Autumn's 16th Backyard Fall Party

For Autumn's birthday, we decided to go with a backyard evening fall party.

A couple of days early, I played around how I wanted to set up the decor with what I already had.

I loved how the white lights and tables settings turned out.

I forgot to get a few pictures before we started the party but here are a few after a lot went on. Ha!

I liked how the tables turned out. This was the table to hold the dessert - apple pie as well as the apple cider and popcorn.

Those pine cones, acorns and pine greenery - all collected for free. :)

During the movie, I served apple cider and bowls of popcorn.

A little blurry but you can still make out one of the two homemade apple pies I made for dessert along with vanilla bean ice cream.

The lighting made my photos a little blurry but still looked good. :) I made Parmesan crusted chicken, cottage mashed potatoes and Caesar salad - all Autumn's choices. Sweet tea for the beverage.

Rachel and I served everyone like it was a fancy meal at a restaurant and the kids loved it.

After the meal and presents, we had an outdoor movie night. Fun!

101 Dalmatains!

It was a super fun and neat party!

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