Sunday, March 22, 2009

dinner with rico...

about a week ago, my parents hosted a business dinner at their farm. it was titled, "dinner with rico." rico is my dad's miniature donkey and one of only three permanent residents of the farm (the 2 cows make up the other residents). anyway, a roofing convention (my dad is in the roofing industry) that my parents attend each year was in dallas this year, so my dad decided it would be fun to have his business associates and friends load buses and head to gun barrel city, texas for a truly texas dinner. the weather was cold and rainy, less than ideal for an outdoor event, but after a few adjustments the evening was a successful.

the tables were set...

my brother, chef sean, prepared the yummy "texas style" meal for 60...
smoked chicken quesadillas, fried bacon wrapped quail, homemade salsa and quacamole-- those were just appetizers.
then he and his team made brisket, fried turkey, steak, homemade green bean cassarole, jalapeno cheese grits, and marinated carrots (a family recipe). he didn't forget dessert-- apple crisp and mini pecan pies with whip cream. it was sooo southern and super tasty!!


the guests of honor (according to my dad) were present..
olivia and jack all decked out in boots and jeans...

and rico, of course!!

and the favors...
a jar of gun barrel city salsa.

it was a lot of work to pull of this evening, but it was so much fun! i loved looking around the tent seeing all the smiles on peoples faces.

4 comments:

MISTY and CO... said...

THIS is AMAZING. LOOOOOVE the red gingham shirts...the tables look awesome and the food sounds AWESOME.

Kimberly said...

yummy, yummy, yummy!

i love a good decorated and fed party & this one looks perfect!

Katie Sheedy said...
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Spiegs said...

dude, that looks awesome! and i could really love some BBQ at this point - can your brother come over to SE Asia?