A Centennial Party

On Saturday, September 20, we went to help some friends celebrate their centennial.  We were a little puzzled at first until someone explained to us that if you added up the ages of the parents and three kids, they were currently 100 years old.  

In honor of the occasion, the hosts has rented a house in Uzwil, which is about 70 km from Zürich.  Although we could have made it there and back by public transportation, we thought this was a party that warranted a rental car so we wouldn't have to drag anyone away from the party to give us a ride to the train station.  The house was big enough for a lot of the overnight guests from Germany, but we since we sold all of our camping gear, we thought it best to go home and sleep in our own beds.

It was a lovely day.  After the rainy weekend before, it was nice to be outside.  The house was not that far from the the motorway, but we were almost immediately in the woods.  Here are Little Geek Girl and I walking across the bridge (meaning someone had to lug a lot of food and garbage back and forth).

When we arrived I went in search of the kitchen to see where to drop off my cookies and salad, but there was a lot of activity going on so I dropped off my bag to the side.

Outside was a large grassy area with picnic tables, room for games and barbecues.  We had brought a frisbee so we threw that around a little bit.  At one point, the three horses from the neighboring farm decided to come visit, but they were quickly sent away.

After a little volleyball it was time for some coffee and cake.  The hustling activity in the kitchen resulted in several beautiful apple tarts.  This was an organized party.  There was candy for the kids and bags of large soft pretzels.

Here's a picture of the backyard before darkness fell and more eating continued.

Here are the kids baking bread on sticks over the bonfire.  Our main goals were to keep LGG from falling into the fire or poking anyone with a pointy stick.  

Dinner consisted of many grilled meats and lots of yummy salads.  The finale was a scrumptious array of desserts.  We've determined that we'll be able to celebrate our Centennial in six years in between April and July.