The Party's over...

Saturday was a blur of party preps. Our house and yard haven't been this clean and cleared of clutter in I dont' know how long. I told Sam that we need to have at least one party a year in order to clean. I don't know how happy he is with that suggestion!! I cleaned the garden, Sam hauled a load to the landfill and Caylon and I cleaned the house top to bottom. In addition to the cleaning, I slow roasted 3 Boston Butts, made 3 pans of baked beans and a HUGE bowl of slaw. Sam smoked the butts and I pulled the pork and we were ready to rock and roll. It was a very productive day and at 4:30, the guests started rolling in.

We had a smashing success at Miss Priss' 1st birthday party. We had 31 in attendance. It was a beautiful fall evening and by dusk, just chilly enough for the chiminea to be lit. We had BBQ sandwiches, hotdogs, baked beans, chips and then cake and ice cream for dessert. Delish!!!

Great Paw-Paw, Aunt Betsy and Uncle Chris

Lainey's cousin Abby with her mom, Chasity, Lainey and Caylon and Lainey's BFF Breanna with mom Jessica.

Caylon, Lainey and Zac

The birthday girl.

Present time!!!!

And of course no party would be complete without a spin on Aaron's motorcycle.

Sunday was spent cleaning up and resting from the shin-dig. We had some friends over for left-overs last night and I still have some BBQ left to go into the freezer for another meal.