Bachelorette Party

Okay, this is way overdue, but I need to write about the bachelorette party Jim's sister, Amy had, a few weeks ago. It was the best time ever!

Of course, the evening started out with her shower at this great Mexican restaurant in Omaha, the Roja Grill. Yummy finger foods! Jim's sisters Mary & Anne and I have already agreed that we'll be going back with our husbands sometime in the near future. Anyway, Amy got a ton of great stuff. The turnout was fantastic, and even her nieces had fun.

Amy received a special gift from future father-in-law, Tom Leuschen.

Jane and Kay.

Jamie, Mary and Anne.

Jim had brought the girls and me into town and then dropped us off at Roja for the shower. He took Donovan over to Oak View Mall and let him play on the indoor playground equipment. Then he came back to pick up Lindsay and Josie, plus he also took Maddie and Sara back to Lincoln with him, so Jane and Mary could enjoy the rest of the evening's festivities. What a great husband!!!

So, on to the REAL party. Our first stop was this real fancy bar (more like a lounge, really) around the corner from Roja (in a strip mall). It was called Parliament Pub. I thought I'd start my night with a bourbon and diet coke, knowing that there may be shots involved later, and it'd be better to lay a nice foundation of heavier liquor in my belly before moving on to beer. (Don't you love someone who really plans out their night of heavy drinking?) Well, the bourbon and coke was $6, and that was the "happy hour" price, whereas everyone's beers were two bucks. I figured one bourbon and coke laid enough foundation--I switched to beer after that!

Anne, Amy and Laura Leuschen.

Amy's special "gift" from Katie Leuschen. Ask Katie what happened to that gift later on that night!

I loved this pic of Sid Vicious, from the Sex Pistols.

Before we left Roja, Amy had passed out disposable cameras to everyone who would be sticking around for the duration of the night, along with a list of things we had to get pictures of, scavenger-hunt style. (We used to do those at LBL once a year, with Polaroid cameras... super fun!) So Jane, Amy and I were on a team, and the rest of her friends made up other three-person teams. We were on a mission!

"Have a team member pose by someone with a mullet." Our bus driver!

"Have a team member pose by someone, other than another player, with a tattoo." A bar patron!

"Have a team member pose with a bartender." Parliament Pub bartender.

After getting quite a few pictures at Parliament (and crossing a few items off our list), we were ready to board the school bus Amy had rented (so nobody had to be DD for the night), and we headed to the Stumble Inn, which has a mechanical bull. You can guess what we were all doing for the next hour or two. Again, Mary & Anne are thinking we'll all come back to Omaha some night, with our husbands, go to Roja Grill and THEN go to the Stumble Inn (possibly on a "less crowded" night), and we'll all ride the bull. I got up on it, and it was definitely fun--a lot harder than some people (read: JANE) make it look. Good times!

Amy looks like a real bull-rider!

Jane and I both look like we're laughing too hard to hold on very well!

Finally, we went to another bar, where we could dance. I apologize, I don't believe I ever knew the name of the bar, and I certainly don't remember it now, about three weeks after the event! Anyway, we spent the rest of the night there, drinking and dancing. I'm pretty sure our team (Jane, Amy & myself) were the only ones to get ALL the items on our scavenger hunt list, except one... we could NOT find anyone wearing either pink cowboy boots or a pink cowboy hat. Dangit! But we got all the other items we needed. I'm still watching the mail for my prize!

Katie was loving her lei!

 

This was not one of the things on the list: "make like a fish"???

 

Amy, Stacy, and Katie are all having fun!

"Get a picture of a team member doing a shot." Of course, it had to be AMY!!!

"Get a picture of a team member posing by someone in a leopard print." Jane and Laura were jealous of this chick's outfit, I think! NOT!!!

Of course, it wouldn't be a GNO (Girls' Night Out) if there wasn't a little girl talk afterwards, a "wet burp" by one or two of us (I'm mentioning no names), a little drunk dialing, and a little noshing on frozen pizza at 3am...

Overall, I think Amy's Bachelorette was a huge success. Thanks for letting me be a part of it, Amy! Love ya!