Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who was able to make it last night. Even though I knew something was up I was still surprised at the number of people who came. I think I counted close to 30 family, friends and coworkers at one point. We probably had enough food and beer for 60 though. On the grill we had pork ribs, chicken fajitas, 4 kinds of sausage, hot dogs, vegies (red and yellow onions, portabella mushrooms, red, yellow and orange bell peppers and asparagus) and pineapple. I had to do 3 rotations of meat and 2 of veggies. There were more side dishes than I could count and then desserts on top of all that (cookies, brownies, a cake roll and roasted apples). We may have eaten a little late but we certainly didn’t starve.

Amy, thank you again for organizing everything. I love you more than you can imagine. I couldn’t have asked for a better 30th birthday.

I have posted some pictures.

Lesson learned: Either start cooking earlier or get a bigger grill. I think most guys on the planet will opt for the latter.