My Awesome 80's 40th Birthday Bash





Welcome to my Totally 80's party!!!



Jelly bracelets, Rubik's cubes, Pop Rocks and question cards from Trivial Pursuit 1980's edition, along with a copy of my invitation.

Balloons secured with 2 cassette tapes!

We hung 1980's album covers along with handmade posters.

This one was made specifically for the men's room!!!

Extras in the ladies' room

Your hosts

My husband/DJ as Adam Ant



Jeremiah Dudek & Carol Palmer



Cheeky!!!

Carol Palmer & Mary Beth Easton ~ 2 of my coworkers from Walmart in the early to mid 1990's

Joe Rincon, a friend and former co-worker from HIDTA

Mary Knight, my friend and boxing partner at LA Boxing Merrillville





Some of the WPG girls ~ Beth, Caroline & Jill

Bobby Binford & Bart Botkin (Bart and I graduated high school together ~ CPHS Class of 1990!)

My DJ...hard at work ~~ the ENTIRE nite!!

The Ogles ~ Marcy & Chad





Business in the Front, Party in the Back!!
Some of the guys of WPG ~ Chad, Paul & Jason

My aunt, Nita

My Girls from my years at Criminal Probation
Ingrid, Christine & Erin

The Mareks ~ Sandra & Dave (Dave & I briefly worked together at HIDTA)

The Phelps's ~ Melissa & Adam (Adam is another CPHS Class of 1990 alum!)

The Millers ~ Lisa & Chad

The Wittens ~ Denise & Dan (Dan went to high school with me & Chris; graduated CPHS 1989)

My crazy uncle, Mark.  The borrowed hair really was a flashback to the 1980's for him!

Mike McDowell ~ our friend and the Founder of the Indiana Ghost Trackers (the organizers of our favorite Halloween parties!)





Hot, Hot, Hot





"Let's Get Physical!"




Dave Marek & Troy Wilkey ~ recognized one another from their first jobs @ McDonald's about 25 years ago!

 







THE place to have been Saturday, May 19, 2012



My friends & family were generous with their creativity, time and gifts (even tho I specifically requested NO gifts on the invite)!!!  For those who joined in my revelry, THANK YOU!!  (For those who didn't... you really missed out!)