everyone!
Our homemade microphones..the girls were singing along with the movie ofcourse.

The party was in the basement. I moved all the furniture to the sides so we had a nice wide open space. We played musical x's, (duct tape to the carpet..don't ever do that..hard to get off), musical freeze in the dark with black lights(the absolute winner with the guests). This was all to the music of HSM 3. The party ended with 20 minutes of the movie HSM 1(thanks Lyndsi for providing it) and ofcourse inbetween all that we had cake and opened presents. Woa, I get tired just thinking about it. Curtis was eager to clean up after. I, however was eager to sit and vej!

For Emery's record, here is a list of all the party guests:

Jace Meyer, Jace Fullmer, Joey Brooks, David Loris, Grant Woodbury, Pierson Robison, Amara Belnap, Elle Melo, MaKell Fullmer, Kenadi Thornton, Hali King, Maycee Nielson, Macie Larsen, Addie Garner, Morgan Earle, Jaylee Cunningham, Brinly Stapley, Ella Hancock