Labor Day Weekend

Ahhh...the holidays! What can I say? Always busy, lots of family and loads of fun - at the Smith house! Vicki, Keith & Rylee drove in from Fischer (about 20 min. from San Marcus) Dorothy, Brent & family drove in from McKinney (about an hour from Dallas). It was about a 4 - 5 hour trip for both families...thanks guys for making the long trip to spend time with your family!

I tried to make it simple with the food so I could spend more time with family and less time in the kitchen. So, briskets were put in the smoker the night before and the potato salad & deviled eggs were made. I got up early that morning and put the pinto beans in the crock pot & made the cakes.

Menu:

2) 12 lb briskets
24 burgers
8 lbs sausage
5 lbs potato salad
2 lbs pinto beans
Lg pan corn bread
white cake
chocolate cake
chips
lots & lots of drinks

Everyone loved the food...we ate it all day Saturday and 2 meals on Sunday then we had to order Pizza Hut for dinner! Got up Monday morning and made a BIG breakfast of biscuits, sausage gravy & eggs! Okay guys, that's it for the food...you are really on your own now!Whew this family can eat!!!!!!

Shawn had a dump truck load of sand delivered so the kids had a blast playing in the dirt pile. It was Rylee's first time and she loved it! They also had a fun river trip in their Paw-Paw's little boat that he keeps at the river. The rest of the time was just spent hanging out , eating & enjoying each other's company AND of course, playing with Rylee!