The dinner party with no table

Last night, Rachel, Ben, and I hosted our three sets of parents over for dinner.

Rachel made an excellent salad. Ben cooked a mouth-watering pasta with garlic bread, and I was in charge of the dessert.

I decided to be healthy (shocking) and put together fruit kabobs with white chocolate drizzled over top.

Since Rachel and I have a small, round table in our kitchen, Ben volunteered to bring over his dining room table, a gorgeous oak piece he constructed himself.

It is très impressive, I must admit.

Right at 6:30 as our parents began to arrive, Ben walked through the door sans table.

"It doesn't fit up the stairwell." He explained, perspiration on his brow and an exhausted look spread across his face.

We would just have to host our dinner party without a dining room table!

We ended up seating the parents around our round, kitchen table while Ben, Rachel, and I huddled around the coffee table and a small wrought iron table from the balcony.

It was very makeshift but definitely did its job!

I tried taking this photo of everyone but accidentally cut out Ben's mom and Rachel's stepdad. My iPhone camera lens was acting up and regrettably, this is the picture I was left with.

Everyone had SUCH a fun time.

As in I slept until 11:30AM this morning kind of fun.

On a side note, my mum even brought me mums despite the fact that I killed the ones she gifted me with last year.

I guess she has decided to give me a second chance at flower-parenting!