It's All Good

A gut busting Texas BBQ was Chris's request for a graduation party to celebrate the happy events of this past weekend with family and friends. Denny was in charge of selecting, smoking and serving all the meat and preparing the side dishes. I made (or as we say in the South "fixed" the banana pudding and chocolate sheath cake. Denny mowed the front and back lawn late Sunday morning in the only dry interlude we've had in Seattle over the past week. I cleaned the house. As usual, the event was a cooperative adventure, a dance of sorts between Denny and me. We've done this many, many times before and our roles are well defined. He's got this job; I've got that job and somehow it all gets done.

The sun came out just in time for the party. We gathered outside mid-afternoon on Sunday and rejoiced in the warmth of the sun after days and days of rain, wind, grey and cold. June surely shone on our parade yesterday. The food....well, that was outstanding from start to finish. The guests....well, they were company of the highest quality from the youngest, kicking in Jessica's belly all the way up through us oldsters, like Ed Smith (sorry about that Ed). I loved seeing Chris enjoying a Corona, getting his face dunked in whipped cream, and most of all connecting with the friends and family who mean so much to him.

Ya'll had some big ole appetites yesterday; there were slim pickins for leftovers today! Yeah!