Photos: the epic goodbye party!

Before we left for Park City, we had one last (rather epic) BBQ at our house.  Our good friend, and very talented photographer, Ryan Carlson, came with his camera and helped us capture the afternoon.  There was no way to capture everyone who attended, but the photos sure do capture the spirit of the day!

Here is a peek at the photos:

And the full photos can be viewed here (click to go to the Picasa Page).

Weekly BBQ's: Spring has Sprung

Since 2006 or 2007 (or was it 2005?), our group of friends has had a standing, weekly, mid-week BBQ from March to October.  Yes, you read that right. And, yes, it's a lot of BBQ's.  In many ways, it's how we stay in touch with our friends. We rotate houses each week.  Everyone brings their own dinner to grill, beverages to drink and stories to share.  Some weeks it's 5 people, other weeks it's 35.  And they've evolved just as we have... The first couple of years it was a bunch of single 20-somethings... then came weddings, the dogs, and now the babies!  The group has grown and changed... and we love knowing that each Wednesday we get to see some of our favorite friends.

And now spring is here again, and we hosted the first 2011 Weekly BBQ last night.

Isaac got to 'play' with Wyatt (2 years old) and Irene (6months old). He was really interested in Wyatt and his bag of trucks... following him around much of the night and sometimes petting him like the dog....  He's not really sure what to think of smaller babies.  He did a lot of staring at his neighborhood pal Irene.  Unfortunately, I didn't snap any photos of the babies last night (say whaaaaat?).  Too busy playing hostess, I suppose. But here are the photos I did remember to take...

Ready for guests.  nom nom.

Eric got fancy and hung lights in the tent

It's not a BBQ without PBR

The massive Weber (eric's pride & joy)

Amanda, Christina & Blake (regulars)

Tony & Amanda (our co-hosts) playing with Isaac's toy (?)

Lodi.  Always happy after a play-date with Sangie.

Weekly BBQ's

As many of you know, we have a weekly Thursday Night BBQ.

We alternate houses with our good friends Tony & Amanda, and every week between 5 and 30 friends get together to grill dinner, knock back a couple cold ones and connect with friends.

This is the 4th year we've held weekly bbq's and we have them every week from mid-April to mid-September (rain or shine).

As you can imagine, our group of 'bbq regulars' have become some of our closest friends. For such a regular event, we rarely take pictures and have never blogged about it! Perhaps it is just such an integral part of our weekly lives that we never remember to document it... but it is always a high point in our week, and a wonderful way to keep up with friends.

We hosted last night and it was BEAUTIFUL out. We sat outside until 10 PM! By my rough calculations we've had over 90 weekly bbq's over the years... so here is finally proof:

Here I am with Angela & Megan. They usually are the first to arrive :)
And Eric & Isaac:
And me with the lovely Amanda:
And with Amanda's husband, Tony:And with "Fluke" friend Julie:
And, of course, Isaac was the star of the evening!