Cortney's Graduation BBQ

Here are a few pictures of Cortney's Graduation BBQ party.
We have more pictures but need time to get them downloaded.
Here is Cortney's cake, she decided she wanted a Costco cake
and the rest of the meal was homemade. We served BBQ'ed
burgers( with our farm raised beef), baked beans, coleslaw, relish
items( fresh veggies from the garden) and two jello salads( my
Mom made for Cortney's party)

Some of Cortney's guests, enjoying the party( left to right;

A friend, who Cortney helps with lambing every Spring and her Dd,

my Dad talking fishing with our neighbor to the East, Larry.

It was a good turnout, about 26 people. There were 30 confirmed

but one family all came down with something and were nice enough

to call to cancel, so we all weren't exposed to whatever they had,

especially with this H1N1 flu in our midst.

Cortney getting ready to open gifts. She was blessed with very nice

gifts and some money too. Check out Cortney's new glasses, don't

they make her look older*wink*, after all she is now 18 yrs old

A dear friend of Mike's family made this beautiful quilt for Cortney,

knowing her love of horses. That's Dad( Mike in the background)

We will upload more pictures of the day later this week. Tomorrow is

laundry day, I have a case of peaches to can, corn to pick, water the

garden/ yard/ orchard, windfall apples to pick up and all our regular

chores.

On our agenda this week, pull corn stalks and feed to cows, pull loose

the pole bean plants, so they start drying, weed the garden( it's now the

Garden of Weed'n ) pick raspberries, cut lettuce/ mustard and

spinach, harvest rhubarb, cut two head of cabbage and make freezer

slaw, plant some herbs, carrots, beets, and lettuce in pots in the

greenhouse. When our temps cool into the low 80's and high to mid

70's F I'll start sauerkraut in the 5 gallon crock. I'm hoping to make

two or three batches and then keep the rest of the cabbage in the

cellar.

The garden is winding down and now begins the time of cleanup

and getting compost and manure spread and tilled in for the long

winter. I'm looking forward to the rest, I always do and then come

mid January I raring to dig in the dirt again*LOL*!