Ward Summer Celebration

Now all 4 kids are gone, I just have Francine home with me. Nakia is at Terri's in Salt Lake doing the horse thing, Andy & Angelea are at their Aunt Kathy's in Preston & Ben is at his dads. Man I needed a break! Summer is long and I get quite sick of cooking, cleaning, breaking up fights, fixing food and cleaning more! So I am basking in this quiet time, however we were kept busy preparing all the food & arrangements for the "Ward Summer Celebration" that was so conviently held at our house on the 19th. That was alot of work to get the yard & food ready and everything set up for anywhere from 100 to 300 people. I think there was about 150 people that showed up. We (meaning Tello) cooked a pig underground & dutch oven potatoes. Everyone else brought a side dish to go along with it. We had a band that played folk music and then Tello & Weldon (Our good buddy from Preston) sang & played the banjo. Weldon & Julie and their beautiful new baby girl, Jade, spent the night so we stayed up really late laughing & catching up. I love those guys!





Francine really got into the music one her daddy started singing while Weldon played the banjo.
Julie and her lovely 1 month old baby, Jade.

Here we have some of the party planning committee

The pig that was put in the pit at 4 am and cooked to perfection 14 hours later!
Richard Bair had a hard time believing that was really the way to get it done!
The Conans are a new family to the ward. Check out the kid in the red shirt, Gordon, he's one of Nakia's favorite people!

And the band that played and sang.