Family BBQ!

As I mentioned in a previous post, we had a bunch of family here from out of town to visit last weekend. On Monday we had a BBQ at our house to have a get together for those who live here and those here visiting. It was great! We had about 38 people at our house (mainly in our back yard)!! We had lots of great food and everyone got to hang out and visit. The kids had sand boxes and the boys' playset to hang out on and we have tons of shade in our backyard. We are definitely going to have to do this again!!

Dan and I lead pretty quiet lives and this weekend was so much fun hanging out with everyone!! We hope they know our door is always open. On Sunday night a bunch of them went to Jackpot to the casino. Dan got to join them for this as he was coming off his weekend of work. Jeanine (in the bottom picture), and I stayed home with the little ones. Once the kids were in bed, we had a glass of wine and got to catch up on each others' lives.

I met Jeanine when I worked at VBMC in Harlingen. We worked together for 5 years, were great friends and I also became a surrogate member of their family as I was on my own. It was Jeanine and her husband that were responsible for Dan and I "hooking up" and should I say the rest is history? That is how I officially became part of the family!!