Monday, September 15, 2008

BBQ - Opening Social - Our Backyard

We had the opening social/BBQ/Family Home Evening for our BYU ward tonight. In case you can't tell, it was a HUGE success. If you feed them ... they will come!!

The grand total was - 75 youth plus 14 adults ... quite a few for our cozy backyard. They didn't seem to mind a bit!! This is a relatively new ward - (meaning the kids don't know each other) - so there was a lot of 'getting acquainted' going on. Gotta love BYU!!

See how they serve each other!!! It is amazing to watch. (They even help clean up -- we love it!!)

We set up our side yard with the food and that really helped with the crowd control. Dennis and Brad (his counselor) cooked the burgers and hot dogs ahead of time and put them in cooler boxes to keep warm. (An old scouting trick) It worked out great -- no waiting when it was time to eat!!
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2 comments:

Amy said...

WOW!!! What an event you hosted! Looks like everyone had a great time. I can't believe you fit that many people in your yard. That's amazing! (Does it really have to snow around here?)

Wendy said...

All I can say, is that you know how to throw a BBQ! I'm impressed as to who many kids came all the way out to Springville. ;) Next time you need a picture of all the cars on the street.