Another Labor Day has come and gone, and another Labor Day party at our house is in the books! Tim and I have been having an annual Labor Day party since we first got married. We picked Labor Day because it was about the only holiday that wasn’t spoken for on either side of the family. We started having a party every year on this holiday, so we could invite our immediate family on both sides. When Tim and I first got married, our families didn’t know each other much at all, so we started this tradition to give everyone a chance to meet, and spend time together. It’s gone on through the years, as kids have grown older, others have had children, and new members of the family have been introduced.
I didn’t get a chance to take a picture of the food on the grill, which I love to do! It’s always a meat fest around here, since Tim and his brothers (and the rest of us too!) LOVES them some meat! I always take a picture, so I can remember what we have from year to year 🙂 Last year, we had ribs and sausage, but this year, we had a few more little kids than normal, so we went back to hot dogs and hamburgers. We also grilled some chicken breasts and sausage, so we had four sets of meat, people! I made potato salad and my sister Gail brought her crunchy asian slaw (recipe here!). I made some dips, and we had cheese and crackers (again, no pictures!). I also made my brownies, which I love (recipe here). Just wanted to remember what we had, for future party planning 🙂 We also had our live draft for our family fantasy football league, after all of the eating was done. Tim really enjoys doing it with everyone here, but it’s hard for me to concentrate 😀 There was some Wii playing, as well as the kids playing outside in the dirt for a while. Hopefully, fun was had by all!
I did take a few photos, almost all people pictures. Click on the extended link to see a few cute ones! Hope everyone had a great Labor Day 🙂
Katelyn donned a tiara and flowered necklace, so I dubbed her Queen for the Day! She’s our great niece, my niece Kathryn’s oldest daughter:
Liz (my niece) posing with Katelyn, I loved this one because Katelyn was smooshing her nose and I though it was so cute!
Jeremy and his son Sam (Katelyn’s younger brother) hanging out (Sam was soon to be tickled quite a bit after this picture was taken!):
All of the little kids love Beau, our dog. Beau, however, is not used to kids so the attention gets overwhelming for him sometimes. He did really good though, but I had to caution the kids not to stay in his face, he tends to growl after hours of prolonged face time! Here’s Abby (Tim’s younger brother’s daughter) with Beau:
Last picture is of our nephew Ethan (Abby’s older brother), playing Mario Kart with Tim:
I love these kinds of traditions. We typically do a July 4th party, but the past two years we’ve either been traveling or recuperating from graduation. I’m glad I’m not the only one who has to record holidays so we can remember them from one year to the next. Dan and I were drawing complete blanks on what we did for the holidays last year. I finally looked at our pictures and it all came back! I swore we were at home on Thanksgiving, but we weren’t. Guess that happens when you get old. They all start blending together. Your menu sounds delicious:p
Cute pics, Stace!! Love having a bunch of meats on the grill. YUM. Ribs are my favorite. Glad you enjoyed!
Sounds like a good time was had by all!!! I think it’s so great that both your families get to spend time together!
And the pictures…well, too dang cute for words! 😀
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