The Party...

Our Family at the graduation.

 Kids were busy on the merry-go-round all day.

 Volleyball, no gathering is complete without it, we don't play but there is always a group that likes to. Kevin actually got out there and had a good time and so did a couple girls. 

 Someone is going on the zipline.  It's been out of commission for 2 summers.  Kevin built the platform a couple days ago and lowered one end of the line on the pole and it was also busy the whole day.

Late night card game, Dutch Blitz.

It is after midnight here and some are enjoying a sing.  Josh is an amazing piano player.  You can't see, but his wife is sitting on the chair in front of them.  She has a beautiful voice too. 

Some families stayed the night so we got to enjoy their company until late and again in the morning.  The last person left about 6:30 p.m. on Sunday. 

We loved the whole weekend, getting ready for it and now the aftermath.  (Unfortunately for me I am thinking of all the things that didn't happen or people I didn't talk to, things I forgot to do; the dessert didn't have a spot to be, I forgot to put out the wallet pictures of Jordan for friends to take, didn't get to the needle in a haystack game, the targets for the big archery weren't out until way late, the tubs the water were in leaked out all the ice water, I didn't get to have a good conversation with several people (every time I thought I'd come right back I got pulled away for a food related thing, a kid or something :( )  In time I will get over this but it is fresh in my mind.  We all did have a grand time and didn't want it to end.

I made twice as much food as I needed and we are enjoying a bounty of meals.  Breakfast today: strawberry shortcakes (they were kind of breakfast like because they resembled biscuits so they were no different than having strawberries and cream on pancakes).  Lunch was hotdogs, beans, watermelon and cowboy salsa.  We could have hotdogs for a couple weeks.  I'll have to freeze some of them again.  I bagged up about 14 family size servings of shredded chicken, yeah!!!  It was like I did that cooking for a month in a day thing.  We have many bags of home made buns in the freezer along with many shortcakes leftover.  Again, yeah!!!  If you are going to plan a big thing like this plan food that freezes well.  I didn't think of that when I did it but we made the food over the two months before the day of the graduation so it had to freeze well for us.  

We missed those who couldn't be there with us and we thank those who were able to make it.  Off to make chicken sandwiches, noodle salad and veggies and dip ( all grad food).