oink oink

We had our pig roast this past weekend. NUM!! The roaster dudes showed up around 11am to start the piggy. And yep, the piggy looks a bit skinny, but we weren't expecting huge crowds - maybe around 75 folks.

The roaster dudes, Tim and Bud, are neighbors of G's folks - they don't do pig roasts for a living, it's just something they do on the side for friends, family, etc.

Mmmm... pig looks much better roasted, don't ya think?

Gotta take piggy off/out of the spit to cut him up.

These two have it down - Tim cut while Bud prepped the machinery to be hauled back home.

Hmm... not so appealing anymore. But oh, so tasty. We had lots of comments on how good the pork was. yay!

This first shot of the party was a little early yet. It was funny, even though there were tables with chairs, lots of lawn space... just about everyone stood/sat on the patio before din din. It's kinda like an inside party where everyone hangs around the kitchen. I guess I'm thinking that if we modify the patio for the pergola that Greg wants, perhaps we should enlarge the patio at the same time!

Oh, and you can see part of the bar area. We brought down most of our stuff, which was added to significantly by our guests. We had asked guests to bring either a dish to pass or a beverage to share, and folks were quite generous, gotta love that - THANKS EVERYONE! We also had borrowed three margarita blenders for the event, of which two were used consistently throughout the party - I'm really loving those things, I had mudslides and pina coladas, and the regular and strawberry 'ritas were also a hit.

Dinner time... besides the pig, we had lots of wonderful food items brought by guests.

Overall, a really fun day. I think, I hope, that our guests enjoyed themselves as well. I apologize to those whom I didn't get to talk to much; even with a "small" group of this size (I'm guessing we ended up with 65 guests throughout the day), it's still hard to get around to everyone, plus give house and RV tours, help people as needed, etc.

Special thanks to Tom and Donna, who were the 'rita makers extraordinaire, to Ginny, who made coffee numerous times and setup the food table, among other things, and to Dick, Bob and Diana, Bob and Ginny, Chuck, Brian and Sue, Dean and Karen, who provided tables, chairs, coolers, 'rita makers, etc. - vital things for a party!