5 years:

OH, HELLO FRIEND :: 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY from Arthur Jung on Vimeo.
Last Friday we had our 5 year anniversary party! Arthur Jung came to document the night with his film skills, really love how it turned out - he captured all the fun stations and entertainment we had. Be sure to follow him on instagram too.
Planning for a party is some serious high-level stress. In past events I've done or helped friends with, I get super stressed and I wear my emotions easily. This event I was determined to not let the stress get to me and turn me into crazy-danni. Early on in the week I had a chat with Nick that it was going to be a stressful week and I may freak out but I didn't want to take any of that out on him. I think that really helped set the tone for the week and I can proudly and thankfully say I didn't stress out hardly at all especially on the day of, which I usually am the most stressed. Thankful because the Lord helped me through the week and I give all glory to Him because I wouldn't have been able to get through it on my own. I was so grateful and humbled to have so many wonderful friends helping out the day of (thank you Rebecca+Michael, Sunny, Ashley, Katie, and my Aunt Irene who baked 150+ tea cakes & cookies for the party!) 
Nick said it felt like setting up for a wedding ;) We had a ton of people come out, I'd say around 250 or so. We gave out 200 swag-bags and the lines were long but I think everyone had an all around good time. We raised $800 for Zoe International, will do a post on that later. 
If you're local - these vendors are wonderful ideas for entertainment for parties & events: we had cotton candy stand, a silhouette artist, a calligraphy artist, some amazing live music by me & mr cassidy, a photo booth, and we used found rentals for all our beautiful furniture & props (like the heart like in the video) Rialto Cafe in Fullerton does some great catering too, we use them for all our events.
Anyway, if you're like me and get stressed out for things like this, I recommend just prepping your mind for the week. Set realistic expectations and map out everything that needs to be done. I am a big procrastinator too which does not help with the whole stress-thing ;) I just made a lot of lists and had a lot of great support.