Open House

Dave and I held a small open house for our friends and family.  Everyone has been asking when we were going to invite them over to see the house, so we opened up the calendar and just picked a date - Saturday, October 2nd.  It didn't occur to us until later that it was also the weekend of General Conference and most people go out of town, until we had already sent out the invitations.  But oh well !!  A few people sent their regrets.

 The day arrived and we were a little worried that the weather wouldn't co-operate, we had planned an outdoor B-B-Q.  It called for rain, but  mother nature smiled down on us and it was a glorious day.  The sun was shining and there was a slight breeze, (just enough to keep everyone cool).  We went ahead and set up the deck and prepared the food, (grilled shrimp, pulled pork sandwiches w/ cole slaw, veggie tray, tomatoes from our garden, salad, lots of different drinks, cupcakes, and eclairs).

 Right on time at 4 pm the guest started arriving.  We had friends travel from as far away as Layton and Spanish Fork.  In total 14 guests made the trek to spend the afternoon with us.  We all ate, told stories, laughed, and had a great time.  A few had to start heading out around 5:30 for the evening conference talks and mass service.  A few stayed until 7 pm.  And the weather was PERFECT.  Our table umbrellas came in mighty handy.  Dave had a wonderful time giving everyone tours of the house, explaining how we came up with the design layout.   And at the end of the day, no one noticed that I forgot to put out the cocktail sauce for the shrimp and the eclairs.  As everyone was leaving their comment was, "Let's do this again".