This Year's Honey Party

This was the biggest year ever - people and honey!  Labor Day 2014 - we had 42+ here for the honey party - mostly family but a few friends and 390 pounds of honey.  That's 140 pounds more than last year and our biggest extraction ever.  A big thanks to our friend, Dave Myers, for the loan of his big, electric extractor.  We would still be cranking without it.  We did use our 3-frame crank extractor to give the kids a chance to manually extract some honey.  It was the first year Sydney and Nolan have been able to be here:

My sister Marleta brought her two granddaughters Sarah and Hannah and my niece Anita (their mom) surprised me by coming to pick up the girls here and spend a little time.

Three elders and two sister missionaries were out for the harvest and lunch.

Elder Bassett

Sisters Montrose and Stone

Elders Pape and Smith

This was also a first year for our friends Kevin and Kathy Hagan.  Kevin saved the day by getting the grill going after our many attempts at keeping the thing lit - he worked his magic.  

Lunch was again chaos with that many people and that much food.  Amy says we should go with pizza next year.  The idea is sounding better all the time.  After mopping the floor 3 times today, I can see much wisdom in her suggestion.  

Thanks to all the friends and family who helped on the big day!