Well, the reunion is over for another year. There was indeed plenty of food, including such goodies as sausage balls, chipped beef dip, stuffed jalapenos, cheese dip, chopped spinach dip, 7 layer salad, egg salad sandwiches, various crackers and chips, smoked sausage links, grilled hot dogs, potato salad, baked beans, banana pudding, vanilla ice cream, and homemade PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES!!!
There was probably some things I missed, but it is so hard to remember everything when there is so much. It was , of course, all buffet style with people pretty much snacking all day long. Plenty of talking, remembering, kids running and screaming. Ever notice that the amount of fun kids are having seems to be proportionate to the amount of noise they make? The more noise, the more fun! In the middle of all the madness and mayhem, the two roomies were soaking it all in and having a good time with the scraps getting dropped on the patio.
To cap off the evening and before the coals died all the way down, Mom went and got some wire coat hangers, had someone straighten them out, and proceeded to show the Grand daughter and grand nieces how to roast a marshmallow. It was an interesting experience, but something was lost in the translation, as a charcoal grill just isn't the same as a campfire and the girls were too tired to see the fun in it all.
The day finished at a reasonable time, it didn't rain, everyone got along, and the children did very well right up to time to go home...and then they fussed a little. But they were tired ( as were we all) so that was understandable.
Now I'm tired and ready to go to bed...the roomies are staying outside tonight because they don't want to come in and I'm too tired to argue with them, and tomorrow will be a good day to watch the weather. Sorry I'm rambling tonight, but I should be back on the ball Monday.
See you all Sunday morning and we will share a cup of coffee, OK?
6 comments:
Good morning! Hope you are well rested today, sounds like you had a fun day. We don't have family reunions because most of my family is in Yugoslavia but we do this often with friends and our menus sound very similar. Wish we could BBQ year round! Haven't had a chance to check the weather yet, but am hoping there will be no major problems anywhere with this hurricane. Keep safe!
Lydia
Hey Lydia...good morning to ya. I'm glad we have a chance as a family to get together, but I'm always glad when everyone gets home safely. Plenty of food, plenty of hugs and shared stories and most of all for th younger kids...maybe a new memory or two to take with them into their future journy through life.
Thanks for the good weather wishes and for checking on us...see ya later!
Really missed being home. Glad I got to see y'all in July but one night just was not enough, ya know? Let's have the reunion in N.C. some day...we could teach these people some things about BBQ believe me!
Big Sis
Hey Sis...glad to see ya this morning. We missed you here this time around...just doesn't seem the same without you here, ya know?
I don't think there would be many folks there if we had the reunion in N.C. as we can't even get some of the folks to come across town or just down the road.
Oh well...you stay in touch, ok?
Great blog!!! It was a wonderful time - small group, but the "best of the best." I miss B. so much - as we all do, but the is just life, I guess, Thanks for all the help getting it all together and fOR telling me when I need To "CHILL'. Love Mom
Hey Mom...thanks for dropping by and for offering the space for all the in-laws and Out-laws to show up at!
Next is Thanksgiving, I guess! Boy...this year is really moving along!
Thanks again!
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