Crawfish Cookout

Yesterday, I headed over to Dad's house for the annual crawfish cookout in their area of Steiner Ranch. Every year, it gets bigger and bigger; this year there were at least 160 people in the cauldesac! It was my first year to go, and I had a great time.

(These photos were from earlier when there weren't as many people:)


Around the cauldesac there were things for the kids to do, like a slip-n-slide. (Tom enjoyed it!)



In Dad's yard, there were kiddy pools and a little moon bounce set up for the little ones.


And after all the lil'uns were taken home and put in their beds... some of the bigger kids enjoyed the pool.


Around 6, the crawfish were served! (And for those of us who are "crazy" and don't like seafood... hot dogs!) Dad, however, thoroughly enjoyed the crawfish.

At one point, it rained and after that a rainbow came out! We could see the WHOLE thing! It was incredible.


And finally, after people were done eating the crawfish, Pippa brought out the big guns.


Pavlova of course! Four of them! I tried to sneak off with a whole one, but was (unfortunatly) unsuccessful.


And though it wasn't planned there was beer pong to play, too!



A musician had been hired (and I wish I could remember his name!) and he was great. The music definitely lended itself to the atmosphere of the party. When night had fallen, a small crowd gathered around him to listen.

I had a great time and will definitely go back next year!