A little boost

So normally I hate having parties. I hate inviting people over with the sole intention of roping them into buying something they don't need or want. I love Kris and I love Saying it Simply. I really wanted to see her and I wanted more people to know of her amazing talent so I had an open house for her. These kinda things are never simple. First there is delivering the invites. I got off to a late start with this and ended up delivering them on a very windy night. My heart cringed as I watched one blow off a neighbors door and I wondered how many more of them would end up just like that...blowing off in the wind. Second, it's Christmas time. If you're like me you have some sort of obligation almost every night. I was stressed about the turn out right from the get go. Then you have to think about the food. What do I want to serve? Then you get to spend the day preparing it (or, if your like me, buying it from Maceys! I did, however, make the sweets). And finally...you get to spend the entire day cleaning. And cleaning. And then re-cleaning. I thought I would beat my kids yesterday. I kid you not, minutes, MINUTES, before the first knock on the door Owen proudly announced "I pooped in my unders! Ha ha!!" So as I was busy cleaning up that mess I hear a CRASH! in the other bathroom. Ian had dumped out all of Emilia's hair stuff. Those tiny little elastic bands are hard to clean up! And this after spilled juice, spilled diet coke, smashed crackers and a raisin fight. I was losing patience fast. Luckily Adam rescued me and the kids and took them out to his moms. The turn out was great. Who knew I actually had friends??? Ok, so some of them were really there to see Kris but there were people in my ward and others who came who didn't know Kris. They were there for me. It was just the boost I needed. So now I know. Next time I need a little boost of self confidence I'll throw a party. And I promise. Next time I won't try to sell you anything!