Nick and I hosted a Coming of Age Anniversary Party at US Pizza in honor of our first date which was 21 years ago (1988)- we can now legally drink as a couple! With the input and instigation of some friends (you know who you are), we went all out with an 80's theme. It was great fun hunting down outfits for everyone. Well - not quite everyone. Nick is wearing his own original t-shirt & jeans from the day. Crazy! I put single-use cameras out for everyone to use, but I think mostly the kids used them. It will be interesting to see what the party looked like from the point of view of the youngest generation. At one point Brandon dropped a camera off the balcony. He said it flashed when it hit the ground, and it still worked when we retreived it. I can't wait to see that one! Took a lickin' ... Jamie and Fran were, like, totally, fabulously 80's

I ordered a special cake from The Blue Cake Company for the occassion. They did a wonderful job - it looked great and tasted amazing. The top two layers were white cake with raspberry filling (just like our wedding cake in 1995) and the bottom layer was chocolate with chocolate filling. The pictures on the wires are from our 80's days (junior & senior prom, homecoming, twirp dance), along with the cover of a Guns & Roses album, the Who Framed Roger Rabbit movie, and the Bye-Bye Birdie musical. For a quick history lesson on Val & Nick ... Sweet Child O' Mine was our song, we saw Roger Rabbit on our first date, and we met doing the pit orchestra for Bye-Bye Birdie at the Straw Hat Theater (Ashtabulas Arts Center)
It was a shame to cut the cake - but we did it anyway... and everyone was glad we did. It was delicious!THANK YOU to everyone who came and made our celebration such a fun evening. Nick, Brandon, Laedyn & I all had a wonderful time & hope all of our guests did too.