Engagement Party

We had a party last weekend to celebrate the engagement of Jessica and JM.  We thought it would be fun to have the families come together and enjoy a perfect afternoon of food and fun.  For this party we decided to go full force, check out the ingredients.....

Mix 45-50 of your families, friends and neighbors with .....

15 lbs of Hamburger meat

4 lbs of Nathan's Hotdogs

6 lbs of Shrimp

4 lbs of Conecuh sausage

3 lbs of Smoked sausage

2 lbs of Bacon

40 hamburger buns

40 hotdog buns

24 quarters of Corn on the Cob

3 lbs of new potatoes

American and Monterrey Cheese

Lettuce

Tomatoes

Onions

Lemons

Limes

Bread Crumbs

Eggs

Butter

Hamburger seasoning

Chili

Sauerkraut

Add in the extras ....

1 bag of "Slap your Mama" boil seasoning (the best stuff ever)

More bags of chips than a chip factory

8-10 cases of soda and assorted kiddie beverages

20 gallons of "diet coke"

Potato salad

Pasta salad

cakes and pies

homemade ice cream (vanilla and grape)

and many other finger foods and appetizers that I didn't even get to try

About 100 lbs of ice 

One inflatable Jousting Arena!!!!!!

Add a dash of perfect weather and you got yourself a party!!!

Huge thanks go out to the guys that came early to help setup, stayed late to help cleanup, and grilled and boiled for approximately 3 hours to pull everything together.  There is no way that Elizabeth and I could have  done this one alone.

Here are a few picks ....

Thats me dominating Big E on the Jesting Arena 

The shrimp boil starting to be served.  Need more shrimp next time.

The lucky couple enduring one of my terrible announcements/speechs.

A little game time.

A group shot from early in the afternoon.