Themed Gatherings and Party Foods

I absolutely love to host small gatherings with friends and family, especially at home with my mom! The two of us together can pull together a party fit for royalty in under an hour with the right planning and preparation. Since we've been doing it for so long, it's easy for us to plan because the you always have key items that will make the menu no matter what and then specialty items that fit the theme. For instance,  my mom and I are in the process of planning a baby shower for me, coming up really soon on June 24th. My lovely line sisters are planning a baby shower for me too for June 25! So I get to go home and have multiple showers! Yay!!! But any who, my mom and I are still working on the menu for the family shower.

So here are some of the ideas I had:

Essentials
1.) Fruit Tray
2.) Cheese and Cracker Tray
3.) Chips
4.) Some sort of dip, preferably 2 types
5.) Veggie Tray with different dressings

Needless to say you need beverages to accompany the food.

Some specialty items that may go along with the Hawaiian outdoor theme that I want to have are:
1.) Skewered Shrimp with Coconut Pina-colada Sauce
2.) Meatballs with a Sweet glaze
3.) Citrus grilled chicken wings

We may even do some snow cones!! But this is a pretty simplistic menu that will surely make people happy. :)
I encourage you to all throw a little party using the essentials and a few specialty items of your own!!

P.S. Shout out to my mom!! She is super excited to be a grandma soon. She bought like 15 outfits for Cristopher already and he isn't due until October :) Gotta love her :) And another shout out to all of my line sisters who are working really hard on a bay shower as well. I love you girls and appreciate all that you do :)