It is party weekend at the Lyon house. We sent the six girls home from the sleepover party to begin cleaning and preparing for the next party. Tonight on our deck was the Humes going away party. Mary and John are good friends moving back to Michigan this summer. Our deck is the perfect party deck.

It was one of those crazy days where we needed to be in too many places all at one time and throughout the day. But, luck would be on our side and the day began to fall into place with less driving. Jim stayed home to get everything ready and he did a wonderful job as everything look beautiful when we got home.

The house was de-cluttered of all the junk. A photo is a must with EVERYTHING clean and put away. It did take me all week to de-clutter the house. The guest room becomes a dump room!

The deck was set-up and ready for guest to arrive. it was a bit of a cool, grey day. The cool weather is uncommon for this time of the year.

We started with a pre-party with champagne to be enjoyed by close friends. A toast to wonderful friends – we are blessed to have met such amazing people to share our China adventures.

Party fun…

Scott had made a wonderful banner for the Humes that everyone signed. No good photo of the banner as it was too dark outside. I had everyone bring a family photo to put in a silk covered photo book. It turned out beautiful with a lovely message from all their friends. It was a beautiful evening spent with friends!