Happy St. Patricks Day

We decided to have a St. Patrick's Day party this year.  Normally, we would have gone to Greenville Ave for the parade.  Now that we have moved up north it's not as easy for us to hop on the DART downtown and get out there at 9am....with a cooler.  Maybe in about 5 years we will go back, but until then....our house it is!  Since a lot of our friends were still going on Saturday to Greenville, we had the party on Sunday.  The weather turned out to be great so people (the guys) could hang out in our very small backyard and watch TV while the ladies chatted in the kitchen. 

I made some snacks I found on Pinterest and they actually were successful!  I had several people ask me for the recipes.  We also ordered a piñata from Amazon.  That was my favorite part.  I decorated a little around the house.  Each year we will get more and more decorations. 

Rainbow Fruit Platter: marshmallows for the cloud on one side and rolos for the pot of gold on the other 

Picture Mask! No one used them. :(  I forgot they were there to tell people

The Piñata and some drink fixins

Front Door

 Below are some of the dishes I made.  Lucky Charms krispie treats and mini shepherds pie.  I also made a corned beef bread, but failed to take a picture.

Lucky Charms krispie treats!

Mini Shepherds Pie

Then it was time for the piñata!  Man it was hard to break.  It took some serious hitting.  We all started off kind of tapping it so everyone could "play" then it became war!  Kyle ended up tossing it to Preston while he killed it.

Truitt started us off.....

then Kacie....and baby to be (July)....

Dexter and I gave it a shot!

Batter Up! Bailey gave it a good hit......

then Heather......

Dr. Ehle was ready to take it DOWN!!!!

Down it went, but didn't explode.  Back up it went.  Round 2

Stephanie had it hanging by the handle......

Derek makes it look so effortless.  Crashing it fell, but didn't explode, still.

Then it happened.  The toss from Kyle to Preston!

Candy Everywhere!  Of course we all had to help Truitt pick up his goodies. 

Because why not! It's a hat.

The piñata will be a repeat for sure.  We couldn't come up with anything creative to put inside this year, but next year it will be better.  Gift Cards? Cash?  I just don't know!  I wish I would have gotten more pictures of everyone just hanging out.  I have 3.

 

The best picture though is the group picture with a selfie stick! Huge thank you to my friend Bailey for bringing it with her.  I have always wanted to try one.  I haven't ordered one for myself yet, but soon.  It will happen. Happy St. Patrick's Day friends!!