Taylor's Ho-Down

So, it started as a joke... Let's have Taylor's party in the barn so my family (who all live in the city) can see where we spend every waking moment on the weekends & all the animals....to which Kathy surprisingly was all like YES GREAT IDEA!

So then it took off...

If you know me, you were probably at my Luau... My very expensive over the top, took a theme & ran waaaaay too far with it Luau.... I had a 6ft Monkey with a lei & grass skirt... Necessary? No, but it was dressed for the occasion...It's a sickness, I cant help it.

Unfortunately or maybe fortunately, I don't have the kind of money as I did then... plus Pat would never allow the insanity of $5 grand... Oh yes, the luau went there.. But I had a REAL tikki bar...again I am a very SICK person...

SO the barn, sorry, first it was all oh animals.. yes animals, then it changed to fall at the farm, because, well it is. So the barn was emptied, cleaned, organized... a 4 day job to which I, the cleaning natzi, as they have referred to me, had it done within 7 hours,
(this is also part of my sickness)

Since I didn't have the funds to purchase what I thought should be in a barn, we had to be resourceful...... decorating with old jars, old farm items found in & around the barn, a few hay bales, some mums, soft fall colors... It is going to gorgeous, at least to me anyway... I didnt mind that I couldnt spend a crap load of money on decorations, I think the barn would have looked unauthentic with new stuff anyways.. so it worked out pretty good. Even Pat was amazed what I got done in such a short amount of time with hardly any budget.

Of course I HAD to buy cowboy hats & bandana's for all the kids, luckily it was the halloween season so they were easy to find. I ended up finding them at the dollar store which was good cause we had about 20 kids coming. My Mom is on cake duty, I told her I wanted a barn cake with animal cup cakes, so hopefully she can figure that one out!

I cant wait to for everyone to see it.. no one will quite understand the undertaking that came with deciding to have the party there, but it is adorable... The kids will love the animals... the grown ups will love that the children can run around & not be in our hair... I cant wait till Saturday