Jo and Bub’s had our small group over on Friday for dinner. Bub’s showed off his grilling skills and made us some yummy burgers and hot dogs. I believe there ended up being 12 adults and 12 kids. We had a great time but needless to say it was a little crazy. Some of the funny and not-so-funny things that happened…
After making sure everyone had a burger, Joey threw a couple of the ones that weren’t what he considered perfection back on the grill. He then sat down in the dining room to eat his own burger. Someone asked him if he still had anything on the grill b/c there was a pretty good fire going. He calmly replied that yes, he did have something still on the grill. Right about then we heard a commotion coming from the other room and someone shouting about a fire. No, the house did not burn down, but the fire was pretty big and it was kind of exciting for a moment there.
Later on, Clay was making cookies for dessert. Bailey and her friend Emma smelled them baking and came running from upstairs. They stood in front of Clay, who was removing them from the pan, drooling for a few minutes. I guess he couldn’t take the pressure anymore so he gave in and told them they could have one. He then proceeded to take the spatula and lift a cookie from the hot pan and deposit a cookie into the hands of both girls. Needless to say, tears and blisters followed soon after. J This gave me great ammunition for picking on Clay.
We knew the party was over when we looked up to see sweet little Evelyn standing at the top of the stairs. All of us sort of froze for half a second and then she took a step and came tumbling down. When that happened everyone was moving trying to get to her. Benjamin got there really fast and caught her before she was about halfway down. She was fine but I think her parents were quite traumatized. Not 5 minutes later we hear screaming again and go upstairs to see Ella being cuddled by her Daddy. She had fallen off the couch in the toy room and hit her head on the table. Not long after that everyone started making their way out the door.
This is not to say there wasn’t fun in between all of the craziness. We had yummy food and as much conversation that you can possibly have when there are so many kids around. The kids had a blast destroying Bubs and Jo’s beautiful house. Bubs and Jo, of course, took it all in stride. They have to be the most patient, tolerant people that I know.
And I always thought we had crazy parties before we had kids!
After making sure everyone had a burger, Joey threw a couple of the ones that weren’t what he considered perfection back on the grill. He then sat down in the dining room to eat his own burger. Someone asked him if he still had anything on the grill b/c there was a pretty good fire going. He calmly replied that yes, he did have something still on the grill. Right about then we heard a commotion coming from the other room and someone shouting about a fire. No, the house did not burn down, but the fire was pretty big and it was kind of exciting for a moment there.
Later on, Clay was making cookies for dessert. Bailey and her friend Emma smelled them baking and came running from upstairs. They stood in front of Clay, who was removing them from the pan, drooling for a few minutes. I guess he couldn’t take the pressure anymore so he gave in and told them they could have one. He then proceeded to take the spatula and lift a cookie from the hot pan and deposit a cookie into the hands of both girls. Needless to say, tears and blisters followed soon after. J This gave me great ammunition for picking on Clay.
We knew the party was over when we looked up to see sweet little Evelyn standing at the top of the stairs. All of us sort of froze for half a second and then she took a step and came tumbling down. When that happened everyone was moving trying to get to her. Benjamin got there really fast and caught her before she was about halfway down. She was fine but I think her parents were quite traumatized. Not 5 minutes later we hear screaming again and go upstairs to see Ella being cuddled by her Daddy. She had fallen off the couch in the toy room and hit her head on the table. Not long after that everyone started making their way out the door.
This is not to say there wasn’t fun in between all of the craziness. We had yummy food and as much conversation that you can possibly have when there are so many kids around. The kids had a blast destroying Bubs and Jo’s beautiful house. Bubs and Jo, of course, took it all in stride. They have to be the most patient, tolerant people that I know.
And I always thought we had crazy parties before we had kids!
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