Allyson Pulsipher's Reception

Last night was Allyson Pulsipher's wedding reception, and (since my children persist in being ill) I caught a ride up to South Jordan with Telima, Tyler, and their kiddos. We arrived about twenty minutes after the start, and the line was out into the hallway. After waiting in line for about five minutes (and not moving, the line getting longer and longer--at times during the night it was clear to the double doors outside), Kristy wandered by and I abandoned Telima and followed Kristy around. While chatting with Sister Pulsipher's parents, Amy came out and told Kristy that none of Allyson's friends had shown up to help with the food, and so Amy, Kristy, and Shelley would have to do it. So I joined up, and started cutting cheesecake, placing strawberries and grapes, and making punch. Holly Hansen showed up a second later, and she started to work too. Then Lacey Bentley (Jon Bentley's wife) showed up with her four little boys, and they all helped (with varying degrees of actual helpfulness, the oldest only being ten years old). So we sent the Pulsipher girls off to mingle, and took care of the food. Holly offered me a ride home, so I didn't have to leave when Telima and Tyler were ready to go--thanks for the ride up, guys!

It was busy but fun--and fortunately I wore sensible shoes, Holly and the Pulsipher girls didn't. So I didn't have to go barefoot midway through the evening. The line was CRAZY long, and we kept pretty busy staying on top of the refreshments. The line didn't die down nearly 9 pm at the earliest. Then Holly, Kristy, and I sat and talked for a few minutes during the cake-cutting and bouquet-throwing, etc, and then we started cleaning up. For all the millions of people, there was a ton of food left over, so I ended up with two full cheesecakes, a gallon zippy-lock of grapes, and four pounds of strawberries. And two pretty centerpieces, which were Susan's thank-you gift for helping.

So we cleaned and we tidied, and then we took a load of stuff back to the house, and washed punch bowls and pie display plates and stuff there. We didn't leave South Jordan until 11:45, and I didn't get home until 12:30. Which is why my feet hurt and I slept until noon. Yay for husbands who don't mind changes of plan and let their wives sleep in! That was my day yesterday--I know you all cared!

And now I'm going to plant strawberries in my side yard. Yay for (maybe) spring! Love you all!