Jessica's birthday Luau Party

While preparing for Jessica's party Saturday morning our family received some devastating news. It was very hard for us to function after that so there are not many pictures but the party turned out pretty good. Jess and her friends seemed to really enjoy themselves and that's all that counts. We had a gaggle of giggling girls from around 4 pm until sometime the next morning. It was a Luau themed party so I made Hawaiian Delight cake. That is actually one of my favorite cakes. Here is the recipe from www.cooks.com . My aunt actually taught me to make this years ago but I had lost the recipe...again. lol Also I doubled the recipe for the party so we had a 4 layer cake.

MANDARIN ORANGE/PINEAPPLE DELIGHT CAKE

1 box Duncan Hines butter cake mix 4 eggs 1/2 c. Crisco oil 1 can mandarin oranges with juice 1 (8 oz.) container Cool Whip 1 sm. pkg. instant vanilla pudding 1 can crushed pineapple, drained Mix cake mix, eggs, oil and mandarin oranges, undrained. Pour into greased and floured 2 or 3 (8") round cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. After cake is cool, frost with Cool Whip, pudding and crushed pineapple mixed all together.

I found tons of dress up and decorative stuff at Dollar Tree and spent a bit too much on that plus the party bags we gave to each girl but it was worth it I think. We were supposed to have chicken kabobs on the grill but it was raining and we had the party in the basement so we bought a sandwich tray from Subway instead. Should have bought 2 with the way everyone was eating! LOL Here are some pics.







































As you can see in some of the pics each girl has a grass skirt, a flowered bra and leis. They decorated plain flip flops with flowers and beads. They seemed to enjoy themselves and that's all that matters. :)