Carly's Birthday Party

12 years old

Mystery of the Missing Crown Jewel

For Carly's birthday this year she wanted something really special because turning 12 is a really big deal. We've done movies and lots of pool parties (what else do you do when it is 115 degrees in the shade) but nothing "totally cool". So this year we threw our first mystery party for 8 of her closest friends. It turned out to be so fun, it was the "best party ever"!

The party was the mystery of the missing crown jewel and the crime happened at the Miss Teen USA Pageant. Each of the girls were assigned characters from one of the 50 states and came as the contestants of the pageant. We had an evening gown round, an interview question, and a talent competition. Each of the girls were asked to perform a talent related to their state, for example Miss Texas did a lasso routine and Miss Nevada did a magic show. During the talent competition the crown jewel was stolen from the pageant tiarra and the girls had to stay until they solved the crime. The girls came dressed up and completely played their characters to the hilt. It really was such a great party. Here are some of the pictures.

This is a picture of the girls in their talent round costumes. Carly, Emily Smith, Rebekah Williams, Kinebritt Johnson, Stephanie Johnson, Mikki Stone, Clarissa Flores, Emma Spalding and Sara Kendall in the middle.

The evening gown competion group picture.

Carly's Teen USA runway cake.