Friday, December 03, 2010

The Sunday BBQ

We decided Saturday would be a day for everyone to just do what they wanted to do since it had been a whirlwind cooking and entertaining. My sister and her family had to leave, my parents and Aunt went to OK to hit the casinos while J and I and his parents took a drive around town looking at property (parents are considering a winter place in Texas). After the drive, we watched Toy Story 3 with the kids until the grandparents had to go back to the hotel.

Sunday, we had more family time. By now you're probably bored to death with how much I love my in laws and my MIL's cooking. SO I won't bore you with too much more outside of the fact that she makes her own BBQ sauce as well! We took the ribs to my aunt's house and had another family meal (early lunch). We had fresh turnip/collard greens from my uncle's mom's garden (in Tulsa), homemade yeast rolls (courtesy of my aunt), leftover mac 'n cheese, ribs with the MIL's BBQ sauce, and a bunch of other stuff!


Me cutting the ribs
Ava and her Pa Pa and Nana

Two slabs down, four to go... 
J and his mother - Look how HAPPY he looks!
Our Sunday Lunch 

Ava and Pa Pa 
Inspecting the beard
Kisses!
Wearing Pa Pa's hat
Saying good-bye to my Mom


More good-byes

It's so hard to say good-bye :)
(I think our 'good-byes' lasted for 20 minutes!)
Feels good to have had my in laws meet my family - finally! Everyone got along and everyone genuinely enjoyed one another. I hope we can do this again soon!

6 comments:

Mommy Glow said...

Hi Im a new visitor and follower! Those ribs are making me very very hungry!! lol. Glad that the meeting of your in-laws and your family went well, there seem 2 be such horror stories of families not getting along, and I'm glad all went well with you all!

Rania said...

Thank you for stopping by and welcome!

Yes, there are so many horror stories and I do realize how blessed I am to have had family that actually gets along (not too much drama). I knew they would. It just feels tremendous to actually get to see them all together. Just wish my brother and his family could have been there. :)

Faith said...

the ribs look amazing! i don't even like ribs, hehe.

and she makes her own bbq sauce?! that is so awesome!

tht is the way it is when i say goodbye to family ... it takes so long! haha. looks like a great time with family!

Keya said...

Yall got down on some food. I love the pics of Ava with her grandpa. And Jay and his momma, guys always LOVE thir momma's.

vickdn said...

Such a cute family! I love to see mixed families :) Your daughter is beautiful!

Monique said...

Wow, that bbq looks so good.

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