BBQ

Catching up......Friday was a lovely day, too nice to stay home, so we were on the road again.  This time visiting an area where a lot of Amish Mennonite families live.   We made our way to what I remember being a quaint village, now a commercialized town, so disappointing to see how much it had changed.  We stopped long enough to take a short walk then we were off again.   Driving along the roads we saw neat farms and the ever present work horse in the fields.  Also saw their mode of transport on the side of the road as we drove by,  the horse and buggy, likely taking the farmers home for their dinner.   As it was getting time for us to eat we decided to go to a restaurant I had also visited many years ago.   It is also run by one of the Amish Mennonite families, and has done for a long time.   It was a small quaint place back when,  now other dining rooms have been added on, likely due to the fact the food is delicious.   We had a nice roast beef dinner enjoyed it very much,  then had to walk through the every present, these days, the store to pay the bill.   The shelves were laden down with pies, preserves etc. all looked delicious but, we resisted the the temptations.  Now it was time to travel back home, the nights get cool when the sun starts to set, especially when the top is down.  Lovely day out.

Yesterday, was our family reunion BBQ get together,  all three of my children and their husbands and wife were there which was nice to see, it's been a long, long time.   My GS and his wife, GD and her husband, as well as all of my GG children.  My two GD and their husbands were not able to come and neither were the two GD;s  at university and collage,  The weather was warm enough the four youngest were able to be splashing around in a big wading pool, the older ones played a couple of games with myself and other adults.  Snacks and drinks through out the afternoon and  then dinner.  BBQed  burgers, sausage and hot dogs,  two  bean salads and cucumber salad,  potato casserole, and all of the accompaniments for the meats.  Fruit, cookies, cup cakes, brownies and ice cream for desserts.   Enjoyed by everyone.   All the little ones ranging in age from 12 to 3 years helped with the cleaning up by putting all the toys away and cleaning up the paper plates, cutlery etc.  Sorry, with that many people we used disposables, something we don't normally do.   Time for little ones to call it a day, they had had a busy one.  My son and DIL had a two hour ride home so left also.  We were not too far behind them arriving home at 8:30 p.m.  I had such a nice day, the weather co-operated, no tears from the littles, good food and family, what more can anyone ask for.

Today, is wind down day for me, it has turned cooler, no sunshine to speak of and rain is forecast for later in the day and tomorrow.  Going to go into my sewing room for a little while this afternoon.

Not sure what we are having for dinner, have not cooked in three days,  so better get my thinking cap on.