Natal Day blowout!!

Well, what a lovely weekend we had! Friday DH & I were busy prepping. Got groceries, had supper, mowed/raked the lawn then collapsed. :) Sat, we spent time with E and I did some baking for Sunday. DH went to Enfield to work the bar at a reception with his cousin. Sun a.m., E & I set up the backyard for the party, then went to church. DH came home shortly after. We ate, napped a bit and anxiously awaited our guests. We got our "new to us" swingset up, the slide, the big pool and our huge tent! Oh, and chairs around the fire pit.

Company came around 4ish. We started off with a BBQ...yummy!! DH & I had "13 dollar" t-bones (clearly wrongly priced). We all enjoyed salad, loaded baked potatoes, rolls, and Mark's inspired yummy dessert (homemade tea biscuits with vanilla frozen yogourt and topped with Mark's whiskey sauce). DELISH!!! Then we played for a bit and got the fire going...smore time!! The 2 youngest went inside for bed and the rest of us enjoyed the fire, fireworks and the adults (aside from moi) had drinks. We slept under the stars in our new tent...which was lovely, except it was damp by morning. Oh, and that whole making 3 trips to the bathroom wasn't fun for me. But still, it was a blast.

Monday morning, I was up around 7 making 2 batches of pancakes, plain and blueberry. Plus we had a "Wife Savers" in the oven, bacon, biscuits, banana muffins, watermelon. It was a grand buffet! We ate to our hearts content. Some brave souls got in the pool...friggin cold but the kids loved it. It was soon after that Sara (who grew up in Hatchet Lake) told us about the beach that's 5 minutes from us!!! 4 years in HL and this is the first time I heard about it!!!! We all packed up around suppertime and headed to the beach. It was awesome! We could've been dropping by every night/wknd!!! Everyone parted ways at the beach. It was a great wknd for sure. Gives us some ideas for next year (we think this will be an annual event).

~B