August 3, 2009

family barbeque '09

For our state holiday weekend we hosted Gene's side of the family--30 people--for a BBQ in our backyard. It was waaay fun! Enjoy the pics:


Gene's side of the family--adults & teens--eating and chatting (the kids ate on top of the clubhouse, on the trampoline or porch).


Gene's brother Verle's family & some friends.


Kathleen (in town from New Jersey), Verle & Gene's mom.


Ben and Jennifer, aka: "Benifer" ;)


Nathan, Lydia, Sarah, Steven, Emma & Alex swimming in our pool.


Sweet babies: Grant, Morgan, Gianna & Emmett.


Grant having his turn at the pinata.


Sarah taking a swing at the pinata.

Nathan, Steven and Alex made serious cracks in the pinata...


...but then Amanda came along and she broke that thing in a split second! Witness the mad rush!


Girls vs. Boys: silly-string fight! Alex picking on Emma...


...and Emma doing her best to get him back!


Water balloons must be color coordinated, ya know!

It started out as water balloon dodge ball, but quickly turned into a free for all water fight!

The die hards that stayed to watch the fireworks from our front yard.


Who knew that a couple dollars worth of glow sticks could be so entertaining?!


The boys put on a pretty good show I must say! Gene used the snow shovel the next morning to scoop up all the used fireworks (just to give you an idea of how many we did).

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow, you really know how to throw a party!