COME FLY AWAY!
Last week we threw a little party for one of Kyleigh's really good guy friends who was turning 16. To celebrate, we took him on a trip around the world!... in like three hours. haha!
For the invites we burned everyone a CD with Micheal Buble's song "Come Fly Away", along with a personalized airline ticket.
{I found the coolest website that you can create them for free here}
{I found the coolest website that you can create them for free here}
We definitely had to use our imaginations for this plane ride. I got to be the pilot AND stewardess. Lucky me! This was my pilot hat and name tag. And yes, I actually wore them.... And the party guests were not embarrassed to be seen with me! Yeah!
I was so wanting to have the Delta logo on the van plane as I pulled in the school parking lot to pick them up, but I thought that would be pushing it. They are in High School you know. I welcomed them to Flight 16 and served them some plane food.... Water and peanuts! Then we took flight.....but not before we fueled up. {We spent a lot of time in the air}....
Where in the world did we go?
That was for Schyler to figure out with each clue that we gave him...
After he read each clue he got a plane ticket with that destination....
The clues and destinations all had to do with things that he loves or enjoys doing...
Clue #1.... Our first destination we will flying to a place...
where you can play the drums and maraca with grace... {now no laughing at our rhyming skills} on a side note he does play the drums and percussion instruments very well.
Let's marimba our way down to Mexico...
where there will be flavors you crave at the
CAFE RIO!
{one of his favorite places to eat}
This is his reaction to the workers singing happy birthday to him!....
I came in without my pilot gear {I do have my limits} to take pictures, then I went back out to the plane to wait. and wait. until the kids got done. Schyler's mom, a good friend, I've known her since what, my gosh...the first grade? was going to come and be my co-pilot so we could visit, but the plane was already at its maximum.
Clue #2 Now we are on our way to the putting green of St. Andrew's....
The oldest golf course in the world where birdie
{a golf term for the golf clueless} dreams come true....
Of course Mick Riley's course is only par...
so imagine that Scotland is not very far...
Anyhow, we headed to our local golf course where we sat on the runway with Schyler blindfolded ...{with one of those airplane eye masks for sleeping}, while his gift was hid. lol We even played Scottish bagpipe music from my i-POD. no kidd'in...
He found his gift..some Utah{yikes!} golf balls with his next clue....
{Don't ask me who bought them, I don't want to admit to it.}
Clue #3....We are heading to Atlanta, since it's baseball you crave.
It's the home of the free and land of the Brave(s)...
Turner Field we will have to sacrifice.
It's one for the other, It's our own Ken Price!
Schyler is a baseball player so we had to make a stop at the local baseball diamond.....with "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" music playing...haha! so he could find his next present....
We had actually purchased on-line an Atlanta Braves {one of his favorite teams} baseball hat. We thought we had ordered it in plenty of time but it still hadn't come on the day of the party. :0 So I scrambled the day of, to put together something else baseball'ish. He ended up with an Atlanta Braves Freezer Mug and decal... {I got a call from Hannah as we were at Cafe Rio, saying that the package had come. About an hour too late. My luck!}
The plane had to take a detour and drop one girl off to piano lessons and pick another guy up once he got home from guitar lessons....
Clue #4....It's time we head back to Utah, our final destination...
Where we can indulge in a delicious creation....
Rumors abound that Schy and Ky...
both have a thing for asphalt pie!
{dad even helped with the clues, which I think is so funny!}
Good kids, Good time. A really, really good time. I think the birthday boy was flown home happy.
A Delta experience without lost luggage or delays. Novel! Would have been a first for us.
ReplyDeleteTodd just schlepped home a Cafe Rio salad. With dressing in (new!) shampoo containers for the TSA. Not sure which I was happier to see walk in the door last night.
On a bright note... Denver has Cafe Rio! When are you coming! Road trip.
Wow! I finally had time to sit down and check out your blog. I am so glad I did. What an awesome way to preserve priceless memories. I appreciate all the time and thought you two put into making Schylers 16th Birthday so unforgetable and special. I feel so lucky that our kids have such a great group of friends.
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