Jedi Jordan’s 9th Birthday!

There are few movies I love more than Star Wars, so hearing the news that my niece Jordan wanted to have a Star Wars birthday party got me truly elated beyond all imagination. But I never expected just how amazingly elaborate this party would be! This party was truly one for the books. Before I go any further, we have to give serious kudos to Shirley for handmaking all of the costumes (yes, really!), Lora’s sister for doing all of the face painting, and Eric for really going the extra mile in terms of getting into the spirit of things (you’ll see in a bit).

So to start things off, here’s a huge 3D Star Wars movie theater poster from the theater that Eric and Shirley both worked at back in the ’90s. Eric saved it, probably not knowing just how handy it would come in years later!

And here’s me with the birthday girl, Jedi Jordan Facey, age 9! Can you believe the costume?

And all of the Facey kids and Taelor! How awesome are these costumes! We’ve got Mikayla as ’70s Princess Leia, Ethan as a clone trooper, Ella as Queen Amidala (SOO cute!!), Taelor as a Jedi, and of course Jordan as the bravest Jedi in the galaxy! And then below, Kendall as Padme.

All of the food was linked to Star Wars in some way. This was one of our favorites: Vader’s Veggies. Don’t you dare even think about not eating your vegetables!!

And no Facey birthday party is complete without one of Larry’s amazing cakes. He just keeps outdoing himself!

We were amazed. EVERY kid came dressed up to the nines! I mean, look at this!! It was so amazing that I had to run to Target to get myself a Star Wars shirt – after all, how could I – a true Star Wars geek – NOT dress up in at least some way?

I unfortunately got gored by Darth Maul (Megan)!

But the biggest surprise of all was when Darth Vader himself arrived!!!

Jedi Jordan did a fine job fighting off the dark side of the Force.

I, unfortunately, didn’t fare so well.

Happy birthday, Jedi Jordan!!!

Many, many more pics here! We encourage you to check them all out; there are some really great ones in there!