Saturday, June 23, 2012

Midsummer Eve BBQ

Yesterday wasn't actually a particularly warm day and it even showered a little near midday. We had planned a BBQ in our yard with the family. MIL came at around 4.30 pm and then R2 started to prepare the chairs and grill outside. She brought flowers for me (bless her!) and we talked for a while. Temperature was around 13-14'C at that time and it was cloudy. It got a little sunny after 5 pm, but it wasn't warm at all. The temperature only rose 1 degree at the most and it dropped to 9'C after 2.30 am.

BIL and SIL came over at around 6.30 pm, long after R2, MIL, and I had finished eating ha ha ha ha...I prepared pork satay, salad, chips, two types of ice-cream, chips, and candies and I told them to bring whatever else they wanted to bring. MIL brought some sausages. BIL and SIL brought some sausages and hamburgers. MIL got inside already at around 5.30 pm 'coz she said it got too cold for her (she's feeling a little bit under the weather - runny nose and sore throat, you see).

She's going to have another knee cap operation next week, so if you're the praying type, please pray for her as well so that everything goes well, including recovery.

Before I share some pics, here are some links to some other Midsummer posts that I've written in the past:

First Midsummer in Finland
Midsummer Night's Dream

Now here are some random pics:







The pic before the last was BIL. He said to R2, "Come on and quickly take a pic of me. It's getting hard to breathe here, you know?" HA HA HA HA HA HA HA...we had fun playing cards together. Went to bed at around 4 am ha ha ha ha ha...

8 comments:

  1. Hyvää Juhannusta! Sounds like you had a wonderful time. We didn't have much planned, which was okay because Rami got VERY sick yesterday. He's much better now, thankfully.

    All the pictures look great, too. :)

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  2. @Elena: Hyvää juhannusta! Voi ei...poor Rami. I'm glad to know he's doing much better, though. There've been cases of people being sick lately it seems (at least what I've heard). Stay healthy!

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  3. hah ha! Sounds like our weather! WE had a barbecue in the garage last time, to avoid the rain!

    Your food looks so GOOD! In South Africa we have "sosaties" which as a Malaysian-South African curried Satay meat on sticks. Yummy... now i'm hungry.

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    1. We have no garage, so we were really hoping it wouldn't rain hi hi...

      Ohhhh...curried satay meat on sticks sounds delicious!!! :-D Now I'm getting hungry again he he...

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  4. The food sounded and looked delicious. I pray the knee operation and recovery goes well.

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    1. THANK YOU SO MUCH, Nikki!!! Gee, I REALLY love this instant reply button below the commenter hi hi...

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  5. Belatedly, Hyvää Juhannusta! That's a lovely photo of you and R2! and the grill-apron he's wearing is awesome! :) Love and prayers for your MIL - I hope all goes well.

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    1. Hyvää juhannusta teillekin! :-D Glad you enjoyed the pics. THANKS for the prayerrrsss! :-D

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