All of the girls in the family were invited to a tea party on Tuesday evening at my brother and sister-in-law’s house.

The requirements? Dress fancy and bring some finger foods.

My nieces and SIL worked hard on the decor and ambience of the event, and did a fabulous job of it.

We’ve been looking forward to this since we started talking about it at the very beginning of summer but only now had a date that worked for all of the ladies (one very good sport of a grandma, three sisters-in-law, six girls and one handsome little boy).

We took a lot of photos,

Drank tea and ate delicious finger foods,

Goofed off,

Gave each other manicures and pedicures,

And watched iCarly in the dark while the moms and grandma talked.

It was seriously a night full of memories and girly fun.

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