Casa de Infierno part 2

I love the 4th of July. In the history of 4th of Julys past, this holiday is a day of BBQ's, beach days, and being with friends. Since being in Utah, the idea has been generally the same minus the beach day and now I have my Chad! He's the BBQ expert (as shown above). Because the Stadium of Fire is the big event happening right accross the street from our house, we have titled our annual 4th of July shindig as "Casa de Infierno".

This year our guests included: Katilin & Danny (Chad's sister and our brother-in-law) who drove up from Vegas for the weekend, Kimber & Jason +Kenzie (Chad's sister and our brother-in-law), our best friends Shane & Jacie (they just got back from their honeymoon on Friday... we missed them!), and then Shane's brother Eric & Cheryl +Avery and Dana (their daughters). I love having friends over for any occasion, it reminds of being at home. I love it!

Chad and Kaitlin.

Earlier in the afternoon, it was just a few of us and we decided to play a couple of rounds of Nerts. Apparently it was a weekend of games galore. It was pretty awesome.

Jacie & Shane.

Kaitlin & Danny.

Chad & I.

Chad and Shane. Gotta love 'em. Don't worry, Chad is just getting ready to BBQ. He doesn't normally wear that sexy apron.

The whole gang has arrived.

Kenzie, gotta love this girl. She's just so darn cute.

Chad with his sexy apron on, grilling up a storm. I forgot to take a picture of all the food, but it was delicious. We had BBQ pork sandwhiches, brauts (sp?), grilled chicken, potato salad, watermelon, chips & dip, a green salad, and then a dessert of homemade apple pie & ice cream!

We laid out a couple of blankets on the front lawn, set up some camp chairs, and sat our front with our food to eat/ sell parking for the Stadium of Fire event.

The boys eating on the porch.
Jacie loves food. Look at the expression of sheer joy on her face.
Kenzie again. I just love taking pictures of her.
Kaitlin & Danny.
Jacie and I, our plates completely empty. It was so tasty!
Shane holding his niece Dana. She wasn't too happy about it.
Jacie and I!
My man and I.
Shane and his niece Avery. She is pretty much in love with Shane. She hung out with him all night and pretty much idolized him. Adorable.
Kenzie introducing herself to Dana.
Kenzie is also in love with her uncle Danny. They had a blast hanging out on the front lawn.
After dinner, the boys hopped on our bikes and rode down to Provo High School to buy some fireworks for the evening. Everything was on sale, it was great!
Jacie and Avery.

The Goodwin family.

Avery covering her ears during the "loud" fireworks.
It was a fantastic 4th of July, just hanging out with our friends. I can't wait for next year!