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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Dinner Group - January

We started a dinner group in January. We have seven couples in our group and the first meeting was a murder mystery dinner hosted by Bill and Becky White.

The mystery was set at a ganster family wedding. We had wonderful Italian food and lots of fun dressing up and 'acting' out our parts.

All the girls - LtoR Cara - sister of the groom, Lauren - maid of honor, Bethany - bride, Becky - mother of the bride, Kandi - bride's sister, Me - cousin of the bride, Andrea - the groom's mom and insurance agent.

Bethany and Curtis Bingham aka Becky and Stanley, Bethany played the main character, the daughter of a big gangster boss at her wedding. She was 'shot' and then became the inspector that helped us solve the crime. Don't they look like a real bride and groom?!? They were amazing.

The boys - LtoR David V the hitman, Matt the brother-in-law, Curtis the groom, Paul - the best man, Bill - mob boss and father of the bride, Gregg - groom's brother and the one who was accused of killing the bride, and David G - the mob boss's brother.

We had so much fun! Good food, good friends, thanks everyone!

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Grandma in TexasApril 4, 2010 at 11:01 AM
So, who did it and what ever will you do to follow that fun evening?
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BonnieTApril 4, 2010 at 9:15 PM
Gregg was the killer, but he still denies it. We had another wonderful evening this month with soup, bread bowls, salads, chocolate desserts, and games. I love dinner group!
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The ChidestersApril 5, 2010 at 12:26 AM
This looks SOOOO much fun! I really miss our old ward. Pete and I would totally do that dinner group! People aren't that adventurous out here, socially that is. Give them a shovel and they'll kill a rattlesnake. But encourage them to come for a night of drama and they run for the hills!
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MichelleApril 11, 2010 at 9:11 PM
Cute pictures!
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