Dirty 30 Brewbash!!

 

 

Last weekend we celebrated my husbands 30th BIRTHDAY!

He is now officially "the OLD MAN" ;)

 

I had such a fun time planning this big day and have been dying to share the details with you guys!

 

So without further adieu, lets get to it!

 

The invites:

 

 

I purchased these from JacksMaster etsy shop and printed them off at home.

 

We asked each guest to bring one chilled 6-pack of their favorite unique brew- 2 beers from each 6 pack were entered into the beer tasting. Each guest voted on their favorite and the winner was awarded a giant beer mug filled with goodies/gift card.

 

The party décor:

 

 Most of the décor was handmade.... Thank goodness for the enormous amount of Pinterest inspiration!!!

 

 

To keep the categories simple we went with lights, ambers, and darks. I had planned to do IPA's, lagers... etc etc. but soon discovered that there are FAR tooooo many categories of beer.

 

 

These fans are so easy to make!! For the small fans I used scrapbook paper, and for the large, I used wrapping paper (postage paper would work well too). Tutorial can be found here.

 

 

Handmade Burlap Birthday Banner

 

The beer tasting sign was another pinterest inspired idea. This thing literately cost me a measly $5 bucks to make. I dug up a piece of plywood in the garage, cut it to the size I wanted, bought a can of chalkboard spray paint and went to town. Piece. of. cake.

 

And as for the pig head....  This guy was the life of the party. He was pretty darn tasty too!!!!!!

 

The Chow:

 

 

We ordered a 60lb. pig, and it fed roughly 30 people... it was aaaammazingly good.

Along with it my mother in law made her famous bacon baked beans, and scalloped potatoes.

 

 

Appetizers included stuff we like to eat with beer. Pretzels with cheddar, cheddar popcorn, peanuts... and for the healthy people: vegi platter/ fruit platter

 

 

 

And for dessert: cupcakes by CupKates. Katie is a good friend of mine and she makes the BEST cupcakes! If you live in the eastern NC area look her up on facebook. yummm.

 

The BIG Celebration:

 

Festivities began with a surprise visit from Mike's Momma and Poppa.

 

 

 

Mike was definitely surprised!!! Especially when this was presented to him shortly after their arrival.

 

 

A custom engraved Colt45 1911. He was in heaven.

 

Party Time:

 

 

 

 

 

The Beer Tasting:

 

 



 

 

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A couple of Marines from Camp Lejeune and New River Air Station have made headlines and have even attracted attention from Britney Spears herself.

 Rein 266 and HMLA 169 made this video that has now reached over 2 million views.

It's nice to know that our men and women serving overseas can still have a good time while being in such a CRAPPY place.

Check out the vid below.

OOO RAHHHH!!!

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I booked my flight to AR last weekend AND I am so excited to see my family, friends, and most importantly my unborn… hopefully born by the time I leave- baby nephew, Rivre.

My itinerary was  a complicated one to figure out… How in the world do you plan around when someone will go into labor? I want to be there for my sister when it happens, but I realize that  that may not be possible. :( I ended up planning out my trip so that her due date falls in the middle of my 8 day stay. Hopefully lil Rivre will decide to be born while I’m around!!

I definitely plan on giving him a pep talk to come on out into the real world when I get there! He should be able to hear me RIGHT???My plane will drop in at about 08:00... that's when MISSION LABOR INDUCING will begin! We have a few myth-like natural inducers  that we plan on trying out… HOPEFULLY one of them works!! :)

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Our visitors officially left our pad last Wednesday. Yep, the same visitors that Mike said would be staying for a week or so… more like 3+ weeks. They were nice, but having people you just met stay with you for 3 weeks was a bit much.
 
I did a short happy dance when they left, just because I finally have my privacy back… Oh, how I love and missed you privacy!!!   :)

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This past weekend was a fun and relaxing one. Who knew doing mostly nothing could be so GRAND!We cooked out, napped, relaxed outside, went to the beach, cooked out some more, went shopping, and then went to the beach again! 

 It never gets old goin over this bridge to Topsail.

Mac joined us both days, and behaved amazingly well! We couldn't quit talking about how our baby is growing up, and getting more mature. He's such a cutie!

How are you liking Mike's skimpy "I wanna get my legs tan" shorts? I am thinking of just buying him a speedo, what do you think? Ha, he cracks me up!

The weather was amazing, and surprisingly the ocean wasn’t too cool. I would not have known that last bit if it weren’t for M. calling me a little baby repeatedly for not wanting to get in. Yea… I’m no baby!! I’LL SHOW YOU!!... He knows how to get me every time! 

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What in the world is going on with all of this crazy weather, chaos in foreign countries breaking out left and right, brush fires lighting up everywhere?? Seriously?

 

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Sorry for the awful picture quality lately!! My camera lens broke two weeks ago… and I am not too happy that I have to send it to FREAKIN New York to have it repaired! For the next week or so… phone shots will have to do. :)

Hope all of you are having a good week so far! CIAO 4 now luvs!