1.17.2009: Alisa's 30th Birthday Party

On Sat evening, after our day in the snow, we headed to Kenny's house for a little party for Alisa to celebrate her 30th birthday!!! Yes, for those of you that didn't get the memo....Alisa is officially old....or at least as old as most of the rest of us...or at least a little closer. Finally no longer in that 20-something crowd! We 30-plus-ers accept her with open arms, and lots of alcohol to ease the pain of leaving her 20's.

Back to the party.....first off, let me say that the day was a DISASTER for the Sparks. About half way to Flagstaff, they had some car issues which put them about 5 hours behind schedule....maybe more. So, they didn't show up at Kenny's until 8pm-ish...and had a lot of catching up to do!!! (Which they all did VERY well, by the way!) The rest of us just took our time and eased into the night...paced ourselves, you might say....or not. Doesn't really matter after a while!!

The party was a TON of fun....a little recap:
- Alisa got deeee-runk!!! (As did most of the rest of us!)
- Vince taught Andrew how to do the Robot
- Drake and Andrew taught Riley how to breakdance
- Kent and Tammy came up from Phoenix for a few hours...wish they could have stayed longer!
- Everyone sang....as usual!!!
- Spark boys did their best Michael Jackson impressions
- Scottie and Jason sang a duet...."I'm Too Sexy"....yes, you can all imagine!
- Brad sang & danced at the same time, to MJ of course :)
- We made some obligatory midnight phone calls to those who didn't make it...waking them up with some wonderful singing...and now will probably never take our calls again
- Alisa sang....a lot...not bad...just a lot! Heehee! ;) --- Videos in the next post!
- There were toasts, and toasts, and just more reasons to drink in general
- It was Martini night....best ever Cosmos, best ever Orange-tinis, a few other experimental drinks that I probably wont make again
- Dad sang a lot....had to hide the Mic from him after a while!
- Kids crashed late, and slept while we partied into the weeee hours of the am
- Amanda and Leonor were double-fisting their drinks most of the night to catch up!
- Basically....we danced, we sang, we drank......as we always do at these little get togethers! ;)
- I took pics and video of it all....for posterity, or blackmail, or something in between

Enjoy the pics....they tell most of the story of the night....the ones not fit for the blog are on the Kodak link: Alisa's Birthday Weekend in Flagstaff Pics