Day Before Labor Day BBQ
We had 27 people over this evening to celebrate Labor Day.
It rained most of the day and I spent the day getting ready, but by the time everyone came over the rain had stopped. It was still wet, but it was warm out and we had a good time anyway.
The food didn’t all turn out exactly as I’d planned. These are hot dogs that I got at one of the stores on the high street. They are kosher, which is wonderful, but I didn’t exactly follow the directions for boiling them so the casings burst and they curled up like snails. (In my defense, the grilled ones don’t look so hot either.) Fortunately one of the girls brought “real” hot dogs from the base and everyone ate those instead. We did have a good laugh over these, though.
The same person who brought the hot dogs also brought a grill and the makings for s’mores. Seriously…it wouldn’t have been a party without Kat and Mike.
The kids spent most of the time running in and out of the back door and tracking grass in everywhere, which is fine because my cleaning person comes on Tuesday, but Ava and Boy Avery stuck to the quiet toy area.
It was great because everyone brought something to share and I didn’t have to cook like a maniac - or clean up because everyone took their stuff home.
- Kat, Mike, Steven, Sarah, and Jamie brought the grill, s’mores stuff, and hot dogs.
- Cheryl, Dave, Ava, and Hannah brought a potato salad and dessert.
- Noah and Avery brought chips and wine. (Jenn stayed home sick with Jack.)
- Grace, Mike and Avery brought dessert.
- Kelly, Brad, Marley, Truman, and Grace brought dessert and baked beans
- Gigi, Rick, Ralston, and Reagan brought appetizers - a cheese plate to die for.
- I made black bean salad and put together the burgers and dogs, a veg plate, and fruit, and completely forgot to get out the fixings for the burgers, so we ate them sans cheese, onion, pickle, and lettuce. I am so smart sometimes.
It didn’t matter…naturally everyone was all over dessert!
It was a really fun evening. Grace and Gigi and their crews stayed later than everyone else…which I LOVED…and I believe that we were up until almost midnight after waiting for Grace’s mini cab to arrive. That’s the lastest I’ve been up at a party in a LONG time!
I’m so glad that we did this. I got to meet spouses and it made me realize how many people I know here now Plus in the last month or so I’ve met several who will not be leaving in a year!!! Maybe this isn’t such a bad place to stick around for three years.
