{"id":5189,"date":"2014-10-21T21:24:55","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T04:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5189"},"modified":"2014-10-21T21:24:55","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T04:24:55","slug":"stapleton-throws-community-wide-40-year-old-birthday-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5189","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Throws Community-Wide 40 Year Old Birthday Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"forty<\/a>This has been a milestone year for Stapleton residents. If you have Facebook, you may have noticed that a large number of Stapleton residents have exited their thirties, and jumped into their fourth decade. In fact, almost two-thirds of Stapleton residents (64%) turned 40 this year. \u201cI don\u2019t think it is that big of a deal,\u201d says Stapleton resident Gage Huxley. \u201cI mean, 40 is the new 30 right?\u201d Other residents agree. \u201cTo me, it is just another year,\u201d says Mike Artz. \u201cIn fact, my birthday gets pretty lost in the shuffle of real crap to take care of like kids, house, job, etc.\u201d\n\nThe biggest challenge many of these \u201cover the hill\u201d residents faced was figuring out how to celebrate the big four-oh. \u201cWe have lots of friends in Stapleton,\u201d says Karen Taylor. \u201cAnd, of course, many of them turned forty this year. It got pretty taxing having to get a sitter every weekend for a party, or going to a destination party. So, we thought we needed to just make it easy on everyone.\u201d Taylor decided to use technology and simply plan a massive, \u201cwe\u2019re all turning 40,\u201d party.\nTaylor first sent an invite to all of her friends on Facebook who she knew would be turning forty. Then, she posted a message on Big Tent<\/a>. Soon, Taylor had over 500 people who were either turning forty or who felt responsible for throwing a forty year old party for a spouse. \u201cA lot of people liked the idea of just having one big get together and being done with it,\u201d said Taylor. \u201cSo, we decided to just have a big BYOB party on the green. It was really great. People were provided with signs for where they set up shop with whose birthday they were specifically celebrating. It was just an easy way to celebrate for everyone and to have all these people in one place at one time instead of having to go to 10 birthday parties.\u201d\nResidents seemed to really appreciate Taylor\u2019s efforts. \u201cWe loved it,\u201d said Jennifer Weber. \u201cIt was great to basically have someone else plan the party for my husband. And then most of our friends were already going for some reason, so it just made it easy.\u201d People enjoyed cocktails, some live music, and a lot of people simply ordered pizza<\/a>. \u201cIt was a blast,\u201d said party-goer Sam Dettman. \u201cNow, we know we are done with these forty year old parties this year and can just move on. Hopefully, they do the same thing next year, or maybe in 10 years when we all turn 50.\u201d\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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