Adam turned 30! So he decided to throw himself a party to remember. And he might have done just that! With a little good fortune and a dash of sheer inspiration, he developed what would be called his 19th century merriment. He required all the party-goers to create costumes and act in character as their favorite 19th century person/genre. Here is what transpired...
Adam before...
and as Joseph Smith.
His wife Emma
Marie Curie and Johnny Appleseed
{Kari and Cam}
Sacajawea and Saloon Girl
(Kira and Janelle)
Mary and Ambrose Burnside (civil war guy)
(The mustache is real!! And his head
is freshly bic't! Cash prize winner.)
(Linds and Brian)
Hunchbacks of Notre Dame
(Christie and Scott)
Southern Belle and Civil War Guy
(Amanda and Richie)
Jack the Ripper and his Sixth Damsel
(Collin and Keri)
Proper Lady and Buffalo Bill
(Ames and Cody)
Bill and Ted (yep- they traveled back in time...)
(Megs and Tanner)
Clark Merriweather and Sacajawea
(Eric and Tagen)
Circus Freaks- Bearded Lady and Strong Man (cash prize winner)
(Val and Ben)
Johnny Appleseed and A Newsie
(Jason and Rach)
Annie (get your gun) Oakley and Prize Fighter
(Abby and Rich)
Emma and Joseph circa 1831- Harmony, PA
The venue- Joseph's Harmony, PA home (Porter's Place).
The dinner- shoat meat and potatoes.
The festivities- "Who lost the 116 pages?" -It ended up being Ted as he left them upon a hearthstone he was mending for Lucy Harris. They caught afire. Prompting several people to ask, "Really Ted, a Hearthstone??? What were you thinking???"
The cake- The Golden Plates of course.
Inside this gold dusted beauty was chocolate cake with raspberry filling- MmmHmm. Thank you Dippidee.
The birthday boy.
The Party Mementos. Personalized frames of each couple. Thanks for the still shots Sherlock Holmes (Austin).
The passersby on Lehi main street got a theatrical performance that night as we left Harmony PA to travel home.Adam would like to make a comment in closing. Hi everybody this is Adam here!! Whaaz up? Just remember, " Surprise parties are overrated, unless you surprise the @#$% out of em."
23 comments:
Wow, you make such a good Joseph and Emma! What a fun idea. : )
Holy crap! What a fun party! It totally makes me wish we were friends....well you know what I mean.
Happy Birthday Adam. You make a perfect Joseph.
Those party must be really funny! :)
That was totally amazing it makes me feel like such a slacker for not having better parties.
Wait! Did you get blue contacts! omgosh! perfect.
THAT PARTY IS AWESOME! I'm bookmarking this for future reference.....all of the costumes were great!
Happy Birthday Adam! That is so awesome!! What a great idea. Everyone did such a great job dressing up!! Looks like you had a great time.
Amazing costumes. What great friends you have to get so into dressing up. Happy Bday!
That is just plain amazing. So cool, lol.
Happy Birthday Adam! I shared this post with B, it is so funny! It made me kind of sad though...because I wish I lived there and could hang out with all you guys. I'm glad you have so many awesome friends who don't take themselves seriously and are willing to dress up. Seriously, friends like that don't grow on trees.
I was an amazing party. My favorite moments of the night were:
Really?! The hearthstone?!
and
Jack? Problems?
Oh and the interaction between the boxer and the strong man. Highly entertaining.
WOW!!!! That looks like some awesome and HILARIOUS fun!!! Can you guys plan my next b-day party??? All I got was dinner, haha!
Oh yeah, and FYI we were Mary and Ambrose Burnside. Real people!
That looks so fun. You guys sure know how to party. Happy B-day Adam. Only 30...what a baby!
joe and emma-
best party ever. happy birthday.
also, congrats on having another child and continuing to live out the american dream.
xoxox- jesse
Holy Crap!! What an awesome party!
Ya, I see that someone else said the same thing I did....so how about "What the Holy Scrud?!! What a totally fantastic party!!!"
Who throws parties like this? You guys are awesome!
I think I just peed my pants a little - I was laughing so hard! Fantastic party! Reallly makes me sad that I was about 15 months pregnant for my 30th birthday and could barely roll myself out of the house to go to dinner. Way to live it up! Happy beginning to your 3rd decade Adam!
We miss you guys!
Wow! What a fun party. Happy belated 30th Swalz ...I mean Joseph!
You guys are AWESOME!!! Loved the pictures and the idea. You two make a great Joesph and Emma
Adam: Your party looked like it was a BLAST! Thanks so much for allowing us to be apart of it by making your cake!
Your friends at Dippidee
Happy Birthday!! Late...I know...but this is the greatest party EVER!!! I loved looking at all the costumes...ha haaaa heeeee he.
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