farmhouse family fun...

 last week we celebrated 

my Mr's birthday

(another item checked off the list-YES!)

all of the children and grandchildren 

came for dinner and dessert

22 in all, 
including my mom and aunt

we ate outside

it was hot

we followed the shade

decorations were  simple

I tried my hand at farmhouse style

I was flying by the seat of my pants

doing it as we went along
grabbing stuff from the *stash*

I enlisted help from the oldest grandkids

rumor has it  that I was a bit cranky

it was hot

perhaps I was


Did I mention, it was hot?

but then we ate
and all was good

simple food

simple decor

simple times

what says farmhouse

more

than drinking lemonade

from canning jars?

practical and cute

that's a lot of glasses

and

the little jam jars are just right for little hands

then there was dessert

key lime pie in a jar

(recipe from Sandi)

yummy

what kind of grandmother would I be

if 

I didn't show you

the (grand) peeps

and the 
birthday boy