This past weekend we attended a family reunion hosted by some wonderful people on my mom’s side of the family.
It was a blast.
We had the opportunity to connect with family we don’t see as often as I’d like, to meet extended family we’ve never seen before and enjoy some really, really good food.
Rather than ramble on and on about it, I’ll just share some photos…
Let’s start with the food. There was a lot of it and it was fantastic.
Especially the pit barbecue.
They dug a big pit, built a big fire, let it burn down to coals, wrapped the meat in foil then in burlap then laid it over the coals. They also wrapped up potatoes in foil and hung them in wire baskets from metal fence posts across the pit. The whole thing is then covered with tin then dirt and left to roast for about 12 hours. There was beef roast, beef ribs and lamb. So tender, so flavorful and so, so good.
First, they shoveled off the dirt covering the beef pit.
Then they removed the tin.
Then you could see meat and potatoes waiting to be taken to the hungry masses.
They grabbed the wire baskets of potatoes and removed them first.
Which, by the way, were so yummy!
Then they fished out the meat.
They took it to a table and unwrapped the meat.
And after letting it rest a few minutes, they started carving.
While the meat and potatoes were coming out of the pit, dad decided to set up another tent. That’s him giving directions.
Young and old alike gathered for a fun time of visiting…
catching up…
and eating.
After everyone was stuffed, photos of family groups were taken.
Which resulted in only a few moments of random chaos.
and a lot of fun.
Thanks to all who worked so hard to make the family reunion a great time for the rest of us!
She Who Has a Great Family
Savvy Entertaining 
I enjoyed your pictures.And will enjoy your site in the future. The family reunion was wonderful.Also enjoying the books I got of yours.Vina J
Thanks so much, Vina! It was so lovely to meet you! =)
Shanna, We had a great time, it was so good to see you and everyone else. Thank you for sharing your time and books with us. The chocalate and lemon cakes were so moist, everyone should buy your books (for the recipes alone), Kelly
Thanks so much, Kelly! Thank you for the opportunity to share my books. Glad you enjoyed the cakes! The recipe for the lemon cake is in Savvy Spring Entertaining and is the one pictured on the cover. Here’s the downloadable version if you don’t have it yet!
Click to access spring-entertaining.pdf
Thanks again! We so appreciated all you guys did to make the reunion so fun for the rest of us!