Monday, May 9, 2011

Launch Party Awesomeness!

Last week was one of the busiest, craziest, best I've ever had.  There's no way to put into words how amazing it was to finally get to the day I've been waiting for so long. 

Tuesday was a crazy mix of normal--packing lunches, dropping kids off at school, realizing I was supposed to make cupcakes for open house, buying them instead...

And surreal--walking into Barnes and Noble to see Moonglass on the shelf for the first time.  I had my sweet five-year old daughter with me, and at the moment I was about to burst into happy tears in the middle of the Teen Section, she brought me right back to reality with this:

"Mama, can we GO now? We have these at home. And I don't even like your book anyway. It has no pictures."

Yep. Nothing like motherhood to keep you grounded.

But then there was Saturday, and a launch party I will never forget.  So many of my friends and family came down to the Cove to celebrate, and that was like a dream.  And to prove to myself that it wasn't, I have pictures!

The Crystal Cove Store


Happily signing one of the almost hundred books the store sold that day!

Fellow writer friends and Bookanistas: Shannon Messenger, Christine Fonseca, Gretchen McNeil, Kirsten Hubbard, and LK Gardner-Griffie.

The backyard at my house, Pre-Party. You don't want to see the After.



The best-tasting cake I've ever had.


Everything about this day was perfect, and I couldn't have possibly asked for more.  I have to give a special thanks to my husband Schuyler, who hosted and BBQ'd for the ENTIRE party.  We're talking a hundred people! He is nothing short of amazing, and I feel like the luckiest wife on the planet!
 


11 comments:

  1. wow, I love your house! Grats on the launch!! (throws confetti)

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  2. Congratulations! And I have a copy! :) I can't wait to read it!

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  3. That is awesome, congratulations

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  4. wonderful photos! I so wish I could have been there to help celebrate this amazing book!!!!

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