Okay, so I'm finally getting around to posting some of the stuff I've done lately. I just feel like everything is happening all the time and I'm sitting there wondering where all the time has gone. But, Em and I had our last Murder Mystery Dinner. I must say that it was a hit!! Everyone looked amazing and had so much fun. I should totally do this for a living. I think we chose really good people too. I have never seen 8 people work so hard to figure out a game before. But hey, we put our wits together and figured out the murderer in the end. Aren't we so smart? Anyway, these are the invitations that I made. Now I know if it were Anna, it would be a million times better, but hey, I only have Word.
The Players:
Duke Schwazhe B.U. Klare--played by Tad
Khover T. Ageante--played by Alex
Malcolm R. Conntint--played by Bryan
RAF Group Captain Weyland W. Awfcorce--played by Spencer
Belinda Screete--played by Annika
Mary K. Trairie--played by Jenny
Princess Idelle Chattre--played by Emily
Barbra Z. Enhussie--played by me
This is everyone in our typical "angry at the world" faces. So the setting was WWII Paris. We are on the last military train leaving Paris before the Germans invade. Of course we are all ridiculously wealthy and have nothing better to do than try and kill someone. So this next picture is what you see right next to the front door. We bought old looking suitcases, because we are all on a train, what else would you see.
This picture is of the bookcase. Em and I had to move off all the food and junk that was on it and move it into the living room. (It was originally in the kitchen.) We tried to light the candles and instead made some terrible black burns. Oh well. Still, it totally fit the 'rich' atmosphere we were going for.
You know Em and me, we have to change everything around and drape curtains on the walls to hide all the ugly stuff, but it looked so good. This picture really does not do it justice. But still, you also see the silk sheets we used to cover the plaid couches and the pillows. It's all about the maroon, hunter greens and golds!
Here you see the make-shift rug and the other covered couch. We pulled the couches in closer to the fireplace to give it a more cozy feel. It was funny, I measured the dimensions of the room and the furniture and drew it out like I do for my Interior classes and it came out just as I thought it would. It worked out great! So much so the roomies wanted to keep it this way.
This was my made-up chandelier. Considering I thought it was pretty ingeneous, especially since I had to make it up 10 minutes before everyone was supposed to be coming over.
And of course, our classic drinks. We had champagne flukes, wine glasses, and brandy glasses. I think the drinks are my favorite part of this whole thing, other than everyone dressing up. Still, doesn't it look so cool!
And lastly dinner. We had fondu, chicken cordon bleu, croissants, salad and ice cream for dessert. Not counting the Milano cookies and Pirouettes for appetizers. Thankfully, Em and I use plastic plates and silverware, we didn't want to clean up more than we had to.
So we had a great time and I think everyone really enjoyed themselves. I will totally have to do more when I'm back home. I expect all my family to want to join in and go all out just like I do. Anyway, I have more to post about Festival of Colors and a Michael Buble concert, but that will just have to wait a little bit. Love you all!
We were front center, 3 rows up from Elder Christoffersen.
The typical picture in front of BYU's motto.
Me with my fake diploma and the beautiful lei Larissa got me.
The people who got me through it.
Ahhh, Grandma.
Well, it was supposed to be me in front of our namesake.
Grandma and me again. Our pictures together just came out great.
The next day when Mom and Dad had left, Bryan and I went to the zoo. I'm mostly posting this because I'm sure you're all dying to know what he looks like and who he is. Well....here you go. By the way, I like the facial hair, so that it a personal preference. Don't hate him if you don't. Oh, and the Hogle Zoo. We are so spoiled. It is tiny and they are missing some of the best animals like lions, bears, seals, zebra. But we still had fun.
